Grade Distribution for ACTP311, Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
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From: JB
Dear University of Otago,
I am making an OIA request for a spreadsheet or document containing confirmed grades of all students taking the following specific Law and Commerce papers in semester 1 2022. This need not contain further data other than their overall grades.
To clarify, I am asking for the specific grade percentage, not merely the grade letter.
The papers I am requesting are:
LAWS413 - Labour Law
LAWS407 - Company Law
LAWS437 - Competition Law
ACTP311 - Auditing Practice
Yours faithfully,
JB
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University of Otago
Kia ora
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Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
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Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
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New Zealand | Aotearoa
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-----Original Message-----
From: JB <[FOI #19802 email]>
Sent: Friday, 1 July 2022 3:33 pm
To: UoO - Official Information Act <[University of Otago request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for ACTP311, Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Dear University of Otago,
I am making an OIA request for a spreadsheet or document containing confirmed grades of all students taking the following specific Law and Commerce papers in semester 1 2022. This need not contain further data other than their overall grades.
To clarify, I am asking for the specific grade percentage, not merely the grade letter.
The papers I am requesting are:
LAWS413 - Labour Law
LAWS407 - Company Law
LAWS437 - Competition Law
ACTP311 - Auditing Practice
Yours faithfully,
JB
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From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora
I refer to your information request dated 1 July 2022 made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act). You have requested mark and grade
distributions for the ACTP311, LAWS407, LAWS413 and LAWS437 papers for
Semester 1 2022.
We have decided to grant your request, subject to the following comments.
o Please find attached the mark and grade distributions for ACTP311 and
LAWS437. We note that the mark distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413
have not been finalised yet as there may be special examinations
outstanding and grades for some students have not been finalised. We
are not comfortable releasing the data before all grades have been
confirmed – as this may affect students’ wellbeing and disrupt
students’ performance in special examinations. We will release the
mark and grade distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 once the marks
have been finalised – we anticipate that these will be confirmed over
the coming weeks.
o In the attached mark distributions for ACTP311 and LAWS437, we note
that students who withdrew from these papers are not included in the
data.
o Please note that for privacy and student wellbeing reasons, we
determine that it is necessary to not report on fail marks where there
are fewer than 5 students who failed a particular paper. Where the
numbers are very low, there is a risk that the identity of these
students could be determined/inferred, and that their personal
information (i.e. their marks) could be revealed. We note that where
there are fewer than 5 students who have failed a paper, we will group
these students together and withhold their mark scores – this is to
protect the privacy and wellbeing of these students pursuant to
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. This is not relevant for the information
we have provided you in this email, however it may be relevant for the
information we provide once the mark distributions for the remaining
papers are available.
We will be in touch with regards to the remaining information once the
mark distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 have been confirmed and are
available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request,
section 28(3) of the Act provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman
to investigate and review this response. However, we would welcome the
opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngâ mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wânanga o Otâgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Îmera [1][University of Otago request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: UoO - Official Information Act
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2022 12:02 pm
To: JB <[2][FYI request #19802 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for
ACTP311, Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Kia ora
We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.
If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we
will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request
as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date
your request was received (by 29 July 2022). If we are unable to respond
to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this
timeframe.
Ngâ mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera University of Otago | Te Whare Wânanga o Otâgo New Zealand |
Aotearoa Email | Îmera [3][University of Otago request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: JB <[4][FYI request #19802 email]>
Sent: Friday, 1 July 2022 3:33 pm
To: UoO - Official Information Act <[5][University of Otago request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for ACTP311,
Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Dear University of Otago,
I am making an OIA request for a spreadsheet or document containing
confirmed grades of all students taking the following specific Law and
Commerce papers in semester 1 2022. This need not contain further data
other than their overall grades.
To clarify, I am asking for the specific grade percentage, not merely the
grade letter.
The papers I am requesting are:
LAWS413 - Labour Law
LAWS407 - Company Law
LAWS437 - Competition Law
ACTP311 - Auditing Practice
Yours faithfully,
JB
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From: JB
Dear UoO - Official Information Act,
I note that another request has been fulfilled with the grade distributions for these papers - can you provide an explanation for this please?
Yours sincerely,
JB
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora
Thank you for your email and for your patience while I looked into this for you.
Unfortunately the grade distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 were inadvertently released before all final grades for these papers had been confirmed. It is the University's standard practice to not release grade distributions of papers until all student grades have been confirmed.
I apologise for any confusion this may have caused. Once the final grade distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 have been confirmed I will release these to you.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: JB <[FOI #19802 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2022 8:58 am
To: UoO - Official Information Act <[University of Otago request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for ACTP311, Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Dear UoO - Official Information Act,
I note that another request has been fulfilled with the grade distributions for these papers - can you provide an explanation for this please?
Yours sincerely,
JB
-----Original Message-----
Kia ora
I refer to your information request dated 1 July 2022 made under the Official Information Act 1982 (Act). You have requested mark and grade distributions for the ACTP311, LAWS407, LAWS413 and LAWS437 papers for Semester 1 2022.
We have decided to grant your request, subject to the following comments.
o Please find attached the mark and grade distributions for ACTP311 and LAWS437. We note that the mark distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 have not been finalised yet as there may be special examinations outstanding and grades for some students have not been finalised. We are not comfortable releasing the data before all grades have been confirmed – as this may affect students’ wellbeing and disrupt students’ performance in special examinations. We will release the mark and grade distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 once the marks have been finalised – we anticipate that these will be confirmed over the coming weeks.
o In the attached mark distributions for ACTP311 and LAWS437, we note that students who withdrew from these papers are not included in the data.
o Please note that for privacy and student wellbeing reasons, we determine that it is necessary to not report on fail marks where there are fewer than 5 students who failed a particular paper. Where the numbers are very low, there is a risk that the identity of these students could be determined/inferred, and that their personal information (i.e. their marks) could be revealed. We note that where there are fewer than 5 students who have failed a paper, we will group these students together and withhold their mark scores – this is to protect the privacy and wellbeing of these students pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act. This is not relevant for the information we have provided you in this email, however it may be relevant for the information we provide once the mark distributions for the remaining papers are available.
We will be in touch with regards to the remaining information once the mark distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 have been confirmed and are available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request, section 28(3) of the Act provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review this response. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngâ mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wânanga o Otâgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Îmera [1][University of Otago request email]
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From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora
Thank you for your patience. Following our email of 29 July 2022, and
subject to the following comments, please see attached the mark and grade
distributions for the LAWS407 and LAWS413 papers for Semester 1 2022.
o Students who withdrew from the papers are not included in the data.
o Given that only three students failed LAWS407 (i.e. received a grade
of FD or FE), we have determined that it is necessary to withhold the
marks and specific grades for these students to protect their privacy
and wellbeing. This is consistent with section 9(2)(a) of the Act. We
consider that withholding this information is necessary to protect
against the identity of these students being determined or inferred,
and their personal information (i.e. their marks) could be disclosed.
We consider that good reasons exist for withholding this information
and this is not outweighed by other considerations which would make it
desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request,
section 28(3) of the Act provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman
to investigate and review this response. However, we would welcome the
opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Īmera [1][University of Otago request email]
From: UoO - Official Information Act
Sent: Friday, 29 July 2022 3:43 pm
To: [FOI #19802 email]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for
ACTP311, Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Kia ora
I refer to your information request dated 1 July 2022 made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act). You have requested mark and grade
distributions for the ACTP311, LAWS407, LAWS413 and LAWS437 papers for
Semester 1 2022.
We have decided to grant your request, subject to the following comments.
o Please find attached the mark and grade distributions for ACTP311 and
LAWS437. We note that the mark distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413
have not been finalised yet as there may be special examinations
outstanding and grades for some students have not been finalised. We
are not comfortable releasing the data before all grades have been
confirmed – as this may affect students’ wellbeing and disrupt
students’ performance in special examinations. We will release the
mark and grade distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 once the marks
have been finalised – we anticipate that these will be confirmed over
the coming weeks.
o In the attached mark distributions for ACTP311 and LAWS437, we note
that students who withdrew from these papers are not included in the
data.
o Please note that for privacy and student wellbeing reasons, we
determine that it is necessary to not report on fail marks where there
are fewer than 5 students who failed a particular paper. Where the
numbers are very low, there is a risk that the identity of these
students could be determined/inferred, and that their personal
information (i.e. their marks) could be revealed. We note that where
there are fewer than 5 students who have failed a paper, we will group
these students together and withhold their mark scores – this is to
protect the privacy and wellbeing of these students pursuant to
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. This is not relevant for the information
we have provided you in this email, however it may be relevant for the
information we provide once the mark distributions for the remaining
papers are available.
We will be in touch with regards to the remaining information once the
mark distributions for LAWS407 and LAWS413 have been confirmed and are
available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request,
section 28(3) of the Act provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman
to investigate and review this response. However, we would welcome the
opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Īmera [2][University of Otago request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: UoO - Official Information Act
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2022 12:02 pm
To: JB <[3][FOI #19802 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for
ACTP311, Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Kia ora
We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.
If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we
will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request
as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date
your request was received (by 29 July 2022). If we are unable to respond
to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this
timeframe.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand |
Aotearoa Email | Īmera [4][University of Otago request email]
-----Original Message-----
From: JB <[5][FOI #19802 email]>
Sent: Friday, 1 July 2022 3:33 pm
To: UoO - Official Information Act <[6][University of Otago request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Grade Distribution for ACTP311,
Company Law, Labour Law and Competition Law
Dear University of Otago,
I am making an OIA request for a spreadsheet or document containing
confirmed grades of all students taking the following specific Law and
Commerce papers in semester 1 2022. This need not contain further data
other than their overall grades.
To clarify, I am asking for the specific grade percentage, not merely the
grade letter.
The papers I am requesting are:
LAWS413 - Labour Law
LAWS407 - Company Law
LAWS437 - Competition Law
ACTP311 - Auditing Practice
Yours faithfully,
JB
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