University of Auckland Scholarships - Request for Statistics
Mr Jonathan Reed made this Official Information request to University of Auckland
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From: Mr Jonathan Reed
Dear University of Auckland,
I am writing to request statistics regarding several scholarships offered at the University of Auckland. The scholarships in question for this OIA request are:
(1) University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship;
(2) James Hodge M & P Paykel Trust Research Scholarship in Medical and Health Sciences;
(3) University of Auckland Bioengineering Masters Scholarship;
(4) Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship.
Could the following statistics please be provided for each of of the above outlined scholarships from (1) to (4):
(I) Number of scholarship offers made in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022;
(II) Minimum GPA of successful recipients in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022;
(III) Mean GPA of successful recipients in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022;
(IV) Number of scholarship applications made in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Jonathan Reed
From: Landon Watt
University of Auckland
Dear Jonathan,
I refer to your request of 10 November 2022. The information requested is
provided in the table below, subject to the following:
1. Due to the low number of recipients of the James Hodge M & P Paykel
Trust Research Scholarship in Medical and Health Sciences, the
University of Auckland Bioengineering Masters Scholarship, and the Sir
Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship, the minimum and mean GPA
information requested for these students is withheld under section
9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act to protect their privacy.
2. You requested the number of applications for the University of
Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship and the Sir
Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship. There are no applications for these
scholarships. Information about how these scholarships are awarded is
publicly available on the University’s website at
[1]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/scho...
and
[2]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/scho....
Number of offers 2022 2021 2020 2019
University of Auckland Postgraduate
Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship 73 92 95 63
James Hodge M & P Paykel Trust
Research Scholarship in Medical and
Health Sciences 3 3 3 3
University of Auckland Bioengineering
Masters Scholarship Unawarded 2 3 3
Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship 2 1 1 1
Minimum GPA of successful recipients 2022 2021 2020 2019
University of Auckland Postgraduate
Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship 8 8 8 8
James Hodge M & P Paykel Trust
Research Scholarship in Medical and
Health Sciences Withheld Withheld Withheld Withheld
University of Auckland Bioengineering
Masters Scholarship N/A Withheld Withheld Withheld
Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship Withheld Withheld Withheld Withheld
Mean GPA of successful recipients 2022 2021 2020 2019
University of Auckland Postgraduate
Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship 8.41 8.2 8.37 8.38
James Hodge M & P Paykel Trust
Research Scholarship in Medical and
Health Sciences Withheld Withheld Withheld Withheld
University of Auckland Bioengineering Withheld Withheld
Masters Scholarship N/A Withheld
Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship Withheld Withheld Withheld Withheld
Number of scholarship applications
made in each year 2022 2021 2020 2019
University of Auckland Postgraduate
Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship N/A N/A N/A N/A
James Hodge M & P Paykel Trust
Research Scholarship in Medical and
Health Sciences 3 3 20 24
University of Auckland Bioengineering
Masters Scholarship 1 9 9 8
Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship N/A N/A N/A N/A
You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this response.
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
University of Auckland
From: Mr Jonathan Reed <[3][FOI #21096 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2022 3:47 PM
To: legal <[4][University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - University of Auckland
Scholarships - Request for Statistics
Dear University of Auckland,
I am writing to request statistics regarding several scholarships offered
at the University of Auckland. The scholarships in question for this OIA
request are:
(1) University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship;
(2) James Hodge M & P Paykel Trust Research Scholarship in Medical and
Health Sciences;
(3) University of Auckland Bioengineering Masters Scholarship;
(4) Sir Graham (Mont) Liggins Scholarship.
Could the following statistics please be provided for each of of the above
outlined scholarships from (1) to (4):
(I) Number of scholarship offers made in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and
2022;
(II) Minimum GPA of successful recipients in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021
and 2022;
(III) Mean GPA of successful recipients in each year of 2019, 2020, 2021
and 2022;
(IV) Number of scholarship applications made in each year of 2019, 2020,
2021 and 2022.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Jonathan Reed
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