Kia ora BR

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 23 June 2023.

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 24 July 2023). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.

Ngā mihi
Jenny

Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa

Kia ora BR

 

We refer to your information request dated 23 June 2023 made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act).   You have requested "the grade
distribution of SOCI305: Family Demography for semester 1 2023" and
specifically "every individual grade number not merely the grade letter of
every student enrolled in the course".

 

We have decided to grant your request, subject to the following comments:

 

o we note that the grade distribution for SOCI305 for Semester 1 2023
has not been finalised yet – as there are special examinations that
are still being completed. Once special examinations have taken place
for this paper and all student results have been finalised, we will be
happy to release the grade distribution for this paper to you.  We are
not comfortable releasing the grade distributions for papers before
all special examination results have been confirmed – as this may
affect students’ wellbeing and disrupt students’ performance in the
special examinations. We also want to ensure that we are providing the
full and complete mark and grade distributions for this paper.
o where fewer than five students have failed a paper (i.e. received a
grade of Fail D, Fail E, Failed Compulsory Assessment or Failed
Terms), we have determined that it is necessary to withhold the marks
and specific grades for these students to protect their privacy and
wellbeing. 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. Accordingly, in the event that there are fewer than five
students who have failed SOCI305 for Semester 1 2023, we will withhold
this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.

 

We will be in touch once the results have been finalised for this paper.

 

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

Mayhaka

 

 

Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pârongo Ôkawa
me te Tautukunga

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te
Whare Wânanga o Otâgo New Zealand | Aotearoa Email | Îmera
[1][University of Otago request email]

 

 

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Kia ora BR, further to your request for SOCI305 grade distribution information, unfortunately we cannot provide a timeframe for supplying the information requested. We are still waiting on Special Examinations to be completed and results to be processed. Please be assured that as soon as all student results for SOCI305 have been finalised, we will release the grade distribution for this paper to you immediately.

Ngā mihi
Jenny

Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa

Kia ora BR, please find attached the University of Otago's response to your Official Information Act request dated 23 June 2023.

Ngā mihi
Jenny

Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa