7 July 2026
OIA 082
Stephens
[FYI request #34987 email]
Tēnā koe Stephens
Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
dated 28 June 2026 in which you requested (ref OIA 080):
“Please provide the final grade distribution for every EEEN and RESE course offered
in Trimester 1, 2026, showing the number of students in each grade.”
On 30 June 2026, the University provided a response to your request OIA 080. On that same
day, you submitted an additional request for (ref OIA 082):
“This request concerns RESE411 Power Systems Analysis, Trimester 1, 2026.
OIA 066 shows that 2 students received E grades in the RESE411 test. OIA 080 shows
the final RESE411 grade distribution as D = 0 and E = 1, with no K grade shown.
According to the University’s published RESE411 course outline/assessment
requirements, students were required to obtain at least 40% in the test to pass the
course.
1.
Please confirm whether any final K grades existed for RESE411 in Trimester 1,
2026.
2.
Please also provide any records explaining why only 1 final failing grade was
shown when 2 students received E grades in a mandatory pass test.
If no such records exist, please state this. If any information is withheld, please
identify the specific OIA ground relied on.
I am not requesting student names or personal details.”
Response to request
In response to part one of your request, no students were awarded a K grade in RESE411 for
Trimester 1, 2026. You are referred to our response to your request OIA 080 for the full
grade distribution.
In response to part 2 of your request, in accordance with the University’s Assessment
Handbook, section 10.1.b. states that the
“scaling of assessment marks or grades is at the
discretion of the course coordinator at any time before course grades are finalised”. In this
case, the course coordinator decided that the two students who received E grades should
pass the course.
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You can find the University’s Assessment Handbook publicly available on our website here:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/documents/policy/staff-policy/assessment-handbook.pdf. Finally, if you are a student we encourage you to please contact your course coordinator or
lecturer directly for these questions. Your course coordinators and lecturers will be able to
respond to you more quickly and with more tailored advice than is possible through the
formal OIA channel. You are referred to our website for commonly asked questions in the
meantime:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/contacts/oia-privacy-requests
If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at:
[VUW request email]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Kayana Shaw
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
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