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Calculation of honours in LLM

Richard S made this Official Information request to University of Auckland

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From: Richard S

Dear Rebecca,

Please see below the following information requests. If you require any refinement or clarification, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

A. Minutes regarding 2006 change in calculation of honours

(1) Under the Official Information Act 1982, may I please request all information held by the University (including but not limited to email correspondence, minutes, decisions, and resolutions) regarding the "2006 decision to adopt a consistent standard across the University for the award of honours in postgraduate Bachelors Honours and Masters degrees" (as referenced in your response of 3 August 2017 to my previous OIA request).

B. Minutes of the Law School Postgraduate Committee

Under the Official Information Act 1982, may I please request:

(2) the the full minutes of the Law School Postgraduate Committee meeting held 9 October 2007;

(3) any information, records or follow-up correspondence held by the University regarding the "irregularity in calculating the honours marks for students in the LLM programme" that was highlighted at the meeting held 9 October 2007;

(4) the the full minutes of the Law School Postgraduate Committee meeting held 13 November 2007; and

(5) a formal decision or resolution authorising the the change in how honours was calculated within the Law School specifically (noting that at the 13 November 2007 Law School Postgraduate Committee meeting, the NRC only recommended the Faculty develop a system consistent with University policy).

C. Edits to Faculty of Law Website

Under the Official Information Act 1982, may I please request:

(6) Any information held by the University which demonstrates the following (noting these events may have occurred simultaneously):

(i) "Postgraduate Documents" - when was the "Postgraduate Documents" page available on the following link removed from the Faculty of Law's website (available from the Faculty of Law homepage > For Postgraduate students > Postgraduate Documents):

http://www.law.auckland.ac.nz:80/en/for/...

I note that a cache history search demonstrates that this page was still publicly available on the Faculty of Law's website on 11 June 2016, and with it, a public direct link to the Faculty of Law's LLM Marking Guide. As such, the edits to the website should have occurred sometime in the 11 June 2016 - 14 July 2017.

In addition to any email correspondence or service requests, the University should be able to access the website history to confirm when this page was removed or edited. If you have any issues finding this information please advise and I'll put someone in touch who can assist; and

(iii) "LLM Marking Guide" - when was the direct hyperlink to the "LLM Marking Guide" removed from the above page of the Faculty of Law website (if at all) (available from the Faculty of Law homepage > For Postgraduate students > Postgraduate Documents > LLM Marking Guide).

I note that the Faculty of Law have confirmed on multiple occasions that this occurred in early 2014, which is incorrect. The LLM Marking Guide was was still publicly available on the above link as at 11 June 2016. As such, if the LLM Marking Guide was removed from the "Postgraduate Documents" pages at all, it would have been between 11 June 2016 - 14 July 2017.

In addition to any email correspondence or service requests, the University should be able to access the website history to confirm when this page was removed or edited. If you have any issues finding this information please advise and I'll put someone in touch who can assist.

Kind regards,
Richard

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From: Rebecca Ewert
University of Auckland

Attachment Richard OIA 19December2017.pdf
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Attachment 2 i Postgraduate grading report of meeting 8 March 06 Education Committee 15 May 2006.pdf
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Attachment 3.2007 Instructions to Examiners Assessors amended for Council.pdf
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Attachment 2007 Instructions to Examiners Assessors.pdf
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Attachment Agenda Part A.pdf
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Attachment Deans re Postgraduate Qualifications Hons Merit Dist 6 6 06.pdf
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Attachment Education Minutes 15.05.06.pdf
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Attachment Education Minutes 16.10.06.pdf
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Attachment Education minutes 17.07.06.pdf
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Attachment Faculty of Arts response re Hon grading.pdf
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Attachment Faculty of Education response Honours Merit and Distinction.pdf
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Attachment Faculty of Law response re Honours Merit and Distinction.pdf
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Attachment Faculty of Medical Health Sciences response.pdf
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Attachment Faculty of Science repsonse re Grading.pdf
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Attachment Memo to DVCA for Education Committee.pdf
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Attachment MINUTES 11 12 06.pdf
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Attachment PG Committee Minutes November 07 NC.pdf
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Attachment PG Committee Minutes November 07.pdf
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Attachment PG Committee Minutes October 07 NC.pdf
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Attachment Response to Grading Report Theology June 06.pdf
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Attachment Senate Minutes 06.11.06.pdf
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Attachment Senate Minutes 31.07.06.pdf
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Attachment standards for the award of honours.pdf
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Attachment Working Party on Grading Report.pdf
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Dear Richard

 

Please find attached the University’s response to your information
request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

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Dear Richard

 

This email is further to my letter of 19 December 2017.

 

C. Edits to Faculty of Law Website

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982, may I please request:

 

(6) Any information held by the University which demonstrates the
following (noting these events may have occurred simultaneously):

 

(i) "Postgraduate Documents" - when was the "Postgraduate Documents" page
available on the following link removed from the Faculty of Law's website
(available from the Faculty of Law homepage > For Postgraduate students >
Postgraduate Documents):

[1]http://www.law.auckland.ac.nz:80/en/for/...

 

This webpage was removed on 22 June 2016 (see attached)

 

(iii) "LLM Marking Guide" - when was the direct hyperlink to the "LLM
Marking Guide" removed from the above page of the Faculty of Law website
(if at all) (available from the Faculty of Law homepage > For Postgraduate
students > Postgraduate Documents > LLM Marking Guide).

 

The “Postgraduate Documents” webpage contained a link to the LLM Marking
Guide until the webpage was removed on 22 June 2016 (see attached).

 

Yours sincerely

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

The University of Auckland

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