14 December 2020
Morteza
By email:
[FYI request #14142 email]
Dear Morteza
Official information request for the number of PhD students who failed their
viva voce in 2020, 2019, and 2018
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated
17 November 2020:
“Please let me know how many PhD candidates at Victoria University of
Wellington received an outright failure (no degree awarded) as the outcome of
their oral examination in 2020, 2019, and 2018 respectively.”
Please see the table below, which sets out the information requested.
Year
Number of candidates receiving an outright failure
2018
0
2019
1
2020
1
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email]. Yours sincerely
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington