17 November 2021
Abdulla Farhat
By email:
[FYI request #17283 email]
Dear Abdulla
We refer to your information request dated 20 October 2021 made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act). You have requested information regarding entry to the 2020 and 2021 Medicine
(MB ChB) and Dentistry (BDS) programmes for Refugee sub-category applicants under the Health
Sciences First Year (HSFY) category.
We set out our responses to each of your questions below.
1. Minimum and maximum scores for individuals offered a place to the MB ChB
programme via HSFY for the Refugee sub-category for 2020 and 2021
Please find below the minimum and highest scores to receive an offer to the MB ChB programme in
2020 and 2021 for HSFY applicants via the Refugee sub-category. Please note that for privacy
reasons, the University’s standard practice is not to report on numbers where those numbers are
below five. Where the numbers are very low, there is a risk that the grades of those individuals can
be determined/inferred. Accordingly, we withhold this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the
Act.
2020
2021
Minimum academic score to receive an offer:
MB ChB
W/H
77.14
Highest academic score to receive an offer:
MB ChB
W/H
98.71
We note that we are unable to exclude any extra points given (e.g. the COVID 5%) as an applicant’s
academic score is based on the average across their best seven papers.
2. The average scores for individuals offered a place to the MB ChB and BDS programmes
via HSFY for the Refugee sub-category for 2020 and 2021
Please find below the average scores to receive an offer to the MB ChB and BDS programmes in
2020 and 2021 for HSFY applicants via the Refugee sub-category. As noted above, for privacy
reasons, the University’s standard practice is not to report on numbers where those numbers are
below five. Accordingly, we withhold this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
2020
2021
Average academic score to receive an offer:
MB ChB
W/H
87.20
BDS
W/H
87.95
As mentioned previously, we note that we are unable to exclude any extra points given (e.g. the
COVID 5%) as an applicant’s academic score is based on the average across their best seven papers.
3. The number of successful HSFY applicants to the 2021 MB ChB and BDS programmes
via the Refugee sub-category and the total number of HSFY applicants to the 2021 MB
ChB and BDS programmes via the Refugee sub-category
The number of Refugee sub-category applicants under the HSFY category for the 2021 MB ChB
programme is 12.
The number of Refugee sub-category applicants under the HSFY category to receive an offer for the
2021 MB ChB programme is 9. Of these students, 8 were admitted to the programme.
The number of Refugee sub-category applicants under the HSFY category for the 2021 BDS
programme is 10.
The number of Refugee sub-category applicants under the HSFY category to receive an offer for the
2021 BDS programme is 6. Of these students, 1 was admitted to the programme.
We trust that this information will be helpful.
We note your right to seek a review of these decisions via a complaint to an Ombudsman. However,
we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Yours sincerely
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar