Kia ora BR

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

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 19 April 2022). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.

Ngā mihi
Kelsey

Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]

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Kia ora BR

 

I refer to your information request dated 20 March 2022 made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act). You have requested a mark breakdown
of the 2022 Summer School paper SOCI309.

 

Subject to the below comments, please find attached the information you
have requested.

 

o For privacy and student wellbeing reasons, we have withheld the lowest
failing mark for the paper. Revealing this mark would provide personal
information about the lowest failing mark a student in the class could
have achieved. We therefore withhold this information pursuant to
section 9(2)(a) of the Act, and we do not consider that the reasons
for withholding this information are outweighed by other
considerations which would make it desirable in the public interest to
make the information available.

 

o It is also the University’s standard practice to not report on marks
which relate to less than 5 students where we consider that such
disclosure could affect an individual’s privacy and wellbeing. Where
the numbers are very low, and class sizes are small, there is a risk
that the identity of these students could be determined/inferred, and
that their personal information (i.e. their grades) could be revealed.
We note that where the mark is Fail E, where there are less than 5
students we have indicated this using <5 – again to protect the
privacy and wellbeing of these students pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of
the Act.

 

I trust you will find this information 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.

 

Ngā mihi

Kelsey

 

 

Kelsey Kennard

Official Information and Compliance Coordinator

 

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera

University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo

New Zealand | Aotearoa

Email | Īmera [1][University of Otago request email]

 

 

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