13 February 2024
By email: [FYI request #25401 email]
Tēnā koe Anna
I refer to your information request dated 15 January 2024 made under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act). You have requested:
“A spreadsheet, which shows the grade distribution in each paper of second, third, and fourth
year Pharmacy School students in 2023.”
Subject to the fol owing comments, please see attached the information you have requested.
the data is correct as at 8 February 2024.
we note that the grade distributions for the 2023 PHCY211, PHCY220, PHCY310 and PHCY320
papers have not been finalised yet as the final grades for some students have not been
confirmed. On that basis, we decline this part of your request pursuant to section 18(g) of the
Act, as the information requested is not held by the University as at today’s date. We would
be happy to consider a new request from you at a later date if you stil wish to receive this
information – we expect that al student grades wil be confirmed by late February 2024.
we note that the data excludes papers where either a pass or fail result is given (i.e., students
do not receive a specific grade). These papers are PHCY410 and PHCY431. However, we note
that al enrol ed students passed these papers in 2023.
in the attached grade and mark distributions, we note that students who withdrew from the
papers are excluded from the data.
we note that PHCY480 and PHCY485 are for the BPharm(Hons) programme.
I trust that this information wil be helpful.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request, section 28(3) of the Act
provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review this response. However,
we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Yours sincerely
Joey Lin
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar