Tēnā koe Josiah

I 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 14 August 2024). 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 (she/her)
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga

University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera

Tçnâ koe Josiah

 

I refer to your two requests for information made under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). In your first request, you have requested
information in relation to grade distributions, average grades, and the
standard deviation for all papers offered by the University in 2023, and
in your second request, you have requested information in relation to
entry to the University’s Health Sciences Undergraduate Professional
Programmes in 2024.

 

The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your requests no
later than 20 working days after the date your requests were received.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible for us to meet that time limit. We
are therefore writing to notify you, pursuant to section 15A of the Act,
of an extension of the time to make our decision in respect of your
requests, by a further seven working days – to Friday 23 August.

 

This extension is necessary because your requests have necessitated a
search through a large quantity of information and meeting the original
time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations. We are
currently working on our responses to your requests, but due to the large
amount of information requested across both of them, it is taking us some
time to pull it all together. We thank you for your patience – we will
endeavour to  provide the information sooner if possible.

 

If you are not satisfied with our extension of time on either of your
requests, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under
section 28(3) of the Act. However, we would welcome the opportunity to
discuss any concerns with you first.

 

Ngâ mihi

Kelsey

 

[1]University KELSEY KENNARD (she/her)
of Otago Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui
Pârongo Ôkawa me te Tautukunga

University of Otago | Ôtâkou Whakaihu Waka
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te
Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera

[2][email address]

 

 

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Tēnā koe Josiah

Thank you for your patience. Please see attached the University of Otago's response to the first of your Official Information Act requests dated 17 July 2024.

Ngā mihi
Kelsey

Kelsey Kennard (she/her)
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga

University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera