Law student complaints: University of Bedfordshire

2009.06.09

Universities were asked to provide the following information:

1. For each of the years, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 (to date of this request):

(a) The number of students at the university on (i) LLB / BA Law and (ii) (if offered) GDL/CPE programmes who, to the knowledge of the university, complained to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA).

(b) The number of students on (i) LLB / BA Law and (ii) (if offered) GDL/CPE programmes whose complaints were regarded by the OIA as wholly or partly justified.

(c ) In the case of those complaints which were regarded by the OIA as wholly or partly justified please provide copies of the formal decision and recommendation(s) of the OIA.

The information provided is set out in the table below

Law student complaints - University of Bedfordshire

    Complaints to OIA   Complaints regarded by OIA as wholly/partly justified   Comments
             
2005   0   0    
2006   0   0    
2007   0   0    
2008   0   0    
2009   0   0    
             
             

2. The number of students on (i) LLB / BA Law and (ii) (if offered) GDL/CPE programmes between September 2004 and the date of this request who, having made a complaint to the university, (whether or not to the OIA), were awarded compensation by the university in respect of the complaint. And, in each case, the nature of the complaint and the amount of compensation awarded. Please provide copies of the written documents held by the university in which an offer of compensation was made to the student.

Student compensation payments

Number of Complants   Nature of Complaint   Amount of compensation   Comments
             
Nil   -   -    
             

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description: Table showing the number of complaints by law students at the University of Bedfordshire to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator between 2005 and 2009. keywords: student complaints

Marks by subject: University of Bedfordshire

2009.01.07

“For each of the foundation of legal knowledge / core law subjects
taught on undergraduate programmes provided by the University:

(a) the average mark attained by students sitting the first examination in each subject in the academic year 2007/8.

Please provide the information based on the actual marks attained in
the respective examinations and not on ‘compensated’ or ‘capped’ marks.

Please exclude data related to resit examinations taken at a
laterexam. Where, for example, the first   examination was taken in May
2008 and there was a resit examination in August 2008 the average mark
should be based on the marks attained by all students taking the exam
in May, whether or not they were sitting the examination for the first
time or resitting. The marks attained by students in the August resit
should not be taken into account.

(b) the percentage of students attaining an examination mark of 40
or above in the first examination for each of the subjects in the
academic year 2007/8

Again, as above, please base calculations on the actual marks attained and limited to the first examination.”

IMPORTANT: The University of Bedfordshire operates a marking scheme from 0 to 16 instead of percentage marks with a pass mark of 5.

The information provided by the University is published below showing the average mark and the percentage who were awarded a mark of 5 points or over.

:

University of Bedfordshire 2007/8

    Average exam mark   Percentage of students with exam mark of 40% or above
Elements of Criminal Law   7.5   80%
Law of Tort   8.6   92%
Land Law   6.9   52%
Administrative Law   4.9   54%
Equity & Trusts   7.5   80%
Remedies & Restitution   9.3   89%
Law of Personal Property   9.3   88%

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description: The table shows the average exam marks for each of the core law subjects at the University of Bedfordshire and the percentage of students awarded 5 points or above in 2008. title: Law: marks by subject - University of Bedfordshire

LLB awards by class: University of Bedfordshire

2008.06.08

Universities were asked, for each of the years,

[a] 2007
[b] 2006
[c] 2002
[d] 1997
[e] 1987

the number of students graduating from the university with an LLB degree with each of the following awards

[a] First class honours
[b] Second class (upper division) honours
[c] Second class (lower division) honours
[d] Third class honours
[e] Pass degree
[f] Other award

If the university did not hold the information requested for some or all of the years indicated, but did hold the requested information in respect of other years, it was asked to provide information in respect of the year(s) closest in date to that/those requested.

And/or if the university did not award LLB degrees in one or more of the years above it was asked to provide information concerning the year(s) closest in date in which LLB degrees were awarded.

Based on the information provided by University of Bedfordshire the table below shows, as a %age of the total awards, the awards for each class.

For each academic year the largest class by percentage is shown in bold

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Bedfordshire
1994
1997
2002
2006
2007
First class
0%
0%
3.9%
2.1%
4.0%
Upper Second
22.1%
17.4%
24.8%
37.9%
31.7%
Lower Second
60.3%
70.7%
29.5%
27.4%
23.8%
Third
14.7%
7.6%
2.3%
1.1%
4.0%
Pass
2.9%
1.1%
3.1%
6.3%
13.9%
Other
0%
3.3%
36.4%
25.3%
22.8%
Formerly the University of Luton; 1994 was the first year the LLB was awarded.

Percentage awarded firsts or upper seconds 2007 35.7%
Relative change 1997 - 2007 +105.1%
Relative change 1994 - 2007 +61.5%
description: Table showing level of LLB awards at University of Bedfordshire including percentages awarded firsts, upper seconds, lower seconds and thirds. title: University of Bedfordshire - LLB awards by class of degree
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