Marks by subject: Birkbeck University of London

2008.12.25

The University was asked to provide the following information:

“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.”

The information provided by the University is published below:

:

Birkbeck - University of London 2007/8

    Average exam mark %   Percentage of students with exam mark of 40% or above
Legal Methods & Legal Systems   52.4%   85%
Constitutional & Admin Law   45.8%   74%
Law of Obligations 1   54.9%   68%
Criminal Law   46.5%   76%
Property Law 1   51.4%   88%
Law of Obligations II   42.9%   60%
Property Law II   46.6%   80%
Law of the European Union   63.5%   95%

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LLB awards by class: Birkbeck College London

2008.06.10

Universities were asked to provide information concerning 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

for each of the following years:

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

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.

Where appropriate universities were asked to provide information which they held relating to precursor institutions, such as the former polytechnics.

Based on the information provided, the table below shows, as a percentage of the total awards, the awards for each class in each of the years indicated.

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

..

Birkbeck
1987
1998*
2002
2006
2007
First class
n/a
6.6%
6.4%
15.8%
7.2%
Upper Second
n/a
63.9%
60.6%
46.1%
57.7%
Lower Second
n/a
29.5%
30.9%
34.2%
30.9%
Third
n/a
0%
1.1%
3.9%
4.1%
Pass
n/a
0%
1.1%
0%
0%
Other
n/a
0%
0%
0%
0%

*The first cohort of students graduated in 1998

Percentage awarded firsts or upper seconds 2007 64.9%
Relative change 1998* - 2007 -7.9%
Relative change 1987 - 2007 n/a

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