Marks by subject: Durham University 2009/10

2011.06.03

The following request for information was made to the University:

“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 2009/10.

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 later exam. Where, for example, the first examination was taken in May 2009 and there was a resit examination in August 2009 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 2009/10

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

The information requested should be restricted to those who, by the university’s regulations, sat the examination so please exclude those who failed to attend the examination and may have been awarded a mark of zero.”

The information provided by the University is published below:

:

Durham University 2009/10

    Average exam mark %   Percentage of students with exam mark of 40% or above
Legal Skills   62%   98%
Law of Torts   57%   93%
EU Constitutional Law   58%   95%
Contract Law   56%   94%
The individual and the state   53%   89%
UK Constitutional Law   56%   92%
Land Law   54%   94%
The European Internal Market LLB law   63%   97%
Trusts and Equity   63%   97%
Criminal Law   60%   98%

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Marks by subject: Durham University

2009.02.17

The following request for information was made to the University:

“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 later exam. 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 requested should be restricted to those who, by the university’s regulations, sat the examination so please exclude those who failed to attend the examination and may have been awarded a mark of zero.”

The information provided by the University is published below:

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Durham University 2007/8

    Average exam mark %   Percentage of students with exam mark of 40% or above
Legal Skills   55%   97%
Law of Torts   55%   92%
EU Constitutional Law   55%   90%
Contract Law   44%   69%
The individual and the state   54%   92%
UK Constitutional Law   53%   90%
Land Law LLB Law   82%   97%
The European Internal Market LLB law   61%   100%
Trusts and Equity LLB Law   60%   98%
Criminal Law LLB Law   57%   96%
         
LLB Law (European Legal Studies)        
         
Land Law   62%   100%
The European Internal Market   63%   100%
Trusts and Equity   56%   92%
Criminal Law   61%   100%

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LLB awards by class: Durham University

2008.06.08

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

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Durham
1987
1997
2002
2006
2007
First class
1.6%
2.9%
8.4%
9.7%
14.7%
Upper Second
39.3%
58.7%
55.5%
58.9%
61.6%
Lower Second
54.1%
32.7%
33.6%
27.5%
21.5%
Third
3.3%
4.8%
2.5%
2.1%
2.3%
Pass
1.6%
0.9%
0%
1.3%
0%
Other
0%
0%
0%
0.4%
0%

Percentage awarded firsts or upper seconds 2007 76.3%
Relative change 1997 – 2007 +23.9%
Relative change 1987 – 2007 +86.6%
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