Law student complaints: Middlesex University

2009.06.05

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 - Middlesex University

    Complaints to OIA   Complaints regarded by OIA as wholly/partly justified   Comments
             
2005   Nil   Nil    
2006   One   Nil   Complaint by a student on the CPE programme.
2007   Nil   Nil    
2008   Nil   Nil    
2009   Nil   Nil    
             
             

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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GDL / CPE awards: Middlesex University

2008.09.26

GDL / CPE course providers were asked for the following information in respect of years 1997/8 and 2007/8:

(a) The total number of the students enrolled on the university’s full time GDL;
(b) The number awarded a ‘pass’ at the first attempt;
(c) The number awarded a ‘distinction’ at the first attempt;
(d) The number awarded a ‘commendation’ at the first attempt;
(e) The number failing / failing to complete the course at the first attempt.

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

Please note that the figures relate to the first exam attempts and so the fail/failed to complete figures includes all students who did not complete at the first attempt for any reason. It may include those entitled to resit some or all of their exams at a later sitting and those who withdrew from the course without taking the examinations or who deferred taking the examinations.

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Middlesex 1997/8 2007/8
Distinction % 11.8%
Commendation % 17.6%
Pass % 11.8%
Fail/Failed to complete % 58.8%

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LLB awards by class: Middlesex

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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Middlesex
1987
1997
2002
2006
2007
First class
1.8%
1.2%
1.4%
2.8%
9.3%
Upper Second
20%
60.8%
48.6%
37.8%
40.7%
Lower Second
72.7%
31.9%
39.8%
50.2%
44.8%
Third
3.6%
4.8%
5.1%
9.2%
5.2%
Pass
1.8%
0%
3.6%
0%
0%
Other
0%
1.2%
1.4%
0%
0%

Percentage awarded firsts or upper seconds 2007 50.0%
Relative change 1997 – 2007 -19.5%
Relative change 1987 – 2007 +129.4%

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