Law student complaints: University College London

2009.06.18

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 College London

    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.

Student compensation payments

Year of complaint   Nature of Complaint   Amount of compensation   Comments
             
2005   A complaint was made by four students on an LLB programme. A formal review conducted by the Vice-Provost (Academic and International) found that “there had been insufficient Departmental / Faculty scrutiny of the programme and that the academic and pastoral guidance and care given to the students was insufficient.”   “A sum of £3,500 was awarded to each of the students in compensation. This was increased to £5,000 to reflect financial loss and the anxiety to which the students had been subjected.”    
             

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Marks by subject: University College London

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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University College London 2007/8

    Average exam mark %   Percentage of students with exam mark of 40% or above
Contract   56%   92.8%
Property I   58%   94.1%
Public Law I   59%   98%
Property II   61%   98.7%
Public Law II   62%   98.1%
Tort Law   62%   97.7%
Criminal Law   56%   97.9%
European Union Law   62%   99.34%

LLB awards by class: University College London

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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UCL
1987
1997
2002
2006
2007
First class
7.4%
2.7%
11.5%
2.5%
15.1%
Upper Second
52.6%
50%
67.3%
82.6%
70.5%
Lower Second
36.8%
44.6%
19.5%
13.7%
13.7%
Third
3.2%
2.7%
1.8%
0.6%
0.7%
Pass
0%
0%
0%
%
0%
Other
0%
0%
0%
0.6%
0%

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Percentage awarded firsts or upper seconds 2007 85.6%
Relative change 1997 – 2007 +62.4%
Relative change 1987 – 2007 +42.7%