Health Sciences has topped the number of students leaving York – with 1 in 15 undergraduates pulling out in the academic year 2012/13.
The department was crowned with the most pullouts – accounting for 6.3 per cent of the department. The Electronics and the Social Policy and Social Work Departments come in a close second and third with 5.9 and 5.4 per cents respectively.
The departments that reported the fewest withdrawals was History with 1 per cent, and English and Related Literature at 1.3 per cent.
But the statistics, obtained under a Freedom of Information request, show that in the last year, a total of 1 in 33 undergraduates have withdrawn from the university.
The number of overall withdrawals from the university stood at a whopping 334.
The data, obtained by Vision, show a number of students have left under health reasons – with 26 incidents being recorded across the last academic year.
And according to the figures 98 students were forced to leave the university due to academic performance or personal conduct reasons.
But a statement in the request showed students who transferred to another course of study or were on a Leave of Absence were not included in the data.
The data follows news that YUSU President Kallum Taylor recently announced a number of improvements for Health Sciences students.
What this article fails to point out is that a 1 in 33 drop out rate, corresponding to a 96.96% degree completion rate, easily puts us in the top 7 – pushing the top 5 – in the country.
Do some research before writing an article, Vision.
Source: http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Completion&v=wide
Surely the statement that “showed students who transferred to another course of study or were on a Leave of Absence were not included in the data” wasn’t really in the request, but rather in the response to the request?