Friday 13 May 2022 01:41 AM That's a first! Proportion of students getting top degrees DOUBLES in a decade, ... trends now
Friday 13 May 2022 01:41 AM That's a first! Proportion of students getting top degrees DOUBLES in a decade, ... trends now
That's a first! Proportion of students getting top degrees DOUBLES in a decade, report shows The Office for Students says 38% of students are obtaining first class degrees That is up from 16% who achieved first class degrees a decade earlier in 2010-11 It says leniency due to the Covid pandemic could mean 'baked in' grade inflation Universities minister Michelle Donelan condemned the 'unjustifiable increases’
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The proportion of students in England getting first class degrees has more than doubled to almost 40 per cent in a decade.
A report by the Office for Students warns grade inflation could be ‘baked in’ following leniency due to Covid-19.
In 2020-21, 38 per cent of students got a first – up from 16 per cent in 2010-11.
Last night, universities minister Michelle Donelan condemned the ‘unjustifiable increases’.
Universities face fines of up to £500,000 if they do not reign in the grades bonanza, and should not use the pandemic as an ‘excuse’, officials said.
