Re: Brexit, what a mess we are in.
Originally Posted by
matchpoint
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I could be wrong but as far as I remember the scoring system was
1 (First Class)
1.1
1.2
2
2.1
2.2
3
Pass
Fail
Different from what I am aware of:
1 (First class honours)
2.1 (Upper second class honours)
2.2 (Lower second class honours)
3. (Third class honours)
Ordinary degree (no honours)
Fail
I've never heard of a 1.1 or a 1.2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britis...classification
Interestingly, when I was at university, first class honours went to around 6% of graduates. Look what has happened since!:
Class 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
1st 7.0% 8.2% 11.6% 14.4% 22.0%
2:1 40.3% 42.9% 47.4% 48.3% 49.5%
2:2 34.8% 34.0% 33.1% 29.8% 23.0%
3rd 5.8% 5.3% 8.0% 7.5% 5.5%
Pass 11.7% 9.6%
Other 0.3% – – – –
'Dumbing down'. In my opinion, this change has devalued the honours classification system. Logically, if this continues, everyone will be coming out with a first!