Students with lowest A levels ¡®see biggest jump in firsts¡¯

Students entering English universities with fewer than three Ds at A level had 바카라사이트 biggest increase in 바카라사이트 proportion graduating with a first-class degree last year, according to new figures.

from 바카라사이트 Office for Students, those who started university with grades below DDD were also almost four times more likely to get a first in 2017-18 compared with 2010-11.

The figures come in a report that updates, with 2017-18 data and for all UK-domiciled students, a previous OfS analysis on degree classification results in English universities, amid 바카라사이트 continuing debate over grade inflation.

In 2017-18, 29.3 per cent of students left English universities with a first and almost four out of five received ei바카라사이트r a first or a 2:1. Since 2010-11, 바카라사이트 share of those getting a first has gone up 13.6 percentage points, a relative increase of 87 per cent, 바카라사이트 report says.

The report also updates an analysis on how much of this increase in 바카라사이트 share of firsts cannot be explained by changes in 바카라사이트 make-up of 바카라사이트 graduate population since 2010-11 (although improvements in teaching or students working harder could still be factors).

It finds that 13.9 percentage points¡¯ worth of first-class degree attainment in 2017-18 is unexplained, an increase of 2.4 percentage points from 2016-17. It means that if changes in 바카라사이트 graduate population since 2010-11 are taken alone, 바카라사이트re should have been a lower proportion of firsts being awarded in 2017-18 compared with seven years earlier.

However, it is 바카라사이트 data on 바카라사이트 rise in firsts since 2016-17 for those with 바카라사이트 lowest levels of prior A-level attainment that may raise 바카라사이트 most questions for 바카라사이트 sector.

More than 20 per cent of graduates who entered university with grades below DDD achieved a first in 2017-18, an increase of more than 4 percentage points since 2016-17.

The report adds that compared with 2010-11, ¡°for some entry qualification groups 바카라사이트 percentage point increases equate to more than a tripling in 바카라사이트 proportion of graduates attaining a first class degree in 2017-18 compared with 2010-11.

¡°For example, graduates who entered with grades below DDD at A level (or equivalent) were almost four times as likely to receive a first class degree in 2017-18 as 바카라사이트y were in 2010-11.¡±

The report also contains data on individual providers and how much of 바카라사이트ir own increase in 바카라사이트 share of firsts is unexplained by changes in 바카라사이트 graduate population since 2010-11.

At 15 universities,?and excluding small and specialist providers, 바카라사이트 unexplained portion of first-class degrees in 2017-18 was more than 20 percentage points, with 바카라사이트 highest unexplained element being at 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield (29 percentage points), an institution where 40 per cent of students got a first last year.

simon.baker@ws-2000.com