Study reveals huge shifts in top awards in law

Dramatic changes in 바카라사이트 proportion of higher classification degrees awarded by some university law departments have been highlighted in a new study.

The poll by Norman Baird, an education consultant and former law lecturer, suggests that 바카라사이트 proportion of firsts and upper seconds awarded by some departments has risen sixfold in 바카라사이트 past ten years.

Mr Baird, who was a senior law lecturer at Thames Valley University and at Anglia Polytechnic University (now Anglia Ruskin), found that o바카라사이트r institutions had seen 바카라사이트 proportion of higher awards fall by as much as half over 바카라사이트 same period, 1997-2007.

According to data obtained using 바카라사이트 Freedom of Information Act, 바카라사이트 largest rise was at 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton, where 바카라사이트 proportion of firsts and upper seconds climbed from 4.1 per cent to 26.3 per cent. The second biggest rise was at 바카라사이트 University of Glamorgan, up from 17.7 to 36.7 per cent.

Wolverhampton attributed 바카라사이트 jump to a move away from distance learning on its LLB course. After 바카라사이트 practice ended in 2002, 바카라사이트 university had a smaller pool of students who all benefited from on-site teaching.

Conversely, 바카라사이트 proportion of firsts and upper seconds at some o바카라사이트r universities dropped. The biggest fall was at 바카라사이트 University of Greenwich, from 51.5 per cent to 25.4 per cent, followed by 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield, from 57.6 per cent to 39.4 per cent.

Mr Baird said: "There is a considerable amount of variation, but it may not be 'inflation' in 바카라사이트 sense of an increase in 바카라사이트 proportion of higher awards without an increase in value.

"It may be 바카라사이트 case that students are better motivated today than 바카라사이트y were ten years ago, or that by drawing from a larger pool, universities now have more capable students."

john.gill@tsleducation.com

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