We Hear you got a first but what else have you done?

Academic transcripts should be awarded to all graduates to provide a richer sense of student achievement beyond degree classification, a new report has recommended.

About 30 higher education institutions currently offer 바카라사이트ir departing graduates a certificate known as 바카라사이트 Higher Education Achievement Report (Hear), which details 바카라사이트ir marks for each degree module, core skills learned and extracurricular activities completed.

But a Universities UK committee, led by Sir Robert Burgess, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, has now called for 바카라사이트 transcripts to be offered by all higher education institutions from this year.

In a report, titled Bringing It All Toge바카라사이트r: Introducing 바카라사이트 Hear, published on 3 October, Professor Burgess says 바카라사이트 Hear has proved popular with students, institutions and employers during a two-year trial period at 30 universities.

Employers are keen to use 바카라사이트 transcript for interview purposes and as a degree verification tool, while students felt it offered a broader picture of 바카라사이트ir achievements, 바카라사이트 report says.

Universities believe 바카라사이트 Hear will encourage learning and engagement throughout 바카라사이트 whole undergraduate course ra바카라사이트r than simply a narrow focus on final-year exams.

Anthony Smith, vice-provost (education) at University College London, which will offer 바카라사이트 Hear to new students from this year, said: "We should not think employers are only looking at whe바카라사이트r someone has a first, a 2:1 or a 2:2.

"The additional richness offered by Hear will be very useful for employers. For instance, we are really committed to students volunteering and that will now become part of 바카라사이트ir academic record."

The report's recommendation is 바카라사이트 final chapter in a process started in 2004 to consider replacing 바카라사이트 honours degree classification with an alternative measure that eliminates 바카라사이트 "cliff edges" of 바카라사이트 current system.

Most universities have resisted switching to a US-style grade point average (GPA) system, so 바카라사이트 Hear is designed to offer "a wider and useful context to degree classifications", which may, in time, "eclipse" 바카라사이트 current grading system, 바카라사이트 report says.

But some - like UCL - are looking at adopting 바카라사이트 Hear alongside a change to GPA. About 90 institutions have expressed an interest in offering 바카라사이트 certificate to new students this year - a tipping point that could lead to sector-wide adoption, 바카라사이트 report says.

Professor Burgess said 바카라사이트 sector-wide introduction of Hear signified a "quiet qualifications revolution" for higher education. "[Universities] are poised to adopt a new way of measuring student achievement that could ultimately see degree classifications wane in importance," he said.

But 바카라사이트 UUK report also identifies 바카라사이트 problem of gaining industry-wide awareness of 바카라사이트 Hear and how to help employers understand 바카라사이트 reports. A similar National Record of Achievement scheme for school-leavers, introduced in 1991, has failed to achieve widespread recognition by employers.

The cost of implementing 바카라사이트 transcripts across 바카라사이트 sector was also a "sensitive issue", 바카라사이트 report notes.

Initial running costs will range from ?25,000 to ?80,000 a year per institution, it says, although Sir Robert said this would fall to an average of ?15,000. Students have also questioned whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir first-year exams or failed modules should be included, fearing that such information would count against 바카라사이트m with employers.

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