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Grade inflation is an injustice to hardworking students | Nicola Dandridge
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Record number of firsts prompts warnings of university grade inflation
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Share of UK students getting a first goes up again
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School pupils should only apply for university after A-Level results UCU says
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I lost my job for warning university bosses about grade inflation | Anonymous academic
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Times Letters: Grade inflation and university autonomy
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The Times view on grade inflation: British universities need to dispel suspicions
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How to tackle grade inflation? Open university exams to all | Sonia Sodha
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University grade inflation could lead to fines
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Bend the rules and we will all make the grade, says Ann Widdecombe
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Universities told to end 'spiralling' grade inflation
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Rise in firsts ‘unexplained’ at most English universities
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Telegraph view: Grade inflation at our universities has to end
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Universities face fines or being struck off if they keep handing out too many first-class degrees
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Universities told to end 'spiralling' grade inflation
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Public confidence in higher education at risk amid 'spiralling' grade inflation at universities, regulator warns
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Grade inflation 'bigger at universities than colleges'
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University gives half its students a first-class degree
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Universities watchdog threatens fines over grade inflation
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Evidence of grade inflation in applied generals, says Ofqual
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  • Dec 12, 2018
Exams boards told to ‘strengthen controls’ after ‘unwarranted’ rise in BTEC grades
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Awarding bodies told to ‘strengthen controls’ on applied generals after ‘unwarranted’ rise in grades
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Grade inflation? Don’t do a disservice to our determined new generation of students
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UK universities to hold inquiry into degree awards policies
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Universities with soaring grades may be forced to introduce common marking criteria
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University chiefs admit tutors are under pressure to inflate grades
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Overhaul in marking system aims to halt grade inflation
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No grade inflation in Cambridge Pre-U | Letters
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University 'grade inflation' to be tackled as first-class degrees rise
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Government unveils measures to tackle grade inflation at universities
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UK universities face grade inflation crackdown
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Universities to be punished for awarding 'too many' top degrees in new rating system
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Government announces plan to tackle 'grade inflation' at UK universities
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Universities found guilty of grade inflation will be penalised in rankings under Government plans
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GCSEs are a waste of time – an education expert proposes an alternative
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UK degree algorithms: the nuts and bolts of grade inflation
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  • Jun 23, 2018
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  • Jun 21, 2018
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A degree of uncertainty: an investigation into grade inflation in universities
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Too many firsts risk universities' credibility, says think tank
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Students should sit national assessments for degrees to stop ‘rocketing’ grade inflation, report says
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Students leaving university with a First almost quadruples over the past 20 years
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Grade inflation 'race to the bottom' as first class degrees quadruple over eight years at some institutions
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Increase in first-class degrees as universities fight over students
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  • Jun 20, 2018
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Almost a third of students are heading for a first-class degree this year as fears grow over university grade inflation
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  • May 16, 2018
Schools pressurising teachers to 'wildly inflate grades'
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  • Feb 26, 2018
Almost 50 universities awarded a First or 2.1 to eight out of ten students last year
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  • Jan 29, 2018
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  • Jan 29, 2018
Firsts no longer make the grade, says Cambridge
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Universities are ignoring students’ lowest marks to calculate degree classification, report finds
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  • Jan 25, 2018
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  • Jan 25, 2018
Now students pay thousands, firsts are on the rise. Fancy that | Vanessa Thorpe
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Cambridge don claims rapid grade inflation is down to tuition fees and students working harder
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More than a quarter of students now get a first-class degree as the rates of people getting the highest honours rises 50% in just five years
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Three quarters of graduates get 2:1 or firsts as regulator issues warning to universities to halt grade inflation
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  • Jul 21, 2017
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Universities UK comment on degree classifications data
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Number of UK degree students receiving firsts soars
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First-class degrees on the increase at Scottish universities
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Number of first class university degrees soars amid grade inflation warning
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UK universities accused of giving too many first-class degrees
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First-class university degrees on the increase
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University grade inflation warning as number of students obtaining first class degrees triples in less than two decades 
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