We still don’t know why the pandemic years led to more undergraduates than ever before completing their courses with the archetypal (first, upper second) good degree.
Certainly the data is striking. Most providers saw a large spike in such results in 2019-20, followed by a slight drop in 2020-21. Today Universities UK felt that some of this increase – at least – could be attributed to measures taken to ensure students did not face significant disadvantage during the worst months of the pandemic and associated restrictions.
