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Universities: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1742168 |
| UIN: |
HL2576 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-15 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4903 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Godson
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Lord Godson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consistency of standards at English universities given that the proportion of students receiving a first-class degree was 7 per cent in 1997 and 29.5 per cent in 2022–23. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-29 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
Unjustifiable increases in the proportion of top degrees being awarded threaten to undermine the value of degrees. Data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA, now a part of Jisc), shows in the past two years the proportion of top degre... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |