18 degree in the University of British reform

                    

18 universities to raise new UK degree-awarding system, they will be in 2009, awarded degrees to the graduates at the same time, accompanied by the higher education report cards . The report will bear with degrees granted information, program requirements, students choose courses, through the standard, each unit detailed score, and the students have mastered the skills.

report may also include: students in the limited examination of the performance, skills and academic situation. According to "Sing Tao Daily", is anticipated that the UK higher education degree system reform is the degree system to implement the first two years, the reform clearly shows that student achievement will help employers understand the ability of students.

UK degree based on student performance are generally divided into four levels, namely first class (Hons) degree in FirstClass, Second Class (Honours) degree SecondClass (this level is divided into Upper Second Class B 2:1 and two 2:2), down is the third class (Hons) degree ThirdClass and the last, etc. Pass. Last year, a review report noted that the current degree system, graduates each year to three hundred thousand honorary degree, "so that this line of tools to measure student ability ineffective." Previously, students have access to FirstClass can be described as rare, but since the 1990s, access to first-class degree has more than doubled the number of fan, so criticisms of the system erode student achievement.

the degree system reform on behalf of the joint University of British institutions, "British University" for their support. UK National Union Vice AaronPorter also said the students also hope to have more detailed information display their achievements in higher education. After the reform, the United Kingdom to award degrees at the University, will be accompanied by two A4 pages of the summary of student achievement. 18 UK universities involved in the reform include: Manchester, Newcastle, St Andrews, University College London, University of Leicester, Northumbria University, the University of Northampton, University of Kiel, University of Greenwich, University of Derby and Wales, University of Alberta. Other UK universities are expected to join the reform in 2011.