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Why we need to tackle university degree inflation

07 Sep 2022

With more physics students than ever before getting top grades, Peter Main calls for new ways of measuring university performance to avoid “grade inflation”

graduates celebrating
Inflationary pressures Giving more students top grades might make them happy, but universities need better ways to measure performance. (Courtesy: iStock/LaylaBird)
Graduation ceremonies are a wonderful part of the academic calendar, where students celebrate their

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