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Are UK degree standards going up, down or sideways?

Pages 35-42 | Published online: 05 Aug 2006

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Christopher Lalley & Lauren McInally. (2023) Secondary school grades and graduate returns to education in the UK. Journal of Education and Work 36:3, pages 169-185.
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George L. Heritage & Andrew D. Thomas. (2007) Institutional Bias and the Degree Class System. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 31:2, pages 285-297.
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Peter Knight. (2006) The local practices of assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 31:4, pages 435-452.
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Mantz Yorke , Greg Barnett, Peter Evanson, Chris Haines, Don Jenkins, Peter Knight, Dave Scurry, Marie Stowell & Harvey Woolf. (2004) Self‐help in research and development relating to assessment: a case study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 29:4, pages 389-399.
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Peter T. Knight. (2000) The Value of a Programme-wide Approach to Assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 25:3, pages 237-251.
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