Covid-19 ‘disrupted’ progress on tackling grade inflation

Universities UK publishes briefing on combatting rise in top grades

Covid-19 has “disrupted the progress” universities were making on tackling grade inflation, according to Universities UK.

A briefing on degree standards published by the vice-chancellors’ body on 21 January argues that the pandemic caused a “leap” in the proportion of 2.1 and first-class degrees awarded in 2019-20, which rose by 6 percentage points compared to the previous year to reach 82 per cent.