Down with the 2:2!

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Many academics in the UK no longer see the point of making a distinction between Upper and Lower Seconds in degree classifications. Indeed, a growing number are now refusing to distinguish within the second class. It has certainly become more common for students to be awarded a good degree, and now only a third of students get Lower Seconds. There is also growing concern about the inconsistency of academic marking. For most companies which recruit graduates, degree classification is only one of a number of criteria which they use.

Standards, Degrees, Academic, Academic degrees

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Babes in the Whitehall wood

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The UK Labour party has so far made only limited preparations for dealing with top civil servants if it wins the forthcoming general election. None of the crucial decisions, including those regarding relations between the prime minister's office and the cabinet office, have yet been made, and the party has not worked on a strategy linking political aims, political possibility and administrative processes. The key question is what the Labour party would actually want the civil service to do.

Political activity, Political aspects, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Civil service

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The dumbing down of an after-dark DJ

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It will be very interesting to see how Mark Radcliffe performs as a replacement for DJ Chris Evans on Radio 1's 'Breakfast Show.' Radcliffe's current radio show has a very alternative style, but he is very likely to become much more mainstream when he joins Radio 1. This will prove once more that popular culture cannot tolerate an alternative approach. Radcliffe is unlikely to translate very well from a late-night DJ into an early-morning one.

Officials and employees, Radio broadcasting industry, British Broadcasting Corp., Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Disc jockeys, Radcliffe, Mark

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