UNIVERSITIES must crack down on “spiralling” grade inflation – or face fines and even being struck off the register by the regulator.
The Office for Students analysis shows increases in awards between 2010-11 and 2016-17 cannot be explained by graduates simply getting better.
The percentage of first and upper second class degrees handed out has soared from 67 per cent in 2010-11 to 78 per cent in 2016-17, while the percentage of first-class degrees has rocketed from 16 per cent to 27 per cent.
They demanded urgent action saying grade inflation “risks undermining public confidence” in the system.
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of the Office for Students, demanded universities “get to grips” with the issue.
She said: “It is fundamentally important – for students, graduates and employers – that degrees hold their value over time.
“This report shows starkly that there has been significant and unexplained grade inflation since 2010-11. This spiralling grade inflation risks undermining public confidence in our higher education system.”
“We absolutely recognise how hard students work for their degrees, and accept that improved teaching and student support, and increases in the qualifications students gain before university, could explain some of the increase in grades.
“However, even accounting for prior attainment and student demographics we still find significant unexplained grade inflation.”
Education Secretary Damian Hinds said: “I sincerely hope these figures act as a wake-up call to the sector – especially those universities which are now exposed as having significant unexplained increases.
“Institutions should be accountable for maintaining the value of the degrees they award.
“I am urging universities to tackle this serious issue and have asked the Office for Students to deal firmly with any institution found to be unreasonably inflating grades.”
The report looked at individual findings for 148 universities and other higher education providers in relation to first-class degree attainment.
It suggested more than half of the providers (52%) show a statistically significant unexplained increase relative to both the sector and their own level in 2010-11.
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A further 19% of providers showed a statistically significant unexplained level of attainment above that of the sector level in 2010-11, but no significant change relative to their own level in 2010-11.
Alistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said: “Universities are already taking steps to tackle grade inflation.
“It is essential that the public has full confidence in the value of a degree.”
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