The reform of higher education degrees-United Kingdom: 18 universities will participate in _ Changchun Rui letter

2008-10-24 Sing Tao network United Kingdom 18 universities over the next year to graduating students awarded subject to a degree at the same time, the attach their score report on higher education (Higher EducationAchievement Report, HEAR). The report will include the degree information, project requirements, students choose the courses, through standard, each unit detailed scores, as well as the student has acquired skills, etc. The report may also include: students in a timed exam performance, skills, and academic. According to the Sing Tao daily reported, it is expected that the reform of higher education degree in United Kingdom, is the degree of implementation of the two hundred years after the first time, the reform will clearly real student achievement and help employers understand the students ' abilities. Last year, a review of the report pointed out that the existing degree system each year to the 300 graduates awarded honorary degrees from the "make this a tool to measure students ' abilities is." As a leader in this review, Leicester University Professor, existing BobBurgess systems limited, but he also said that will not completely abolish this institution. Get a degree (FirstClass) number since the 1990s, more than doubled again, so the criticism that the regime kills student achievement. Earlier this year, the quality assurance agency for higher education in the United Kingdom (QualityAssurance Agency) have used the "decadent" (rotten) describe the system and that the degree classification standards "high-handed and unreliable". The degree reform for United Kingdom university joint representative body, the "United Kingdom University" (UniversitiesUK) support. United Kingdom National Student Union, Vice President AaronPorter also indicated that the students would also like to have more detailed messages display the achievements of their higher education. United Kingdom university degree awarded by in the future, will be accompanied by two pages of A4 paper summary of student achievement. Which reading English, biology, accounting and creative arts students will be the main beneficiaries of the reform. 18 the United Kingdom to participate in the reform of universities including: Manchester, Newcastle,, Saint Andrew, University College London, Leicester University, nuosangbiya (Northumbria) University, NOK salt meal (Northampton) University, University of Keele (Keele), Greenwich (Greenwich) University, University of Derby (Derby), as well as Wales ' Boris Tevez (Aberystwyth) universities. Other United Kingdom universities are expected to join this in 2011.