Grading algorithms threaten degree credibility, claims OfS
The higher education watchdog for England, the Office for Students (OfS), has warned that degree-awarding procedures at universities are overly generous and risk undermining academic integrity. The regulator’s recent report highlighted that “inherently inflationary” practices being used at English universities, such as over-reliance on algorithmic marking and dismissal of a student’s lowest mark, misrepresent the achievements of students and...
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