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Article: The ‘Thatcherite’ generation and university degree results
Title | The ‘Thatcherite’ generation and university degree results |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 1992 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0309877X.asp |
Citation | Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1992, v. 16 n. 2, p. 60-70 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Recent years have witnessed a substantial rise in the number of ‘good’ first degrees awarded in Higher Education and much discussion has focussed on whether this trend represents a decline in ‘standards’. A study of University degree award patterns between 1979 and 1989 indicated gender, subject and size and age of University as factors of some limited importance. A questionnaire distributed to 18 Universities in England and Wales resulted in over 70 individual responses with the identification of improved quality of entrants, improved teaching quality and increased use of continuous assessment as perceived factors. Evidence supports the notion of improved quality of entrant on the basis of improving A Level grades coupled with a relatively small increase in University undergraduate numbers during the 1980s. There is also strong anecdotal support among members of the University community that students worked harder during the 1980s influenced by the ‘Thatcherite’ competitive culture and fears about future job prospects. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/169919 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.911 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Macfarlane, BJ | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-26T00:48:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-26T00:48:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1992 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1992, v. 16 n. 2, p. 60-70 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0309-877X | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/169919 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Recent years have witnessed a substantial rise in the number of ‘good’ first degrees awarded in Higher Education and much discussion has focussed on whether this trend represents a decline in ‘standards’. A study of University degree award patterns between 1979 and 1989 indicated gender, subject and size and age of University as factors of some limited importance. A questionnaire distributed to 18 Universities in England and Wales resulted in over 70 individual responses with the identification of improved quality of entrants, improved teaching quality and increased use of continuous assessment as perceived factors. Evidence supports the notion of improved quality of entrant on the basis of improving A Level grades coupled with a relatively small increase in University undergraduate numbers during the 1980s. There is also strong anecdotal support among members of the University community that students worked harder during the 1980s influenced by the ‘Thatcherite’ competitive culture and fears about future job prospects. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0309877X.asp | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Further and Higher Education | en_US |
dc.title | The ‘Thatcherite’ generation and university degree results | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Macfarlane, BJ: bmac@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Macfarlane, BJ=rp01422 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/0309877920160207 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0642380317 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 16 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 60 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 70 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0309-877X | - |