University students a safe bet

The pressure on university students is set to grow as friends and family can now place bets on the final outcome of their degrees. Ladbrokes has launched the new service offering odds on the degree classification of any student due to enroll at 20 of the UK's universities.
Bets can be placed on any possible outcome, whether it be a first, 2:1, 2:2, or a rather pessimistic third.
A student with straight As at A level taking medicine at Oxford is 7/2 to graduate with a first, but a more likely evens to leave with a 2.1, the firm said. More...