Universities to adopt US-style 'grade points' system

By Graeme Paton. Twenty universities and colleges will mark students' work using new "grade points" in favour of the 200-year-old system of first, second and third class degrees. 
 Universities could drop traditional degree classifications in favour of US-style “grade points” amid fears the existing system is too crude, it has emerged. At least 20 institutions – including six members of the elite Russell Group – will trial a new system of grading students’ work as part of a drive to boost transparency. More...