Edinburgh University to introduce US degree system

By John-Paul Holden. THE days of Scotland’s traditional honours degree system look to be numbered after the Capital’s leading university took a first step towards introducing an American system. 
Long a staple of student banter, rhyming slang expressions such as the “Geoff Hurst”, “Attila the Hun” and “Desmond Tutu” – used to refer to first, 2:1 and 2:2 honours degrees – could be consigned to the dustbin if Edinburgh University’s radical pilot of the Grade Point Average (GPA) system is successful. More...