The Uniform Mark Scale (UMS) is used to convert marks into grades and exam boards agree grade boundaries which means students must meet the exact boundary to achieve a particular grade.
Perceptions of class prejudice are high across the social spectrum but peak at opposite ends; 66% of social grade A (the highest grade) agree that class prejudice is common, and 62% of social grade E (the lowest grade) concur.
We are approaching the time of year for examiners' meetings at universities, when marks are agreed and grades validated.
(agree 87.8%, grade low, 'probably do it').
Pancreatic resections should be performed at high-volume specialty centres (agree 100%, grade moderate, 'do it').
Patients with Peutz Jeghers syndrome, regardless of family history, should be considered for screening (agree 96%, grade moderate, 'do it').
Individuals with two affected blood relatives with PC, with at least one FDR, should be considered for screening (agree 77.5%, grade low, 'probably do it').
PALB2 mutation carriers with one or more affected FDR with PC should be screened (agree 77.5%, grade very low, 'probably do it').
"Savile was eccentric and odd," Grade agreed.
"After extensive discussion with Ofqual, we agreed a June grade boundary which took account of our concerns to recognise the candidate performance our examiners observed.
