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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by biofox on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:02AM (#28563354)
The QAA and BCS have a set of national benchmarks and course descriptors that degree programmes have to follow if they want to be validated or accredited. There's a lot of flexibility within them for specialist modules, but some key topics have to be covered in all.
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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by etothepii on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:13AM (#28563438)
The idea that these benchmarks have anything meaningful to add is a ludicrous. If you think a 1st from Anglia Ruskin is Comparable with a 2nd from Cambridge you need your slide rule checked.
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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by blitzar on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:15AM (#28563456)
Only the person who went to cambridge would know what a slide rule is.
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Re:For the first time in history, St Andrews outranks Oxbridge by arethuza on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:14AM (#28563441)
And, of course this being the UK, there is more than one QAA :-)
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