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first-class honours degree

He obtained a first-class degree in 1936 and won the graduate scholarship.

Again, not surprising, since as Phoebe she had taken a first-class degree.

This makes the news about the increased proportion of first-class degrees all the more worrying.

He graduated from Edinburgh with a first-class degree in 1990.

She left university with a first-class honours degree in modern European studies.

He graduated from the academy with first-class degrees in sculpture and art history.

While he was there, he received a first-class degree in Physics.

A good way to tell whether you are on track for a first-class degree is the point at which you start reading articles like this.

Anyway, back to the article, well it is only cause for concern if the reasons for the increase in first-class degrees are.

In 1893, Grace passed her final examinations and scored the equivalent of a first-class degree.