Getting 2:1 less important than ever for graduate jobs in UK

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UK degree classifications are no longer fit for purpose

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Less than half of UK’s big graduate recruiters now demand a 2:1

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By Chris Havergal

1 December

Getting 2:1 less important than ever for graduate jobs in UK

Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds

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