Universities could be swamped with too many students this autumn due to teachers inflating grades, a regulator has warned. The Office for Students (OfS) today urged admissions tutors not to ‘over-recruit’ in a year likely to see unusually high numbers of top-performers. But the OfS urged institutions to ‘be sensible’ and avoid ‘abusing students’ trust’ by ‘sacrificing quality for inflated intakes’. Last year, amid the glut of students caused by grade inflation, universities gave out places to a record number of students. She said: ‘With the rise in applicant numbers and plans for teacher-assessed grades, universities and colleges are likely to have many well-qualified students to choose from.

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2021 00:01 UTC