University grade inflation under the spotlight

‘The latest cohort of university students are the product of 13 years of relentless assessment at primary and secondary school,’ writes Simon Ditchfield.Your front-page headline, “Crackdown on grade inflation at universities” (22 October), made my blood boil.The latest cohort of university students are the product of 13 years of relentless assessment at primary and secondary school, driven by the ever-greater pressure of league tables which, owing to financial incentives,