The Radcliffe Camera. Pic: Becca Collacott.
ONE in three Oxford graduates are now awarded a first class degree, new figures have revealed.
The percentage of students getting top honours jumped by four percentage points to 33.2 per cent in 2015/16 compared with statistics five years previously.
Nationwide the number of first class degrees given out rose sharply, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency figures.
Oxford Brookes students also enjoyed a rise, with 17.2 per cent awarded firsts, up 2.2 percentage points from 2010/11.
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