I like the idea of
a more detailed result, i.e. by module or element, etc. For example I teach photography, you might have two with a B for example but one is losing the marks in research and the other in creative stuff. There is no way to distinguish at the moment.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:47, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

that's the issue I think
they are having the problem at unis trying to distinguish between candidates for places.

I heard on the radio the other day that people were being turned down from courses because they missed their requirements by one grade. My first instinct was "tough shit, you didn't get what you needed" but if the differentiation between levels of achievement, or in different areas like you say, was better then that issue would go away, or at least wouldn't seem unfair.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Nowadays there is a lot of
emphasis on their application letter to UCAS in which they can write about extra curricular things and why they want to do a course. This seems a pretty good start to me. The letters have meaning, but not loads. I didn't do all that well in my degree, but I am one of the few people who carried on in the subject despite it being a bastard to do
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 15:56, Reply)

haha I'm glad
that they obviously ignored mine. I was far too lazy to do extra-curricular, and besides was told the better universities care very little about it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 16:00, Reply)