In this article, Margaret Lamb begins by introducing readers to her interpretation of "honours" and "honours education" and describing the experiences that have formed her perspectives on the topics she discusses. In the remainder of the article, she (1) places some characteristics of Oxford undergraduate education in a wider…

Relatively inexpensive studies that go beyond the boundaries of individual institutions have considerable attraction, particularly at a time when resources are under significant constraint. These studies can be viewed as existing under the rather larger umbrella of "supra-institutional research". Three examples illustrate the argument…

The classified honours degree has so much prestige and so venerable a tradition that only very serious and systemic changes could justify the question as to whether classification has a future. However, while this paper argues that such changes have indeed taken place in the past 30 years, the main arguments for change are pedagogical. The…