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from the you-couldn't-make-this-stuff-up dept.
An Oxford graduate's failure to get a top degree cost him a lucrative legal career, the High Court has heard.
Faiz Siddiqui alleges "inadequate" teaching on his modern history course resulted in him getting a low upper second degree in June 2000. He blames staff being absent on sabbatical leave and is suing the university for £1m. Oxford denies negligence and causation and says the case is "massively" outside the legal time limit.He said: "Whilst a 2:1 degree from Oxford might rightly seem like a tremendous achievement to most, it fell significantly short of Mr Siddiqui's expectations and was, to him, a huge disappointment."
Mr Mallalieu said his employment history in legal and tax roles was "frankly poor" and he was now unemployed, rather than having a career at the tax bar in England or a major US law firm. Mr Siddiqui also said his clinical depression and insomnia have been significantly exacerbated by his "inexplicable failure". Julian Milford, for Oxford University, told the court Mr Siddiqui complained about insufficient resources, but had only described the teaching as "a little bit dull".
Perhaps he might find employment with "This is Windows calling..."
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Thursday November 23 2017, @09:04AM
A degree? Maybe. If you pass the entry requirements for Oxford or Cambridge the drop-out rate is so low that you are almost certainly guaranteed to get a degree. That said, degree classifications in the UK are first class, upper second class (2.1), lower second class (2.2), third class, or pass without honours. Getting a first requires a lot of work and getting a 2.1 is far from guaranteed. Most employers require a 2.1 or above.
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