Any data correlating a-level to Degree clasfication against Uni ranking?

Although (at a push) I could get into a RG uni I may end up due to need to stay at home end up going to a very low ranked uni (ie 60ish).

Personally I feel - with the exception of a few careers - employers don't care that much about the uni but I am concerned that a course with lower qualified candidates will go slower and result in a lower grade.

So, is there any data out there that shows who people performed at each uni vs their a-level results?

One of the tables used to, and perhaps still does, provide both the average UCAS tariff points of students and the ratio of good honours, where good honours is defined as a 2:1 or above, awarded at that university. Not exactly what you're after, I'm afraid, but worth a look.

Although (at a push) I could get into a RG uni I may end up due to need to stay at home end up going to a very low ranked uni (ie 60ish).

Personally I feel - with the exception of a few careers - employers don't care that much about the uni but I am concerned that a course with lower qualified candidates will go slower and result in a lower grade.

So, is there any data out there that shows who people performed at each uni vs their a-level results?

I don't see how the ranking of a university determines course difficulty and therefore potentially, the degree classification that someone may or may not get. Surely it's all going to be relative (all undergraduate degrees from UK universities are at level 6 on the QCF framework).

I don't think such data would be easy to find.

This website ( https://unistats.direct.gov.uk/ ) tells you the proportions of classifications awarded for each course at each university though, which may be useful.

Tbh, I'd have thought a course with lower qualified candidates may well be easier for you to get a good classification on, since it'd be easier for you to stand out compared to your peers.

You know how in secondary school you get split into sets higher / middle / lower (that's how mine was anyway) all the kids are learning GCSE maths yet the ones in the top will be learning at a very different rate than the lower class. Well, a uni class full of AAA students will be taught at much speedier rate than a CCC class.

There's also the benefit of being able to learn more of your peers if they are at the same or higher level than you vs being a big fish in a small pond etc....

Ah yes, I was aware of that site but did not know about the ability to see the degree classifications. Thank you. Would love to have the whole data dump to play with.

As for your last point see my previous post.

I think the fundamental thing to realise here is that university degrees are not like A Levels. For A Levels and GCSEs, there are a few different exam boards, but students from different schools across the country will follow the same syllabus and it will be marked centrally to the same standard.

In contrast, universities design, teach, examine and mark all their own degrees, from beginning to end. Each individual module will tend to be based on that individual lecturer's research interests, and so there will be a great deal of variation in terms of topics taught.

There is also a great deal of variation in terms of the standards expected of students. Regardless of all degrees theoretically being equivalent qualifications, the fact is that different volumes and quality of work will be required from students at different universities, even when they are studying the same subject. If you don't believe me, have a look at this http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=46644754&postcount=3 (unfortunately the original link has now broken, but you can see the pertinent bit quoted there).