Oxford University gives women more time to pass exams

[Zarvan]

Students taking maths and computer science examinations in the summer of 2017 were given an extra 15 minutes to complete their papers

• Tony Diver

22 JANUARY 2018 • 3:39PM


Oxford University exam times were increased in a bid to improve the low scores of women, it has emerged.

Students taking maths and computer science examinations in the summer of 2017 were given an extra 15 minutes to complete their papers, after dons ruled that "female candidates might be more likely to be adversely affected by time pressure". There was no change to the length or difficulty of the questions.

It was the first time such steps had been taken. In previous years, the percentage of male students awarded first class degrees was double that of women and in 2016 the board of examiners suggested that the department make changes to improve women's grades.

The lengthening of exams was welcomed by some female students
However, despite the intention being to lessen gender discrepancies, the main effect of the time increase appears to have been an increase in the number of 2:1s overall, with 2:2 figures falling. Men continued to be awarded more first class degrees than women in the two subjects.

A university spokesman defended the changes as "academically demanding and fair", and noted that while 39 per cent of female mathematicians achieved first class degrees compared to 47 per cent of men, women's scores had improved year on year.

The lengthening of exams was welcomed by some female students. Antonia Siu, Undergraduate Representative of Oxford Women in Computer Science, said: "I am uneasy about schemes to favour one gender over another.


"But I am happy when people see gaps between groups of people who should not reasonably have such gaps - such as between genders, races or class - and take that as a starting point to think about the kinds of people they unintentionally are leaving behind."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/01/22/oxford-university-gives-women-time-pass-exams/

 

[Zarvan]

I thought west was all about equality

 

[PakSword]

In Pakistan, ladies get more marks in any type of exam or contest.. except games/ sports/ fights/ haraami pan/ c*utiapa etc.. I believe males should get more time to solve matriculation/ intermediate and university examinations..

 

[UKBengali]

Men and women have equal IQs but men's "Bell curve" is more spread out. This means that there are greater number of dumb men as well as greater numbers of clever men than women.
The idea that men and women can ever be equal is nonsense.

 

[xyxmt]

In Pakistan, ladies get more marks in any type of exam or contest.. except games/ sports/ fights/ haraami pan/ c*utiapa etc.. I believe males should get more time to solve matriculation/ intermediate and university examinations..

what young males in the west have is time saved from poondi bazi spent on studies.

 

[PakSword]

what young males in the west have is time saved from poondi bazi spent on studies.

Because poondi is a trait of Pakistani male gene.. So they are natural losers in studies.. and should be given some support..

And the worst side is that ladies get admission in government medical college, and then one day a mother of a young man who always wished to have a doctor bahu gets the lady doctor for him.. and she never practices medicine.. just a degree.. so that the saas can tell others "main tou doctor bahu layee hun apnay betey ke liey".

In Pakistan, most of the ladies only aim to get a degree, without any objective of application of knowledge in practical world.. They feel happy sitting at homes and raising children..

 

[Indus Pakistan]

The idea that men and women can ever be equal is nonsense.

Your women might be dumb but in my family all our females hold themselves up against males. No piece of crap is going to tell me my mum is sub-anything.

 

[Hassan Guy]

discrimination....


ye im not in oxford university,


maybe if I was the child of incredibly corrupt politicians I could get in

 

[jamahir]

Maybe this is off-topic for this thread but want to say that the male brain is generally better at abstract thought than the female brain, which means that topics like computer science have more men than women.

Of course, this does not hold true for places like India where computer science is not studied for interest but more for better job prospects.

 

[Khatri_pune]

Dam..... What wrong did boys do????
This is discrimination against boys....

 

[Mamluk]

Misleading news headline - all students are given the extra time.

 

[El Sidd]

Sexist science.

 

[nang2]

I thought west was all about equality

They want it so much that they are willing to fake it.

 

[BiteMe]

Women and men are not equals; Physically, mentally and emotionally. Period

 

[Divergent]

Wow...strong independent empowered women.

Truly though, they either belong on a bed or in the kitchen.

Just like you belong in a shed