More women than men go to university, and when they're there, they do better: 58% of women gained first class and upper second degrees in 2006, compared to 50% of men.

上大学的女性也比男性多，上学后，做的也更好：2006年，58%的女性获得一级和二级上学历，而男性只有50%。

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Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i.e., an upper-second class degree.

许多顶级公司甚至不会考虑那些没有高等二级学位证书的人的申请。

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To be eligible for a postgraduate grant, Manx students must now gain an upper second degree whereas it was previously a lower second.

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Employers are much less likely to use an upper second class degree - a 2:1 - as a "gold standard" for deciding which students to recruit.

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Just over half (53%) of white British students were awarded upper second class degrees, while almost 40% of black or black British Caribbean students did so.

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