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If so, then it would be essential for people to demonstrate they could do that by doing well in exams. If the job allows for doing maths without pressure and whilst being able to consult sources if necessary, no need to have high pressure exams to test ability.
I'm against fitness and strength levels being lowered in the military to accommodate women when a certain level of fitness and strength is required to do the job, obviously. There's a reason for ensuring people perform consistently well on those tests.
I agree on this. Because of the ramifications of lowering them. I also agree we can accommodate for different strengths men and women have. Planning, pressure etc are part of this as well.
Yes. It would be a shame to lose highly able female mathematicians because exams revealed more about their ability to cope with pressure than their ability to do maths.
Hm. Yes. Tho I'd figure they would do better at the coursework in the programme to even it out. But that's a guess.
They were getting significantly fewer firsts than men which is why this is being tested.
Hm. Thinking on this. Cause if all it took was time, that'd be quite interesting.
It did say that it just led to more people getting too grades rather than gap bridging. Women are hardly disadvantaged. It's 39% to 47% for 1sts in maths with women gaining year on year. I wonder what will happen if women do better.
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