• Honour Moderations (or Mods) are a set of examinations at the University of Oxford at the end of the first part of some degree courses (e.g., Greats or...
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  • (subculture), 1960s British youth subculture Mod revival, late 1970s Honour Moderations, Oxford exams Maximum operating depth in scuba diving Mod Cup, a shinty...
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    where he obtained a double first in classics (1965–7: Classical Honour Moderations: First Class Honours; 1967–9: Literae Humaniores: First Class Honours...
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  • primary sources in the original Greek or Latin. In the first part (honour moderations or mods) students concentrate on Latin and/or Ancient Greek; in the...
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  • After Lewis returned to Oxford University, he received a First in Honour Moderations (Greek and Latin literature) in 1920, a First in Greats (Philosophy...
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    and Veterinary Sciences Triposes (MedST/VetST) from October 2018. Honour Moderations (Oxford) Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin) Wooden spoon (award)...
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  • studied classics at Wadham College, Oxford: she achieved a first in Honour Moderations in 1984, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a double...
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    typically based on the final examinations. Examinations for Prelims or Honour Moderations are also undertaken in the first or second year, but their results...
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  • first degree. The first set of examinations, called either Honour Moderations ("Mods" and "Honour Mods") or Preliminary Examinations ("Prelims"), are usually...
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  • Classical Scholarship. She achieved a first in Honour Moderations in March 1986 and an upper second in the Final Honour School in June 1988, thereby graduating...
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    with a "triple first"; he received first-class honours in classical Honour Moderations (1921), literae humaniores (1923), and philosophy, politics, and economics...
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    magazine, and was awarded a First Class degree in both Honour Moderations (June 1992) and Finals (Honour School, June 1994). While at Oxford, he was a member...
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    Binyon studied at St Paul's School, London. Then he read Classics (Honour Moderations) at Trinity College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for...
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  • was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (Honour Moderations in Literae Humaniores first class, Final Honour School of Literae Humaniores first class,...
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  • sent down for a period because of his pacifism, he gained a First in Honour Moderations in 1917. Postgate sought exemption from World War I military service...
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    Mandell Creighton during the vacations and managed a second class in Honour Moderations. He subsequently became more idle, using his time to become university...
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    been president had the war not intervened. He obtained a First in Honour Moderations, informally known as 'Mods' (consisting of Latin and Greek, the first...
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    first-class degree to match the first-class awarded him in 1914 in Honour Moderations, the preliminary stage of his degree. His first tutor at Oxford was...
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  • reasons of cost and time commitments respectively. His tutors for Honour Moderations were Denys Page and John G. Barrington-Ward, said[by whom?] to be...
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  • first-class honours in both sets of Oxford examinations, the preliminary Honour Moderations and the more important Finals which he sat in 1934. Sherwin-White...
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  • Girls' School and Somerville College, Oxford. She gained a First in Honour Moderations but did not complete her degree. She joined the staff of Vogue in...
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    (1951–56). He went on to New College, Oxford, earning a first class in Honour Moderations (1959) and Literae Humaniores (1961). He was married, from 1962 to...
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    Oxford University (Brasenose College, 1962–1966) he took Classical Honour Moderations before graduating in psychology and philosophy (PPP). He studied teaching...
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  • Oxford, where he graduated with a second class degree in classical honour moderations in 1929, and also read French. As a boy, he studied piano, piccolo...
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    going up in 1858. He won the Stanhope Prize in 1859. He passed his Honour Moderations (Mods) in Classics in 1860 and his Literae Humaniores (Greats) in...
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  • New College, Oxford and in 1925 he achieved a first in classical honour moderations. He graduated with a second class degree in 1927 and then went to...
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  • broadcaster. After completing his course at Balliol, achieving a first in Honour Moderations in Literae Humaniores (1912), a first in Greats (a combination of...
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    up to Trinity College, Oxford to read classics, gaining a First in Honour Moderations and the 1912 Gaisford Prize for Greek verse composition. (He submitted...
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  • Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Tomlin first studied Honour Moderations (Mods) at Oxford University before continuing onto study Literae humaniores...
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  • analytic philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. At Oxford, he completed Honour Moderations in Physics (1959) and degrees in history (B.A.1962; M.A. 1965) and...
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