<p>Actually, Oxford and Cambridge don’t technically award honours degrees either. The ‘honours’ classification at Oxford and Cambridge refers to the class of examination pass rather than the whole degree. </p>
<p>For example I put on my CV that I have a BA (Hons) from Oxford, but what I actually have is a BA degree where I got an honours classification in my final examinations. It’s not a very important distinction, but it is a distinction nonetheless.</p>
<p>So I guess what I’m saying is that ‘honours’ doesn’t mean the same thing everywhere, nor does it even necessarily matter much. There is absolutely no doubt that an MIT grad could attend grad school in the UK, regardless of the fact that s/he doesn’t have an honours degree.</p>