<p>Ah I see… that’s different again actually. 
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<p>Some universities in England and Wales (e.g. Oxford and Cambridge) simply do not offer honours degrees. Other universities offer honours degrees, but not for all degree subjects (e.g. medicine is a non-honours degree).</p>
<p>In England and Wales there can be a perceived difference between a graduate who doesn’t have an honours degree, and one who does. </p>
<p>If the graduate is from a university which doesn’t offer honours degrees, or has done a course where an honours degree isn’t available like medicine, there’s no problem - the graduate doesn’t have an honours degree because it wasn’t possible for him to get one. </p>
<p>BUT - if a graduate could have done an honours degree and didn’t, it suggests that they didn’t do well enough to get honours.</p>
<p>In Scotland it’s different - from my understanding of the education system there, Ordinary degrees from universities that also offer honours degrees are fairly common and respected by employers, and there isn’t the stigma attached to having a non-honours degree. </p>
<p>Does that make sense at all??</p>