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Same problem here in Australia, but honestly I don't blame the students - unis have turned themselves into businesses selling a service, students are just responding to that. And if I'm paying for a course, and I do all the coursework and make a reasonable good faith attempt at the assessment, I think it's reasonable to expect I'll pass. If the content was too hard for a significant portion of students are those student getting anything for their money?

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Grade inflation is never the fault of students as they don't set the conditions of the course. They merely participate

While I agree it's not their "fault," they pick which schools to go to and which classes to take, so it's not correct to say that they "merely participate"

All universities in the UK operate under the same conditions. The choice of the student makes little difference.

Other countries may differ

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