1.   Both staff had first degrees plus teaching qualifications.

2.   College had been a first degree in law at Berkeley followed by a year at Columbia in New York doing business studies.

3.   First degrees usually take three or four years.

4.   Jim Wells has a first degree and postgraduate qualification in town planning.

5.   She was charged with two counts of first degree murder.

6.   The first degree in the arts or sciences is the Bachelor of Arts with honors.

7.   The University offers excellent opportunities for further study to those who already have a first degree or equivalent qualifications.

8.   All candidates for admission to a taught postgraduate course should have a first degree in an appropriate subject, or a qualification or experience which is acceptable as equivalent.

9.   The usual qualification required for admission to study for a research degree and for some taught postgraduate courses is a first degree with an excellent or very good classification.

10.   Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate aplicants who give evidence of equivalent academic capability are also considered.