Postgraduate results classifications

[lister]

Can somebody tell me how the results for postrgraduate degrees are graded. I am doing some research to see if a postgraduate degree in sociology would be beneficial and have read that most universities class results as either-distinctions, merits and pass.

But i have also looked at potential job vacancies and the majority of them want someone who has a postgraduate degree but it does not class a particular grade (like vacancies which may want an undergraduate with, e.g. a 2:1 degree).

Also, some vacancies want someone who has a "pass" in a postgraduate...does this mean that the distinction/merit/pass criteria does not apply here.

I'm confused.........

Any help would be appreciated.

[Bev2007]

I have not come across graded prostgrad qualifications before, and it was my understanding that the vast majority if not all postgrad degrees in the UK are either pass or fail. I have a masters and there was no graded result - you either got it or you didnt.

[Scylax]

Bev2007 (above) is correct. Higher degrees are all-or-nothing.
Exam results and submitted work during the course may be appended to show how you are doing, but the dissertation/thesis is the final arbiter, and that is either accepted or otherwise. At this level, gradations are meaningless.