On Monday, 12 April 2021 at 14:57:28 UTC+1, Davidm wrote:
On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:44:08 +0100, wrote:

From "The Week":
University tutors are being told not to mark down work for spelling
mistakes because insisting on correct English could be seen as
€œhomogenous north European, white, male, elite€�. The Times says several
institutions are adopting €œinclusive assessments€� and Hull University
says it will €œchallenge the status quo€� by dropping the requirement for
a high level of written and spoken English.

As long as you get the subject matter correct it doesn't really matter whether you spell colour or color.
There are times when wrong spelling can be misleading though, but an inteligent person can
usually work it out for themselves.

If they can't write a decent CV they won't even get a job interview to
show how smart they might be, (by decent I mean not full of
grammatical or spelling errors).

Yes they will as you can employ someone to write a CV. Writing a CV is more of an art,
and it also depends on who's reading it.
Some only want single page CVs while others expect multipage listing everything,
while others aren't really intestesd in 11+ results.


At interview they will also be judged on their ability to communicate
effectively, which means a decent standard of spoken english (or other
language relevant to the county they are in).

Yes but that will vary depending on the job that needs doing.