SecEd digital magazine covering functional skills and diplomas
It’s published as on-line magazine so click the link and go to pages 2-3 for the full story.
Boring Functional Skills?
The story is below but what is interesting are the comments.
Comment (3)
Hi - I am a Deputy Head, I teach both the MPD Diploma and Functional Skills ICT and have sat the FS ICT exam, which I found an appropriate thinking challenge at exactly the right level, and yes I passed.
From looking at the FS [...]
Delivering Diplomas Magazine - Spring term
A brand new edition of the Delivering Diplomas magazine is now out.
60 pages of all things Diplomas, functional skills, PLTS and 14-19 - and it even has an article by Jonathan Wells in it!
Voila! Apprenticeships shape the tastiest chefs
And of course, all apprenticeships include Functional Skills.
Comment: Marco Pierre White
In my opinion, if you want to be a chef, or learn any craft inside out, an apprenticeship is the way to do it. Knowing that someone has “served his time” as an apprentice is worth more than any certificate from catering college.
My apprenticeship [...]
Guroo newsletter about functional skills
Our bi-weekly look at the world of Functional Skills.
Are QCDA on a productivity bonus, Functional Skills in the School Report Card, brand new “Functional Skills in ….” booklets, Lisa needs your help and that link to the early demise of ALAN again.
QCDA’s big Functional Skills push. A 16 page Functional Skills supplement [...]
LSIS newsletter
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Forwarded by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills
Diplomas too easy for bright students?
Standards are lower and do not test more able students like A-levels, says Ofqual
By Richard Garner, Education Editor
Friday, 5 March 2010
Ed Balls wants the diplomas to be the ‘natural route’ through education
Posted by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills, leaders in 14-19 on-line resources for diplomas.
The Government’s flagship new diplomas are failing to stretch the [...]
Tomlinson in the TES
Tomlinson turns on Diplomas
News | Published in The TES on 26 February, 2010 | By: William Stewart
Comment:
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News
Qualifications guru warns academic versions may require less subject knowledge than A-levels
The man who inspired the Government’s flagship Diplomas has dealt a major blow to their credibility, warning they need structural change to stand a chance of meeting ministers’ [...]
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