Ouch - school caught bending the rules
it feels a little like that 6 foot 6 dider drogba falling over when very slightly nudged in the penalty box, technically it might be a penalty, but we all know he was totally focussed on the objective rather than the ethics involved - I guess the end justifies the means.
Here’s a piece from the [...]
Spanner mightier than pen in earning power News | Published in FE Focus on 5 November, 2010 | By: Joseph Lee Section: News
Found by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills.
Report says BTECs taken with GCSEs add 5.9% more to earnings
Students combining GCSEs and BTECs at level 2 are likely to earn more than those who take academic courses only, a new study shows, challenging claims that low-level vocational qualifications are a soft option.
Vocational courses at level 2 [...]
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