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Daily Mail reports on easy qualifications

Is there life in the 14 vocational diplomas yet?
Perhaps stories like this in the daily mail on 7/5/11 will turn the tide back towards Diplomas - after all they have fallen back because schools thought they were a bit too hard to teach and rigorous to learn plus because students needed to also be able [...]

Support from the Guardian for Diplomas

click here for mike bakers review of wolf report
Posted by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills.

Editorial - Wolf’s Got Talent, but until the GCSE is binned the curriculum will lack coherence

Comment | Published in The TES on 11 March, 2011 | By: Gerard Kelly
This appeared on my google search about GCSe - jonathan
Witnessing the reaction to Alison Wolf’s report on vocational education is a bit like watching the response of the Britain’s Got Talent audience to Susan Boyle. Initial scepticism rapidly followed by universal acclamation. [...]

SEN getting the Government review now?

Ministers are due to unveil a major shake-up of special educational needs (SEN) support in England’s schools.
Under the proposals, education and health care plans are set to replace statements, which detail the support children with the severest level of need can expect.
The plans would be drawn up after a single assessment, rather than the numerous [...]

In support of diplomas

Ditch Diploma’s extra weight to see it really fly
News | Published in FE Focus on 11 February, 2011 | By: Russell Joseph
When I visit colleges and schools, I am often told they will not be offering Diplomas in future. How could this forward-thinking qualification, written jointly by employers and educationalists, have lost its way?
Part of [...]

7th annual diploma conference

From Sec-ed and yes, Jonathan Wells of Guroo will be taking the Functional Skills workshop.
A vital event for all those involved in Diplomas
How do we overcome the current challenges facing 14-19 Diplomas? How can Diploma deliverers work effectively with such tightened budgets? How can an innovative approach to Diplomas help with cost-effective delivery?
These are [...]

Jody McIntyre: ‘What the government are trying to do is to widen the gap between the rich and the poor’Activist Jody McIntyre on inequality, political process, and the student demonstrations

Nor much to do with Diploma resources but in doing a little bit of research about pass rates for Diplomas and Functional Skills, I came across this. Whilst i don’t necessarily agree with all the sentiments, the basic premise of the gap widening is very clear.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2010/dec/20/jody-mcintyre-student-protest

Can’t have it both ways!

Perhaps it’s because he left school at 15 and ran his own business while his peers were still studying. But Richard Branson believes that the British education system does not serve budding businessmen and women well, according to a US diplomatic cable.
Branson touched on the subject at a lunch held in January 2008 by Chinese [...]

Travesty of our ’stagnating’ schools: In a damning indictment of Labour, OECD condemns British education which is now inferior to Estonia’s

Travesty of our ’stagnating’ schools: In a damning indictment of Labour, OECD condemns British education which is now inferior to Estonia’s
By KATE LOVEYS
So why shouldn’t estonia have a good education system and what gives England the right to think they are better than Estonia?
Britain has plummeted down worldwide education rankings in the [...]

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 [...]

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