14-19: Diploma delivery – September 2008

I know that I am sometimes often guilty of loading a whole lot of items into draft and then not getting around to checking the link and adding comment as appropriate but not in this case.

I picked up this in my reader on 9 September – a week after term started in most English schools – from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

This page on the 14-19 site will help educators as schools begin to deliver diplomas in September. It includes information on teaching, leadership, administration and guidance. It also links to resources on external sites and provides details of which organisations to contact for different queries.

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Top academics and employers to develop new subject Diplomas

via DCFS press release on 11 August

Partnerships including Oxford academics, British Airways and other leading educational experts will come together to develop the next three Diplomas. Some of the country’s most famous universities, including the vast majority of the Russell Group and every member of the 1994 Group have now publicly said they will also consider applicants with a Diploma.

Read the full press release.

Diplomas hit by low-status claim

Financial Times 29 June

The Nuffield Foundation recommends a European-style high school baccalaureate containing a mixture of the academic and vocational, which it thinks would have more prestige.

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Hazel's comment:
Yet another organisation weighs into the argument against the "flagship" Diplomas.

Evaluation of the implementation and impact of Diplomas

via NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) e-newsletter

The introduction of Diplomas for 14-19 year olds represents a major innovation in educational opportunity in England. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide policy makers and practitioners with systematic and robust evidence enabling them to make informed judgments about the outcomes of the Diplomas for different stakeholders and to make improvement to design and delivery if appropriate.

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