Diplomas are being made more complex

Every day on radio 4, ed balls seems to have something new to say about diplomas. Good to see the Government so committed!

In the Guardian today a good piece from Mike Baker:

To summarise, he says that the recommedations of the Tomlinson report that was rejected when Tony Blair was in charge seem now to be coming to fruition under Gordon Brown.

But the warning signs are there. There will be an election around 2010, just about the time of the real birtyh of diplomas and a porr reputaion and performance then could see a negative outcome to incorporating A levels into reforms come 2013.

And there may a change of Government of course ......

ANd that's without the practical problems of implemtation, work experience, timetabling.

The final paragraph is
"The desire to give diplomas academic responsibility is understandable in view of the british tendency to devalue vocational qualifications. But that desire is the cause of the confusion, complexity and ambivalence that could scupper this much needed reform."