Today the Daily Mail has an interesting piece. In typical Daily Mail style, it's written as a bit of a middle England scare story but underneath the headlines, it's relevant and actually nails the problem quite well.
The Universities (Russel Group. LSE, Cambridge are some named) have effectively black listed some of the A levels regarded as soft options as counting towards offers. Subjects like ICT, Leisure & Recreation, Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, Media amongst others and I'm honestly not picking on these subjects. I mention them because coincidentally these are in the the first or second round of Diplomas.
But the same Universities have said (probably with a certain amount of reticence and perhaps even Government pressure) that they will accept level 3 Diplomas as a route to a degree.
So here we are for a theory.
If you are a student about to set off on your level 3 course.
Choose A levels for academic or traditional subjects such as Sciences, English, Maths.
Choose Diplomas for Vocational subjects such as Media, Leisure, Health & Social Care, ICT, Travel & Tourism.
But don't try to do A levels in Diploma subjects and should Diplomas ever come out for Maths, stick to the A levels.
If this all works though, it'll make it easier all round!
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