One of the letters in the TES caught my eye. Prof Sa'ad Medhat made some excellent points about Quality vs Quantity on the new Diplomas especially in relation to the Sept takeup being around half of the "target", a figure I concur with from my own research by the way.
He argues that progression routes are essential to encourage the Diplomas effectiveness.
I woiuld argue that we should get off the fence and stop argueing that Diplomas are "rigourously academic" which confuses the student, the school, the employers and the Univerisity and make it clear that:
Academic = A levels
Vocational = Diploma
How hard can that be?
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