Tuesday 14 October 2008

As bad as that!

Reports that only 11,000 students have started Diplomas are, I guess, depressingly real.
our feedback from customers and potential customers is that students numbers are low.  In one case we were told that only 1 students had enrolled on an engineering course so they had been transferred to BTEC.

In the long term - is this bad?

Not necessarily so as it gives everyone a btter chance to get it right first time, but it does require a large enough population to move forward..

If I was to suggest where publicity could have been improved I would start with the comment from DCFS/QCA that Diplomas were a gold standard qualification for everyone.  They aren't, they are right for some and if we'd started there, we may not be in a position where we are trying to defend low take up.




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