You can always rely on the Daily Mail to get the heart of a story. That's the headline today - with "beauty" in quotes naturally.
They report that "students who do well in flagship diploma qualifications" will be counted as three and a half A levels, despite the fact that they take less time to complete. Of course it wouldn't be the Daily Mail if it didn't highlight the fact that suggested activities include printing banners for parties, stand up comedy routines and critically respond to computer games as well as micing in thw rods bereaucrats and confused!
But looking beyond this, key messages from the government are encouraging.
Ed Balls predicted they will become the qualification of choice and refused to guarantee the future of A levels after 2013. But a spokesperson for the Russel group of Universities said "..we are still not sure about the true credibility of the diplomas". Jim Knight, schools minister countered with "pupils can be confident they will study valuable, first class qualifications .... universities and colleges can be assured of their quality"
For the record Foundation diplomas will count as 5 A*-G passes, Higher level as 7 A*-C passes. I assume this refers to the current level 1 and level 2 qualifciations.
At least they are getting talked about!
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