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Delivering
iplomas
Volume 1 No 1
Autumn 2009
Editorial Key legal issues 19-20
Our education law expert on working in
A new era begins 5 partnership and the legal duty to collaborate
A new magazine for a new qualifi cation.
Editor Pete Henshaw welcomes us to this QCDA support and advice 34-36
inaugural edition of Delivering Diplomas T_h e Qualifi cations and Curriculum
Development Agency off ers advice for exam
Opinion offi cers and Diploma practitioners, and
discusses bringing the Diploma together
Iain Wright, 14 to 19 minister 10
We hear from the fi rst ever incumbent of the Functional Skills 39 Awards and conferences
new position of 14 to 19 minister Many Diploma challenges have related to
understanding and implementing Functional Delivering Diplomas Awards 28
Sir Alan Jones 11 Skills. Jonathan Wells off ers some key advice Our National Delivering Diplomas Awards
T_h e lead employer champion for Diplomas is a will celebrate and recognise best practice
passionate advocate for the new qualifi cation Careers guidance 50-51
T_h e new Information, Advice and Guidance Diplomas one-day conferences 29
Diplomas advice & guidance (IAG) strategy launches this autumn and will Our Delivering Diplomas conferences take
play a key role in guiding students’ choices place on October 1 and March 18
Lessons learned 12
Also inside this issue
We look at NFER’s research into early Gateway to success 61
Diploma preparation and delivery and what Top tips about the key issues that need to be
Common Diploma queries 15
lessons have been learned addressed to get through the Gateway
Further resources 64-65
Diploma Case Studies
Setting up a consortium 22-23 FE approaches 30-31 T_h e rural divide? 53
T_h e Bassetlaw Partnership in north Barking College has an impressive North Somerset has overcome the challenges
Nottinghamshire has been built on clear partnership with a neighbouring FE college of a rural setting to deliver eight Diplomas
and well planned structures. Headteacher and plans for a Diploma Skills Centre
Brian Rossiter takes us through their Teachers and students 59-60
consortium structure and the keys to success PLTS/Extended Project 40-41 Hanham High School in Bristol, part of the
that have made it work for them T_h ese components make up two crucial Kingswood Partnership, is delivering all fi ve
aspects of the Diploma. We look at two case lines of learning. We hear from the deputy
studies of how they can work in practice head, Phil Bevan, and two of their Diploma
students about the fi rst year of the course
Challenges of delivery 42-43
After encountering a number of challenges to SME engagement 62
delivery, Campion School has postponed its A Diploma partnership with a small
Hair and Beauty Studies Diploma until 2010. business in Wakefi eld is proving successful
Find out how they are tackling the problems
Also inside this issue
T_h e big boys 48 Barnsley delivers all 10 lines 24
Microsoft and BT are both behind the Construction employers 26-27
Diplomas. We look at how they are involved Student feedback 32
Manufacturing employers 44-45
Getting hands-on 49 SSAT support 46
We hear from an Apprentice-style project that Higher education links 54
has challenged IT Diploma students Employer engagement 56-57
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