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  • What do you think of Edge's Six Steps to Change Manifesto?

    1. Give young students experience of life skills and careers.
    2. Replace all SATs with individual student profiles.
    3. At 14 let students choose a pathway which matches their aspirations.
    4. Ensure all vocational courses are taught in excellent facilities by teachers with relevant real world experience.
    5. At 16 students can specialise further or change pathways.
    6. Vocational degrees endorsed by employers.

    • Vocational courses and degrees 0 Replies

      Posted by: anon | 11.02.2009 12:55pm

      Why say 'vocational'? You plunge straight into the old 'parity of esteem' problem, and you can't win it. Why not 'career-related'? Many of the more modern universities offer highly career-related degree courses - such as Strategic Logistics - but you'd do their student numbers no favours if you labelled them as 'vocational degrees'. We need to offer pathways for career-minded young people (as well as learning styles and qualifications attractive to young people who find traditional classroom learning a bore).

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