Probably the best piece of journalism I've seen on the development of the Diploma was written by Mike Baker in Education Guardian on March 18. Find it here. Baker concludes that the government's desperate attempt to ensure the 'academic respectability' of the qualification will create confusion amongst the students who would benefit most from a new approach.
"The desire to give diplomas academic respectability is understandable in view of the British tendency to devalue vocational qualifications. But that desire is the cause of the confusion, complexity and ambivalence that could scupper this much-needed reform."
Couldn't agree more. It's well worth reading this piece (but not the two predictable comments that follow it).
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