DIPLOMA UPDATE
The minister of State for Schools has decided that the work of all DDPs will close at the end of September 2010. The decision to stop the work of DDPs does not mean that that the Government is stopping the Diploma. Young people planning to study the Diploma in Hospitality or Travel and Tourism in September 2010 or in the future should be reassured that their Diploma will continue. The Diploma Formula Grant to support their study will continue as planned in 2010/11 with no reduction in funding. As students start to graduate from the Diploma, employers and universities will be able to judge how well the Diploma is meeting their needs, and the Minister will keep the Diploma under review.
In addition, the development of the Extended Diploma has been stopped, along with the Phase 4 Diplomas. Furthermore, the Government wants schools and colleges to have greater choice over the qualifications they offer, so they will be allowed to choose how many, and which, Diploma lines of learning they offer along with other qualifications which they think are right for their students.
People 1st
June 2010
Key features of the Diploma:
- They blend general knowledge with applied and practical learning
- They are a composite qualifications relating to sectors of the economy and comprise principal learning, generic learning and additional and specialist learning
- They are curriculum based
- They will be delivered by consortia of schools and colleges who will engage with employers and higher education to support delivery
- They will require a learner to do a minimum of 10 days work experience.
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