Thanks for all that

Given Brown's very PFI friendly policy as chancellor, I can't imagine that McDonald's (or any private partner for that matter) will be doing this for free. I'm also concerned about who accredits these qualifications. Rubber stamp job on McDonald's in-house training? Or will the course structure be determined by professionals (whatever that means)? To be fair, though, the latter seems more likely from what you write.

I'm all for vocational qualifications and while I'm sure there are many very good company training schemes which could be incorporated into a general qualification (perhaps even beyond A levels), it seems too much like private companies are setting the agenda, which is entirely consistent with government policy. It also appears somewhat coincidental that McDonald's would be the first to sign up and that makes me suspicious of their long term intentions. They have an insidious role in some US schools promoting themselves, their products and their values. Of course, nothing so far suggests this will happen, but...

Posted By: BerlinCanary on January 28th 2008 at 15:29:32

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FAO Hertz Van Rental (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 28, 14:01:53
- sorry, this is quite a long tedious message (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 28, 14:45:32
  - And just to add... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 28, 14:47:23
    - sorry, more (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 28, 14:54:49
      - Thanks for all that (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 28, 15:29:32
        
        They have been checked by.. (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 28, 15:47:05
        
        Ok, it doesn't sound unreasonable in those terms (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 28, 16:04:19
        
        Heh, yep, it's important to remember that (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 28, 16:10:53
      - all seems pretty reasonable to me (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jan 28, 15:05:23
- having not kept uptodate with any of this... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jan 28, 14:36:09
- "I'm skeptical of companies like McDonald's being in any way involved in education" (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 28, 14:24:19
  - Well, they already do (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 28, 15:33:18
  - ^^^^^^^ is spot on. (General Chat) - megson, Jan 28, 15:29:32
  - I think BC is fearing the advertising effect, such as US schools awarding exclusive soft (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 28, 14:35:49
    - ...which has nothing to do with the Government recognising (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 28, 14:40:10
      - I don't think so either. I think I read it the same way you did. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 28, 14:48:22

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