They have been checked by..

The Qualifications Curriculum Authority and fit into the Qualifications Credit Framework, which is the highest authority for alowing people to accredit qualifications, which should alay some fears of 'rubber-stamping'.

As for who is leading the agenda..well, in this instance, I think it is the government. These reforms are so wide ranging that business involvement is just a small part of it.

Remember, it's not just McDonalds..National Rail and Flybe are just a couple of the companies involved, and their specialist areas do have relevance to courses within the first two sets being released.

The first 5 Diplomas are:

construction & the built environment,
creative & media,
engineering,
information technology, and
society, health and development.

The second group comprises:

land-based studies;
hair & beauty studies;
business administration & finance;
manufacturing and product design; and
hospitality and catering.

Posted By: Hertz van Rental on January 28th 2008 at 15:47:05

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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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