Common skills on the HND and the HNC - further thoughts after two years experience
It is now two years since the introduction of Common Skills on the BTEC [Business and Technology Education Council] Higher Diploma and Certificate (HND and HNC) and the first students have received their awards. In an earlier paper (Brindley et al., 1992) the idea of the Common Skills as a form of record of achievement (RoA) was discussed and a number of criticisms were raised in the light of experience at Crewe + Alsager Faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University. The purpose of this paper is to re-examine and extend the theoretical issues that were previously raised and to consider the qu ... Show more
Authors: Brindley, Clare; Cuthbert, Peter; O'Leary, Barbara
Published: London, England, National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education, 1995
Resource type: Article
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