Diploma In IT: Launch Event
[SUMMARY—A new qualification for the UK.]
(GBR) MediaSnackers will be speaking at the launch event next Monday of the new Diploma In IT for 14 to 19 years olds in the UK.
Here's gist of the course content:
• Reflect the blend of business, technical, interpersonal and project skills needed in modern IT and Telecoms professional roles;
• Boost students' achievements in education, by providing an inspirational, exciting context for learning which embraces academic theory, practical application and evaluation of experience;
• Boost students' employability, whether directly from the Diploma or after Higher Education, through the use of up to date industry practice and employer-endorsed content;
• Encourage more students into technology-related careers through exciting, appealing content that is equally attractive to both girls and boys.
It's obviously needed—a qualification which reflects the changing needs and expectations of the workplace. We've not had the opportunity to have a look deeper but it looks like the course has been developed from the employers perspective—instead it would have been great to have devised its content from the existing media/technology habits and trends of digital natives and try and formulate a strategy to enable employers to utilise this already developed skills set—a point MediaSnackers will highlight in our little talk :-)
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Filed by DK on June 29 2007
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