I am looking for advice on alternative qualfications which are vocational and can be offered by an employer. I would like something other than NVQs. The areas I am interested in are administration and NVQs.
Any help or advice gratefully received.
Marian Ives
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Edexcel
Have a look at Edexcel here on TrainingZONE at https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/partnerpages/partners/edexcel/
there are some informative documents you can also download that should give you an idea of the services available.
Check out local colleges and universities for Foundation Degrees
Marian.
Not sure where you are located but check out your local colleges and universities for Foundation Degrees.
Provided they have done as they are supposed to and created a brand new award (and not just re-badged an HNC/HND – I’m afraid some shoddy practice is around) then it should be heavily vocationally focused, be co-developed by employers and their associations (ensuring currency and skills gap correction), delivered locally even if validated by a university outside the local area and have substantial work-based learning opportunity.
A well constructed Fd will also have an up-front tool for supporting candidates in identifying prior and experiential learning in order to reduce time and financial commitment where appropriate.
regards – Ian
MBA
Try the MBA approach – Management By Achievement!
:>) Sorry about that all you serious folks!