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What's in it for you?
Higher education institutions
The Advanced Diploma is equivalent in size and achievement to 3.5 A levels. The Diploma in IT sets out to:
- Provide an academically rigorous, high quality education with up to date learning on leading-edge subject matter;
- Ensure a minimum, consistently high standard of English and Maths appropriate for entry on to demanding degree courses;
- Develop Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills that improve a student’s capacity in Higher Education, including critical analysis and problem solving, creative thinking and reflective learning;
- Offer a programme able to satisfy or exceed entry requirements to all technology-related, and many other, degree courses;
- Increase the flow of students into technology-related degree courses
The Diploma in IT will provide a new route for young people to progress to university. The Diploma Development Partnership is working with HEIs to ensure that the qualification design will meet their needs.
Get involved
If you would like to get involved with the Diploma in IT, please e-mail diploma@e-skills.com.
Last modified: 09 May 2008
Oxford Brookes Business School
"This is excellent, just what is needed. It is very good from an academic perspective and provides an excellent grounding in general business as well as IT. I am very happy to fully endorse the proposed Diploma and offer my full support to the Diploma team."
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