A vision for collaboration

I went to a meeting today about the new 14-19 diplomas. For those who don't know, these are proposed to be an additional or alternative qualification for young people and the idea is that there is a distinctive work place flavour.

I felt desperately frustrated. We were all either high school teachers or local authority representatives. Where were the employer champions? The students? Parents? Higher Education folks?

We seemed to get a bit hung up on the idea of offering every single possible strand available. We were looking specifically at creative and media today. Surely the idea is to develop young people who are creative in their thinking and who are open to seizing opportunities - open to aspiration - open to saying, "Hey! I've just realised what I want to be!"

The first cohort will be 20 the year I turn 60 (2016). It would be great to feel that they were ready to take up the baton partly as a result of something I had helped to develop.

Is there a work based champion out there who will come forward and help us to realise our aims of changing the perceptions of young people?

Finishing off H809 but it's not the end...

Well I've completed the final assignment. Won't know the result for a few months. I've already signed up for the next one staring in September!

So I am renaming the blog although the URL remains the same.