[Fsfe-uk] qualifications

[Alex Hudson]

Ian Lynch wrote:
> I thought we were discussing the national/international education scene
> and why qualifications are important to people. Fact is you can get on
> without any but it's a hell of a lot more difficult. 
>   

Yeah, in that context you're right - qualifications of whatever sort are 
basically a trust scheme, and even if there are problems with them, I've 
never seen anyone propose a better scheme.

I think also people think of qualifications as being much more centrally 
determined than they currently are. Modern credit-based qualifications, 
like INGOTs, are much more flexible than older ones, and there is a real 
peer-to-peer essence to them because they're all benchmarked against 
each other in terms of learner achievement. Particularly the ones I've 
had contact with are driven directly by industry need, which creates 
standards of best practice, which is then used to benchmark the learning.

Cheers,

Alex.