The next two CRAG workshops will be held in Leeds on 18 June and Cardiff on 8 September. They will debate how the differential foci of investigations have implications for research design, in terms of the staging of the research, types of data required, the analytical strategy and the forms of induction used. Download the pdf for more information.
Archive for April, 2010
Critical Realism in Action Group
Monday, April 26th, 2010Combining knowledge and skills in units of competence-based vocational qualifications in the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) commissioned the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) to develop guidance on ways in which knowledge and skills could be combined in units of qualifications in the Qualifications and Credit framework (QCF). Stratagia was commissioned to undertake the research and to develop the guidance in collaboration with QCDA.
Feedback from the sector suggested practice was varied and that the existing guidance did not provide adequate detail on this specific area of work. It was intended that the guidance would supplement existing QCDA guidance to contribute to the development of effective practice. An additional aim was to produce guidance that could reduce proliferation and inflation of units where this might occur unnecessarily through the separation of knowledge and skills. This report provides the evidence base for the guidance document that was produced following the research. Although both documents stand alone, and might prove interesting to different audiences, they are also dependent on one another for the content and each document is intended to provide a point of reference for the other.
QCDA – Unit Sampling Report March 2010
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010QCDA commissioned this work as part of the continuing process of monitoring the quality of units of assessment submitted to the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) national database. It is intended that the project will help to improve quality in the design of units by providing feedback to organisations on the units they have submitted. In doing this, the project focuses on the consistency, comparability and standardisation across the sampled units to assess the degree of confidence in the mutual recognition and transfer of credit within the national framework. Full report – QCDA Unit Sampling Report March 2010