Assessment of the diplomas

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Assessment of the diplomas

• Malcolm Carr-West
• Academic advisor

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Level 3 What is in the Principle
Learning?Engineering

• Theme A
• Theme B
• Theme C
• Theme D

• The engineered world 60 GLH
• Discovering engineering technology 270 GLH
• Engineering the future 60 GLH
• Analytical methods for engineering 150 GLH

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neering_level3/index.html
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Theme A The Engineered World60 GLH
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Theme B Discovering engineering technology 270
GLH
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Theme C Engineering the future 60 GLH
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Theme D ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ENGINEERING 150
GLH
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Generic learning

• Extended project
• 10 days work experience.
• Both internally examined

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Additional and Specialist Learning

• 360 GLH to customise the diploma
• Engineering Mathematics 120 GLH
• Developed by Maths Task Group set up ESC with
  members drawn from EDDP, EPC, ECuk, IMA, RAEng
• Externally examined may be more UCAS points than
  GHL

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AssessmentQCA 14 March 2007

• Still not clear BUT
• 6 grades plus fail (now A,A, B, C, D, E and U)
• PL and Project
• each unit expressed in unit marks but reported as
  unit grade
• Unit grades converted to points, points
  aggregated for SCORE
• SCORE converted to grade!!
• ASL assessed separately BUT must be passed
• HOWEVER
• Transcript of all units will be given

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UCAS tariff

• Diplomas to exceed three A-levels
• They will attract a maximum of 420
• 300 for the "principal and generic
• 120 for ASL.
• Note that the points are broadly based on GLH
• ? A is 140 ?