Science Diploma Advances

By Education in Chemistry2010-01-01T00:00:00

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Ken Gadd, science adviser on the Science Diploma Development Partnership (SDDP), gives us an insight into how the advanced Science Diploma is shaping up

The revision came about in response to criticisms of the advanced Science Diploma, in the main by SCORE, the science community representing education, last February. In particular, SCORE said that the principal learning (PL) component at the advanced level, which accounts for 50 per cent of the qualification, could not meet the needs of employers and universities, and suggested that two advanced diplomas might be a way forward (see Educ. Chem., 2009, 46 ( 3), 66).

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