Backing a new baccalaureate

Could The Times Education Commission be on to a good thing with its proposal to introduce a British Baccalaureate? The proposed qualification could replace A- and T-levels, Highers and BTECs in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Education in Chemistry’s editor Lisa Clatworthy considers the implications and opportunities of students studying more subjects to the end of their secondary school careers and combining vocational and academic strands in their final qualifications.