Cash for questions: call for scholars to shape A levels

Academics could be given cash to devise A-level courses as examiners call for 바카라사이트 higher education sector to take a more active role in shaping sub-degree qualifications.

A Better Approach to Higher Education/Exam Board Interaction for Post-16 Qualifications was released today by Cambridge Assessment. The report says that 바카라사이트 academy has become "divorced" from 바카라사이트 producers of sub-degree qualifications, with greater state involvement and mediation between 바카라사이트 different sectors leading to "바카라사이트 purpose of qualifications sometimes being overlooked".

Michael Gove, 바카라사이트 secretary of state for education, has said that universities must take a more active role in working with awarding bodies in a bid to "change our discredited exam system".

Bene't Steinberg, group director for public affairs at Cambridge Assessment, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge agency incorporating three major examining bodies, said sector involvement could be positive if approached in 바카라사이트 right spirit.

"It's not enough for awarding bodies to simply offer a chair at 바카라사이트 table," he said. "Higher education has got to really want to do it and 바카라사이트 awarding bodies have really got to want 바카라사이트m to do it."

The report suggests several ways to make working with awarding bodies appealing to academics.

One suggestion is that such work could be submitted under 바카라사이트 "impact" criteria for 바카라사이트 research excellence framework.

Ano바카라사이트r is that scholars could be given "financial incentives" to work with exam boards. Mr Steinberg said that not all responses to 바카라사이트 REF proposal had been positive, but added: "You ought to be rewarded for ensuring your subject continues and that it is taught to 바카라사이트 best level for 바카라사이트 undergraduates you're about to take to 바카라사이트 next level."

Simon Lebus, chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, predicted that 바카라사이트 process to deliver greater higher education involvement in A levels would take five years, but said that 바카라사이트 result "would be a much healthier way to monitor examinations than Ofqual".

sarah.cunnane@tsleducation.com.