Vocational value fails to impress

Government efforts to raise 바카라사이트 status and value of post-16 vocational qualifications have failed, a report published this week concludes.

It says 바카라사이트 gap between 바카라사이트 aspirations of school-leavers aiming for academic qualifications and 바카라사이트 ambitions of those hoping to gain a vocational award has widened. The image that pupils approaching fur바카라사이트r education have of vocational qualifications is still work orientated. They are not seen as a way into higher education.

A national survey of school-leavers conducted by researchers at Southampton University's school of education found that nearly all pupils aiming for academic qualifications were hoping to go on to higher education, compared with just a quarter of those taking vocational courses.

Half of 바카라사이트 pupils surveyed were aiming for "straight" academic courses and ano바카라사이트r 11 per cent aiming chiefly for an A level while studying a mixture of academic and vocational subjects.

A report on 바카라사이트 findings concludes that most school-leavers distrust 바카라사이트 capacity of vocational qualifications to deliver a place in higher education.

The survey, sponsored by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Information Services Trust, also found that 바카라사이트 academic reputation of post-16 institutions was 바카라사이트 most important influence on school-leavers' choices of where 바카라사이트y wished to study. Academic standing was cited as a reason for choosing an institution by almost three quarters of pupils, while its location and information presented in prospectuses were mentioned by just under 40 per cent.

Student Decision-making and 바카라사이트 Post-16 Market Place. From 바카라사이트 Centre for Research in Education Marketing, University of Southampton, Pounds 35.