Myerscough too. City & Guilds has been okay so far ..... but next year the
scheme changes which is more costly.
Amanda Hodgson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Harrison [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 26 June 2003 16:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Edexcel labels GNVQ and AVCE[Scanned]
>
> We ditched EDXECEL Key Skills last year after many a nighmare and switched
> to City & Guilds (so far a wise decission)
>
> Richard Harrison
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Myra [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thu 26/06/2003 15:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: Edexcel labels GNVQ and AVCE[Scanned]
>
>
>
> Edexcel Key Skills invoices are a complete nightmare. I request
> invoices to be listed by students names (not by course) and it is still
> such a tedious excercise. We are looking to move to OCR - has anyone made
> this move and found an improvement or is it jumping out of the frying pan
> into the fire??
>
> Myra Taylor
> Central Admissions Manager
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharon Dawkins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thu 26/06/2003 15:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: Edexcel labels GNVQ and AVCE[Scanned]
>
>
>
> We make use of the labels by slicing them up and using them
> as desk
> slips. We have found that the instructions on the question
> paper
> sometimes indicate that there should be two labels per
> student, when
> Edexcel have provided only one.
>
> We received an invoice this week for November 2002 key
> skills
> portfolios!! Checking Edexcel invoices is difficult enough
> without
> having to go back so far.
> I hope that comments from examination staff will make some
> difference
> to varied and complicated procedures. Academic staff do
> expect us to
> know about every qualification and sometimes each student!
>
>
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 06/26/03 03:17pm >>>
> We try to make note on the timetable of any erratum and when
> the exam
> packs are prepared write erratum on the front cover. This
> hopefully
> prompts us to bring this to the attention of the invigilator
> and the
> reminder is there on the exam pack front. (However we have
> had one
> instance where the invigilator did not read this out (senior
> moment I
> think) and I do agree that a copy to the exams officer is
> far
> preferable). The sticky labels are also a nightmare and I
> have raised
> this for the last 2 years with an Edexcel inspector who
> agreed totally
> with me.
>
> Sue Farthing
> Examinations Officer
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The FE Exams Network mailing list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of brs
> Sent: 26 June 2003 14:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FromAoC: Edexcel - Summer 2003 GNVQ and VCE
> award claims
> inel igibility report
>
>
> Although we have had no problems at this college and all
> students have
> received erratum notices agree the erratum notices on the
> back of the
> Edexcel exam paper bags can easily be missed.
> On a different Edexcel issue I find the following difficult
> to manage
> and would welcome any response:
>
> 1. the vocational exam labels that have to be cut up and
> stuck onto
> exam answer booklets or papers by students - this is very
> time
> consuming
> and Exams staff always have to remember to put them on the
> exam desks.
> 2. The Edexcel registration number issue for vocational
> students.
> There
> seems to be no advce from Edexcel on any change to using
> candidate
> numbers.
>
> Any comments on this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Mathieson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 26 June 2003 11:56
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FromAoC: Edexcel - Summer 2003 GNVQ and VCE
> award claims
> inel igibility report
>
>
> On a different admin point; have you had any difficulty
> this year
> with
> the way erratum notices have been attached to the back of
> exam papers
> by
> Edexcel. This college has had instances where the erratum
> notice has
> not been read to the candidates! I much prefer AQA's method
> of
> dealing
> with errors on papers. To send these direct to the
> examination
> officer
> is preferable, in my opinion. I would be interested in any
> comments.
> Last year, in particular, the number of erratum notices on
> Edexcel
> papers was quite appalling.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Mandy <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Ogden
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: FromAoC: Edexcel - Summer 2003 GNVQ and VCE
> award claims
> inel igibility report
>
>
> I get the feeling that almost every institution in the
> country has had
> the same problem with the ineligibility reports and various
> other
> issues
> relating to the entry process with EDEXCEL. I am on the
> planning
> group
> for the next AOC/ACRA Examinations Officers Conference, we
> will be
> meeting next month and I will be raising the issue again
> about EDEXCEL
> and its various admin procedures.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The FE Exams Network mailing list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> r.wordsworth
> Sent: 26 June 2003 10:28
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FromAoC: Edexcel - Summer 2003 GNVQ and VCE
> award claims
> inel igibility report
>
>
>
> We also received a reasonably lengthy report from EDEXCEL
> for students
> that were ineligible, in virtually all cases there wasn't a
> problem or
> Edexcel had entered students for the wrong units. I have
> written to
> EDEXCEL expressing my concerns over the procedure. Two
> students in
> particular have been sorted out on three separate occasions
> but
> further
> ineligibility reports were received from EDEXCEL.
>
>
>
> I would also urge anyone who has had problems to contact
> EDEXCEL in
> writing otherwise the service offered will never change.
>
>
>
> Richard Wordsworth
>
> Accreditation Team Leader
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cole Jon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 25 June 2003 16:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FromAoC: Edexcel - Summer 2003 GNVQ and VCE award
> claims
> ineligibility report
>
>
>
> As you know, AoC continues to work on behalf of colleges
> with the
> awarding bodies to look at how we can make processes more
> college
> friendly. This year, as last, we have received information
> from
> Edexcel
> about a considerable problem over ineligible student entries
> for GNVQ
> and VCE awards. While we cannot verify that all the
> information is
> accurate the scale of the problem ranges between 2 and 4% in
> some
> areas.
> This affects several thousand students.
>
> We would urge all colleges to read carefully the recent
> letter
> received
> from Edexcel and contact them directly with any queries in
> writing to:
>
> Edexcel
> 32 Russell Square
> London, WC1B 5DN
>
>
>
> Jon Cole
> Student Records Manager
>
> Room 115 Tel: 020 7510 7801
> Tower Hamlets College Fax: 020 7538 9197
> Poplar High Street, Email: [log in to unmask]
> London., E14 0AF http://www.tower.ac.uk
>
>
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