I think Jim has a good point here. Perhaps we should add something about assessed work placement to address possible perceptions that we are "too theoretical"? Or would that run into the problem that not all courses have assessed work placements?
Are we up against the limits of what can be considered "Core" for all HE courses on this issue?
Regards,
Tony Priest
Course Director, Foundation Degree in Drug and Alcohol Counselling
University of Leicester
01604-736231
Course Website: www.le.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/counselling/courses
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Subject: Re: core skills
I do fear that the NTA and commissioners do not really understand the nature of HE. The recent debate about graduate nurses (a fact since 1968) may be repeated regarding 'graduate' drug workers. Some explicit HE learning outcomes related to critical analysls, synthesis and relvant transferable skills in information handling would not go amiss.
Jim Jones
(retired from HE but now immersed in practice in the field)
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