Hi Nikki,
Did you get any further with this? As you do what we intend to do next year, we are very interested on the outcome - if we get charged for all our students to upgrade their units for the higher qualification, I think we should charge them as a 're-sit, rather than taking the hit to our budget!
Regards
Paul King
Exams Officer,
Leyton Sixth Form College
Tel: 020 8928 9135
Fax: 020 8928 9200
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Subject: Re: BTEC Unit Upgrades
With a few exceptions we never 'cash in' as many/most will be progressing on to the extended. This saves this hassle plus the transfer fee is cheaper than the top up fee.
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Sent: 03 July 2013 10:16
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Subject: BTEC Unit Upgrades
Hello
I was wondering if anyone can help.
With regards to BTEC our college always claims for students after the first year (usually the Sub Dip) and then tops them up in the 2nd year to either the Dip or Extended Dip.
We have always given the students the opportunity to upgrade the modules they have completed in the 1st year to gain a better 2nd year qualification.
We have never had any problems doing this and just sent a spreadsheet to Edexcel and they have upgraded the units.
I have just rang them this morning and they have informed me that if I want to do this it will cost me £37 per student as they have already certificated for the lower qualification.
Has anyone else had this information or had any problems with this. This has never happened to us before even though the woman at service operations says this has always been the case.
Also she said I had to send all the certificates back for these students for their 1st year qualification even though last year they informed us that the upgrades will only be attributed to the higher qualification.
Any help would be great
Thanks
Nikki White
Blackpool Sixth Form College
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