ABSTRACT

Not only has the flexibility been built into vertical progression but it has also been built in horizontally, as students are now able to select from three-module AS and A2 courses and similarly from three-or six-module Vocational Certificate of Education (VCE), formerly known as the General Vocational Certificate of Education (GNVQ). This was primarily designed as a two-year full-time programme with the equivalent time and outcome of two A levels. Another A level could be added alongside it but for many students the GNVQ, in for example business or leisure and tourism, was their main course.