The Construction of Qualification Levels and Frameworks: Issues from Three UK Projects

The United Kingdom is gradually moving to develop national frameworks of qualifications, with the aim of identifying all publicly-funded qualifications according to level, focus and, where appropriate, size or credit volume. Existing frameworks designed for use in higher education and occupational contexts reflect assumptions concerning things such as the nature of knowledge, the academic or occupational context of the learner, and the nature of access and progression within education and training. These assumptions do not hold for the full spectrum of qualifications, and need to be challenged if a fully inclusive framework is to emerge that is coherent while supporting requisite variety.     

Computer-based assessment: quality assurance issues,the hub of the wheel

Quality in computer-based assessment systems (CBA) is embedded in the identification and elimination or reduction of risks. The effectiveness of procedures that eliminate or reduce the likelihood of risks occurring are therefore the benchmarks by which the quality of CBA systems are measured. This paper proposes that the ‘Catherine Wheel’ risk model for CBA has a natural synergy with stakeholders' views on quality and therefore recommends its use for the successful implementation of CBA systems.     

Film Biographies

Dore Schary, Heyday (Boston: Little Brown, 1979 -- $14.95)

Rosiland Delmar, Joris Ivens: 50 Years of Film-Making (London: British Film Institute, 1979---£2.45)

Allen Estrin, The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 6: Capra, Cukor, Brown (South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes, 1980 -- $12.00 hardcover)

Stan Brakhage, Film Biographies (Berkeley, California: Netzahualcoyotl Historical Society, 1979 -- $7.95 in paper -- write c/o 2845 Buena Vista Way, Berkeley 94708)

Stuart Kaminsky, Coop: The Life and Legend of Gary Cooper (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980 -- $10.95)