LAMDA Diploma Project
The Diploma is an exciting new 14-19 qualification that will bring an innovative approach to learning. It will enable students to gain knowledge, understanding and hands-on experience of sectors that they are interested in, while putting new skills into practice. For example, as part of a Diploma in engineering, learners will have the opportunity to study physics and have direct involvement with how physics is applied in the workplace through a project in a local engineering company. The result will be more engaged and enthusiastic learners who understand the purpose of what they are learning, as they see their newly-acquired knowledge and skills in action. Employers and awarding bodies have teamed up with schools, colleges and universities to form Diploma Development Partnerships (DDPs) and develop high quality content for the new qualification. Diplomas will be available at levels 1, 2 and 3 in 14 sector areas as a national entitlement from 2013. In October 2007, the Department for Children, Schools and Families announced that a further three Diplomas in subject-based areas would be available for first teaching from September 2011, bringing the total number of Diploma Lines of Learning to 17. They will be part of the same 2013 entitlement as the original 14 Lines of Learning. First teaching of the following Diplomas will be available from 2008 in the following sectors: creative and media construction and the built environment engineering IT society, health and development.