Advancing Innovation in Qualifications: Challenges and Opportunities
Explore the journey towards innovation in qualifications led by Professor Ken Young, MTC Clare Rowntree, and other experts. Delve into the meaning of being capable, challenges faced, strategies for achieving innovation, and thought-provoking questions for discussion on the future of innovation in qualifications.
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Innovation in Qualifications Professor Ken Young, MTC Clare Rowntree, Senior Economist, Strategic Policy & Risk
Process Impact Engineers and Technicians Capable Engineers and Technicians Training Equipment Mature Capability Capability Target Application Customer 6
What does capable mean? Technical ability Practical ability Confident Trustworthy Soft skills Communication Project management Financial management Health and safety Company culture 7
Issues New capabilities No trainers No courses defined No mechanism for assessing Multi-skilled Fast changing technology Annual refresh needed Needs to be targeted at market Not just theoretical Students need to be dangerous Expensive to do properly 8
How do we achieve it Project based learning Expensive equipment Long contact hours Industrial steering groups Assessment by true industry experts Not everybody makes it to the end Professional registration Work based learning 9
Questions for discussion Where do you see innovation happening now? How is this responding to what users want? How can technology help achieve this? Are there ways we could regulate better to enable you to innovate more easily? Are there specific examples of where we have unnecessary rules that are hindering innovation? Could we improve the ways we use technology in our regulation? Where do you see innovation happening in the future?
