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Diploma in Environmental and Land Based Studies
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Consortia and education professionals

 

The vision for the Diploma is to prepare students for employment and for higher or further education by developing a thorough understanding of how the sector works, including its environmental and economic importance. It has been structured to allow young people in England to study it alongside GCSEs and A Levels.

 

Designed in collaboration with employers, the Diploma combines knowledge, understanding and skills that are informed by and recognisable to industry and the world of work.

 

Delivered through a range of applied learning techniques, it gives students a solid and broad general education, coupled with a grasp of which occupation, future training or learning they may wish to take up.  The Diploma also helps develop maturity in young people to make them more employable.

 

Diplomas bring together:

 

Latest news

New government and policy changes - support continues for the Diploma.

 

 

Find out more about the Diploma Employer Champions Network (DECN) and find out who your champions are.

 

 

Trees, woods, forests and the Diploma - businesses get on board

The Forestry Commission in the West Midlands has co-ordinated a directory of potential businesses/ organisations for consortia and delivery partners in the form of a directory.

 

 

Diploma newsletter for August 2010

 

 

  • Principal learning, developing applied knowledge, understanding and skills in the context of the sectors comprising the Environmental and Land-based Diploma Development Partnership. Click here for further details

  • Generic learning, including functional skills in English, maths and ICT, and personal learning and thinking skills

  • Additional or specialist learning – an opportunity to study further environmental and land-based topics in more depth, or to broaden the range of study through complementary learning

  • A project, which will allow individuals to plan and organise their own learning.  At Advanced level the project will demonstrate project management, synthesis and other higher cognitive skills that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) need

  • Work experience as a key feature.

 

The Diploma enables progression into any sector through further education or training, and vocational qualifications including Apprenticeships.  At the Advanced level students can progress to higher education.

 

For more detailed information about the structure and content of the Diploma, please go to the downloads page to access the Line of Learning Statement, Line of Learning Criteria, the Line of Learning Executive Summary and other related documents.