At first glance, the subjects would seem to have littlein common: construction and the built environment; creative and media; engineering; information technology; and society, health and development.
The Times Educational Supplement reported today that two other diplomas, in construction and the built environment and in information and communications technology, might run into similar problems.
Five are due to launch in 2008: construction and the built environment; creative and media; engineering; IT; society, health and development.
The Diploma, which is available in areas such as construction and the built environment, IT and engineering, combines theoretical and practical learning.
Teenagers are already following diplomas in construction and the built environment, creative and media, engineering, society, health and development, and information technology.
His students studying the diploma in construction and the built environment are "very bright... they want to become civil engineers or architects, not brickies".
The first five diplomas, which will be a vocational alternative to GCSE and A-levels, will be in construction and the built environment, engineering, IT, creative and media, and society, health and development.
Colleges still don't know what the diploma will look like in detail - and according to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, publication of the first five subject "lines" in engineering; health and social care; construction and the built environment; IT; and creative and media, is not due until August 1.
In recent decades, waste resources have become increasingly indispensable in construction and the built environment for developing feasible ways to increase recycling incentives and avoid pollution.
