Of the 1,096 people who completed their NCTJ diploma studies between May 2014 and October 2014, 205 (19%) responded to researchers' questions.* The gender split was 53% female to 47% male.
I have the luxury of being able to organize my time such that the diploma studies do not interfere with my research time and vice versa.
Of the 59 doctors who participated in the study, 14 had undertaken further diploma studies in community psychological medicine and all participants were aware that their patterns of diagnosis and management were being studied.
These sites have been selected as they represent students from two levels of training (Bachelor and Diploma) studying in rural (Monash Gippsland, UQ Ipswich) and urban locations (Deakin Burwood).
While home-schooled students do not get conventional diplomas, studies of their performance show that they score at least as well as conventionally taught students on tests like the College Boards and gain admission to the most elite universities, like Harvard, Princeton and Stanford.
Within a diploma, students study their "principal learning", the main specialist subject content, such as engineering or media.
UNICEF and its partners, Delegation of the European Commision and Telenor company, have awarded the winners with the UNICEF medal and diploma, a study tour to EU institutions in Brussels and Strazbourg and a Telenor internet modem with a one year subscription.
Post my diploma, I studied fashion design at university.
After earning her high school diploma, she studied acting at the prestigious Max Reinhardt school.
