Heading for a fail … post-qualification applications The pros and cons of a post-qualification application system have long been debated within higher education.
The sooner we can move to a post-qualification application (PQA) system, the better.
Post-qualification application (PQA) was a central recommendation of my 2004 report on fair access to higher education.
'Instead of tinkering with the system it would be better to seek to advance a workable system of post-qualification application.' Anthony McClaren, chief executive of Ucas, the university admissions service, said the change was a step toward the ultimate goal of a system of post-qualification application under which students would make their final choices after receiving their results.
Instead of the current system, based on predicted grades, he says there should be a so-called "post-qualifications application" system (PQA), where students apply after A-levels.
In fact, the name Qapa is actually an acronyme for "Qualification Application Proactive Algorithm".
Ministers accepted the need to tackle the "inherent unfairness" of the current system - but such a change in timetable, known as PQA (post-qualification application), has never been implemented.
A key feature of both meetings was the desire on the part of the regulatory agencies to discuss with scientists from industry and academia current practices and issues in PBPK with the aim of improving a common understanding of its utility and limitations, as well as facilitating consensus on best practice in the development, qualification, application, and reporting of PBPK modeling activities.
Perhaps we should revisit the Schwartz report and go for fully fledged post-qualification applications?
Successive governments have floated the prospect of moving to a system of post qualification applications (PQA).
The first phrase of the process – pre-qualification applications – has already closed.
