They are, say ministers, tackling those very standards in the classroom but are also aware that when the work is done, they have to ensure that qualifications gained by pupils in Wales are "relevant, valued and fit for purpose".
Meanwhile men are rising through the ranks as qualifications gained long ago fade in importance and personality, ambition and experience come to matter more.The last bastionFor a long time it was said that since women had historically been underrepresented in university and work, it would take time to fill the pipeline from which senior appointments were made.
Qualifications gained at the beginning of a radiographer's career provide us only with an initiation period now superceded by the importance of obtaining advanced skills and knowledge.
He also questioned why rules on the rehabilitation of offenders and the disclosure of criminal convictions to future employers focused only on the passage of time rather than subsequent qualifications gained.
Additional confounders were included such as socioeconomic class (professional and managerial, intermediate, and routine and manual), level of educational qualifications gained (none beyond age 14, O level, A level and degree level).
Those who had already done so hoped the expertise and qualification gained would help them progress up the ladder.
A regular from my website badscience.net - I can barely contain my pride - took McKeith to the Advertising Standards Authority, complaining about her using the title "doctor" on the basis of a qualification gained by correspondence course from a non-accredited American college.
Anyone with a qualification gained abroad is either being sacked or refused a job.
By comparison, only 48% of participants in Study 2 reported having a qualification gained after leaving school (degree or equivalent, or higher).
"Many people who would benefit from furthering their education lack the qualifications to gain entry to university," says Frame. "With UEL they can enrol in one or two modules and then progress to a full programme.
