New degrees aim to provide 21st Century skills Two thousand new students are to get the chance to take the new two-year vocational degrees on 40 courses next autumn.
People can study the degrees either over two years, full time, or the part-time equivalent.
Once qualified, graduates are guaranteed places on honours degree courses if they want them - which can be pursued straight away or after a time in work. The honours degrees will be completed with an extra year or a little more of study, or the part-time equivalent. The courses to be launched in 2001-02 will be offered as prototypes, whose progress will be monitored with a view to spreading the best practice. Classroom assistants course Among the universities which were keen to get involved was Warwick. It will be offering a foundation degree in learning support, aimed at teaching assistants - to back the government's expansion of the use of assistants in classrooms.