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After considerable debate the proposal was accepted by the Subject Committee
in Education which at its meeting on 2 February
1978 recommended:
That the proposal from the Institute of Education for the
introduction of an alternative course for the Postgraduate
Certificate in Education be approved for a trial period of
three years from October 1978.
RESOLVED:
That the Institute of Education be informed of the Subject
Comittee’s suggestion that an evaluation of the alternative
course might be made towards the end of the experimental
period and that the Subject Committee would be interested
in receiving such an evaluation.
Its decision was ratified by the Standing Committee of the Board of
Educational Studies on 10 February
1978 after the final confirmation by
University Senate (April 1978) and the Alternative Course was permitted to
proceed for a trial period from October 1978.
The requirement for an evaluation to be made of the Course was met in 1981
with
Report (Jones i98l)
accepted
in
the
Institute by
the
Initial
Courses Sub-Committee in May 1981 and in the University by the Subject
Committee
in
Education in June 1981.
The Standing Committee of the
Board of Educational Studies at its meeting on 19 June
i98l received the
Subject Committee’s Report and made its recommendation.
The factor of time
passing had modified some of the extreme opposition.
Also the number of
distinctions was significantly higher for the Alternative Course.
In the
event it was:
306 REPORTED: The Subject Committee in Education welcomed the
proposal from the Institute of Education to continue to offer
the alternative course for the Postgraduate Certificate in
Education.