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Appendix: Key to Interviewees
[I have referred to Lord Dearing, autumn 2003, and Professor Peter Gosden, 2000 by
name, as they were interviewed as individuals in their own right rather than as
officials of a particular body.]
AEBl: AEB General Secretary (retired) (Letter), June 2004
AQAl: AQA ChiefExecutive, 2000
AQA2 : AQA Former ChiefExecutive, October 2003
AQA3: ChiefExecutive & Deputy, June 2005
Business Studies: Head of Business Department of 11-18 School, November 2003
City & Guilds: City & Guilds ChiefExecutive, 2000
DfES 1: Director of Qualifications: Lifelong Learning Directorate, DfEE, 2000
Edexcell: Edexcel ChiefExecutive, 2000
Edexcel2: Edexcel Director of Policy and Qualifications, October 2003
Edexcel3: Edexcel Former ChiefExecutive, March 2004
Edexcel4: President Pearson Assessments & Testing, September 2005
NUT: Headteacher member of Schools Council (retired), phone interview, 2000
OCRl: OCR Former ChiefExecutive, 2000
OCR2: OCR ChiefExecutive, October 2003
QCAl: QCA ChiefExecutive, 2000
QCA2: QCA Deputy Director and Former Director of Qualifications, November
2003
QCA3: Former member of NCVQ Research Department then of QCA research
department, January 2004