25th July 2008, 12:40 PM
The difference seems to be that a portfolio of work is not required. Referees are still required, and unless the Validation Committee sits more often, I can't quite see how a 'fast track' is achieved. I am rather disturbed that an appliant at A or M level could be accepeted without a portfolio, on the strength of an NVQ: this does not strike me as enhancing the professional status of for archaeology.