Hnd Delivary Guide
BTEC Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Engineering
Delivery Guide
First teaching September 2010
BTEC Higher National Certificate/Diploma General Engineering
(and specialist pathways)
Pearson Education Limited is one of the UK's largest awarding organisations, offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing to schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning, both in the UK and internationally. Qualifications offered include GCSE, AS and A Level, NVQ and our BTEC suite of vocational qualifications, ranging from Entry Level to BTEC Higher National Diplomas. Pearson Education Limited administers BTEC qualifications. Through initiatives such as onscreen marking and administration, Pearson is leading the way in using technology to modernise educational assessment, and to support teachers and learners.
References to third-party material made in this specification are made in good faith. We do not endorse, approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials, which may be subject to change, or any opinions expressed therein. (Material may include textbooks, journals, magazines and other publications and websites.)
ISBN 978-1-447954-46-0 All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Limited 2013
INTRODUCTION
How to use this guide
This guide is designed to support anyone new to the BTEC Higher Nationals, but also includes best-practice guidance for centres that have been delivering these qualifications for a while. There are four sections within this guide: ● introducing the BTEC Higher Nationals, which outlines the role of these qualifications in the current Higher Education landscape, profiles the Higher National learner and gives some examples of progression routes within the sector ● delivery best practice, which provides case studies of different types of Higher National delivery, recommends resources required to support learners on a Higher National course and provides suggestions for
Delivery Guide
First teaching September 2010
BTEC Higher National Certificate/Diploma General Engineering
(and specialist pathways)
Pearson Education Limited is one of the UK's largest awarding organisations, offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing to schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning, both in the UK and internationally. Qualifications offered include GCSE, AS and A Level, NVQ and our BTEC suite of vocational qualifications, ranging from Entry Level to BTEC Higher National Diplomas. Pearson Education Limited administers BTEC qualifications. Through initiatives such as onscreen marking and administration, Pearson is leading the way in using technology to modernise educational assessment, and to support teachers and learners.
References to third-party material made in this specification are made in good faith. We do not endorse, approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials, which may be subject to change, or any opinions expressed therein. (Material may include textbooks, journals, magazines and other publications and websites.)
ISBN 978-1-447954-46-0 All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Limited 2013
INTRODUCTION
How to use this guide
This guide is designed to support anyone new to the BTEC Higher Nationals, but also includes best-practice guidance for centres that have been delivering these qualifications for a while. There are four sections within this guide: ● introducing the BTEC Higher Nationals, which outlines the role of these qualifications in the current Higher Education landscape, profiles the Higher National learner and gives some examples of progression routes within the sector ● delivery best practice, which provides case studies of different types of Higher National delivery, recommends resources required to support learners on a Higher National course and provides suggestions for