[Jack_]

My issue with this is exams at the end of two years, it doesn't make any practical sense whatsoever. Modular courses are much better because you learn the unit, you take the exam in it, that's it. Done. You don't have to then come back at the end of two years to a unit you learnt in the first quarter of the first year of the course, how can you expect students to remember that far back? Even with revision it's simply not practical. This is only tailored towards a very small minority of students that have an excellent memory and the resources available, and in the end will only alienate more students and lead to poorer results, which will then in turn become another issue dealt with by more changes to the education system, it's a vicious circle.

Also, I hate coursework personally and much prefer exams, but that doesn't mean every student is the same. These changes are actually sending the education system back in time and are not at all progressive, but then that's exactly what Gove wants, isn't it?