Ok, it was the quiet news period between Christmas and New Year, but who had money on subject benchmark statements hitting the national headlines again?
This time it was the Telegraph rather than the Daily Mail, but again it was the draft benchmark statement for maths that led to the flurry of controversy.
According to the Telegraph QAA “advises universities on course standards”, which is closer to reality than much of the earlier coverage about benchmarks. So the Telegraph article is slightly more nuanced than those from earlier in the year (I’m sure taking its prompt from the Vicki Stott’s and David Kernohan’s Wonkhe articles on what the status and standing of QAA benchmarks actually is).
