Comments on: SII is given royal approval http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2009/11/02/sii-is-given-royal-approval/ Island News, Sport, Community & Lifestyle Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephen John http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2009/11/02/sii-is-given-royal-approval/#comment-55727 Stephen John Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:49:48 +0000 http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=39091#comment-55727 Congratulations Miss Brains. When the CFE during the days of Charles Hunt and Bob McDonald offered a wide range of higher level professional courses local born Guernsey students usually did very well. The results and student performances were always better than most UK colleges. There was a somewhat bizarre incident in where a UK moderator of the HNC in Business Studies criticised the college for expecting too high a standard from students and the students achieving these higher standards. Those of you who know the then Course tutor Bryce Thomson can verify this with him and no doubt he can provide numerous other examples of Guernsey students achieving outstanding results. We also noticed during the mid 1990s was that the ladies were achieving far better results that the boys. Some of the performances led to a number of ladies receiving awards from professional bodies for achieving the first place in particular subjects. If Mr Pym is right, and I suspect he is, then it is a sad state of affairs. Congratulations Miss Brains.

When the CFE during the days of Charles Hunt and Bob McDonald offered a wide range of higher level professional courses local born Guernsey students usually did very well. The results and student performances were always better than most UK colleges.

There was a somewhat bizarre incident in where a UK moderator of the HNC in Business Studies criticised the college for expecting too high a standard from students and the students achieving these higher standards. Those of you who know the then Course tutor Bryce Thomson can verify this with him and no doubt he can provide numerous other examples of Guernsey students achieving outstanding results.

We also noticed during the mid 1990s was that the ladies were achieving far better results that the boys. Some of the performances led to a number of ladies receiving awards from professional bodies for achieving the first place in particular subjects.

If Mr Pym is right, and I suspect he is, then it is a sad state of affairs.

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]]> By: John Passaquar http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2009/11/02/sii-is-given-royal-approval/#comment-55717 John Passaquar Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:47:32 +0000 http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=39091#comment-55717 ...one that few in the Channel Islands 'seem' capable of passing. …one that few in the Channel Islands ’seem’ capable of passing.

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]]> By: Miss Brains http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2009/11/02/sii-is-given-royal-approval/#comment-55687 Miss Brains Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:15:05 +0000 http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=39091#comment-55687 Well I have CFA, but I'm English ;) Well I have CFA, but I’m English ;)

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]]> By: Hugh Pym http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2009/11/02/sii-is-given-royal-approval/#comment-55650 Hugh Pym Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.thisisguernsey.com/?p=39091#comment-55650 The SII diploma is a very junior qualification compared to the CFA qualification, one that few in the Channel Islands seems capable of passing. The SII diploma is a very junior qualification compared to the CFA qualification, one that few in the Channel Islands seems capable of passing.

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