As I read through the 2011 Census form I found myself having many of the thoughts about it that have been widely aired in the press, in particular wondering just how useful such a process really can be for social planning purposes. However, as I'm clearly not a good judge of that question, I'd best say no more.<\/p>\n
Two things struck me quite forcibly, however:<\/p>\n
[1] the failure to distinguish between an MA \/ MSc, a PhD, and a PGCE. \u00a0These, it seems, are all \"postgraduate\" if you're a censur. \u00a0 What purpose is served by this deliberate confusion is hard to say \u2013 and anyway, a PGCE is usually only postgraduate in the temporal sense, and not a level one. \u00a0Maybe there's some nascent pique here: a resentment that my hard-won PhD is counted in with all those many, many MAs out there! \u00a0Surely not?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[2] Respondents are invited \/ required to identify their qualifications. \u00a0This is all pretty straightforward when it comes to GC(S)Es, A levels, and degrees (notwithstanding the MA \/ PhD confusion), but when it comes to vocational qualifications it's a very different story. \u00a0 Because there have been so many awarding bodies and levels, when all the possibilities are written down it looks like an alphabetical obstacle course. \u00a0No wonder there's so much confusion, I thought. \u00a0So much is historical baggage, of course, but are things really<\/em> different now?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As to the Census form, I am really looking forward to filling it in ... .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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