According to the agreed proposed content of the new 'Phase 4' Diplomas, recently published for consultation, students of the Diplomas will learn how to:

• take part in business meetings in a foreign language after learning the basic language skills
• create a conservation recycling scheme and examine its environmental impact after learning how species interact and ecosystems change
• get involved in a local policy issue such as new hospital development and understand the process and the impact

The combination of knowledge, skills and of the subjects, alongside real life, hands-on applications is expected to be very popular with students. The programmes are to be available from 2011.