McDonalds serves up diplomas to UK students

[Texpat]

LONDON, England (AP) -- McDonald's employees trained in skills needed to run outlets for the fast-food chain can get credit toward high school diplomas, the British government announced Monday.



McDonald's will serve up educational diplomas alongside Big Macs and fries.

Along with two other large companies, McDonald's Corp. was given the power to award the equivalent of advanced high-school qualifications as part of a plan to improve young people's skills, said the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, a government education regulator.

It is the first time the government has granted national recognition to corporate training schemes. But universities and colleges will have to decide whether to accept the corporate qualifications as grounds for admission.

The fast-food chain had been granted approval to develop courses and set exams up to the standard of A-levels -- the final exams taken by high school students that determine college and university admission.

Rail infrastructure firm Network Rail Ltd. and regional airline Flybe Ltd. have also been given the power to award their own qualifications.
McDonald's has said it is introducing a "basic shift manager" course, designed to train staff in skills needed to run a McDonald's outlet, from marketing to customer service.

"It is right that we recognize and accredit employers that have shown a commitment to training and developing their staff," said the government's skills minister, John Denham.

"This is an important step towards ending the old divisions between company training schemes and national qualifications, something that will benefit employees, employers and the country as a whole."

McDonald's dishes up diplomas to go - CNN.com

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Damn, they're after our top-shelf cuisine and a quality education in one shot. There's hope for 'em yet. I seriously need to reconsider that trailer-park export business.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Jaysus! What is it with McDonalds this month?!!

This is what, the fouth McDonalds thread now?

I wouldn't wipe my arse on one of their diplomas.

[Spin]

I wouldn't wipe my arse on one of their diplomas.

Actually the McDonalds management course is very well respected in th UK and will open doors into other industries no problem.

[Texpat]

I wouldn't wipe my arse on one of their diplomas.

You're right, 'cause they ran you off after nine days. easy Scamp, just a joke

I wonder what kind of HS credit a student receives for ... say, cleaning out a backed-up bog?

Do they offer studies on nutrition so their employees understand how they're polluting customers' bodies?

Is this a wider collaberation with the NIH to eradicate the obese, stupid, and culturally bankrupt patrons of the evil Golden Arches?

What sort of McEducation is this? I'll bet the students are Lovin' It.

[kingwilly]

say, cleaning out a backed-up bog?

steady on, they did say this,

McDonald's has said it is introducing a "basic shift manager" course, designed to train staff in skills needed to run a McDonald's outlet, from marketing to customer service.

and fair enough too, if they can really teach/train a junior manager properlym then why not recognize that training.?

[blackgang]

Jaysus! What is it with McDonalds this month?!! This is what, the fouth McDonalds thread now? I wouldn't wipe my arse.

No wonder they ran your ass off after 9 days, must have been smelling pretty Grotty after that long with a nasty ass.

[bkkandrew]

I wouldn't wipe my arse on one of their diplomas.

Actually the McDonalds management course is very well respected in th UK and will open doors into other industries no problem.

A better illustration of why standards in the UK are going down the sh1tter would be hard to imagine...

[Reaper]

How long before you can pick up one on Khao San Road?

[keda]

A glorified diploma mill.

[nedwalk]

a mates daughter has done very well out of maccas here, took a young girl and groomed her through middle management,training and diploma in business studies, she now holds the reigns of several outlets for various owners.. personelly i hate the crap

[bkkandrew]

a mates daughter has done very well out of maccas here, took a young girl and groomed her through middle management,training and diploma in business studies, she now holds the reigns of several outlets for various owners.. personelly i hate the crap

At least your mate's daughte is well trained in poisening customers and making them obese...

[Texpat]

Lovely! HA Ha ha HA Ha ha!

America spreads it ~glorious~ Golden Arches across the Atlantic. It's evil tentacles wrap the Kingdom in it's poisionous grip.

Subsumes the unsuspecting deep-fat-fried craving populace into it's wicked web.

Addicts the charming, svelte, intelligent, dashing citizenry in an unsavory maneuver of capitalistic treachery!

Scampy, you should make a movie!

[nedwalk]

At least your mate's daughte is well trained in poisening customers and making them obese...

what a stupid comment,she is well trained and now graced with good people skills,disregarding the crap that maccas is, isnt it about choices that fat arses make, they can always go somewhere else, like stay home and knock something up themselves, this kid can now move sideways into manage fields with good grace a confidence, maccas have given her that opportunity, dosent matter flipping burgers or building a bloody road you still need management

[bkkandrew]

At least your mate's daughte is well trained in poisening customers and making them obese...

what a stupid comment,she is well trained and now graced with good people skills,disregarding the crap that maccas is, isnt it about choices that fat arses make, they can always go somewhere else, like stay home and knock something up themselves, this kid can now move sideways into manage fields with good grace a confidence, maccas have given her that opportunity, dosent matter flipping burgers or building a bloody road you still need management

And you would be confident in a restaurant manager being qualified to manage the construction of a road? Perhaps an elevated section... Then you could test your confidence with driving along it daily - or perhaps descend to earth with a bump, along with your ideas of transferable McSkills...

[nedwalk]

^ your right, lets just leave these kids flipping burgers with no hope for the future, no ambition and no goals,thank christ your not any where me or mine to offer hope and support to the possiblities of what they can achieve. at least fat bastard tucker is giving them that, i,ll put you in the same basket as that wanker noodles, have fun kids!

[Texpat]

Of course you're right Ned. McD's is a first-rate company serving third-rate food. I know little about their management style, but I'd be willing to bet they've looked at and tested every conceivable alternative. A young, ambitious manager would not go wrong buy starting there. Good for her.

[bkkandrew]

^ your right, lets just leave these kids flipping burgers with no hope for the future, no ambition and no goals,thank christ your not any where me or mine to offer hope and support to the possiblities of what they can achieve. at least fat bastard tucker is giving them that, i,ll put you in the same basket as that wanker noodles, have fun kids!

No - far better to let them study at university and obtain degrees in useful subjects. Lets see - a First at LSE in Economics, or a McDegree in cashing-up at end of shift. Deal or no deal?

[bkkandrew]

^ your right, lets just leave these kids flipping burgers with no hope for the future, no ambition and no goals,thank christ your not any where me or mine to offer hope and support to the possiblities of what they can achieve. at least fat bastard tucker is giving them that, i,ll put you in the same basket as that wanker noodles, have fun kids!

I also notice you failed to address the issue of transferability of skills from Burger-frying to road construction... Perhaps you would care to elaborate on you earlier thoughts on this?

[bkkandrew]

Of course you're right Ned. McD's is a first-rate company serving third-rate food. I know little about their management style, but I'd be willing to bet they've looked at and tested every conceivable alternative. A young, ambitious manager would not go wrong buy starting there. Good for her.

And a young, ambitious manager would be better advised to seek a position and training at M&S, BNFL, Network Rail etc., etc., etc.

[bkkandrew]

[quote=nedwalk;519118]^ your right, lets just leave these kids flipping burgers with no hope for the future, no ambition and no goals,thank christ your not any where me or mine to offer hope and support to the possiblities of what they can achieve. at least fat bastard tucker is giving them that, i,ll put you in the same basket as that wanker noodles, have fun kids![/quote]

What on earth are you talking about? Is that a dish served on Sukhimvit road in the early hours? I would have thought that a basket was an inappropriate receptacle, as it would leak, but each to their own....

[bkkandrew]

^ your right, lets just leave these kids flipping burgers with no hope for the future, no ambition and no goals,thank christ your not any where me or mine to offer hope and support to the possiblities of what they can achieve. at least fat bastard tucker is giving them that, i,ll put you in the same basket as that wanker noodles, have fun kids!

You wank into your noodles? Interesting......

[English Noodles]

^Don't wory about old Ned bkkandrew, he has some strange obsession with me. Even sends greens to people saying how he hates me and then sends me reds, his comments with the reds have included 'i hope you fucking die', 'you twat', 'kill yourself. you get the idea.

I think he realy loves me though.

Noodles.

[nedwalk]

something tells me noodles, that you really struggle walking past a mirror

[bkkandrew]

^ your right, lets just leave these kids flipping burgers with no hope for the future, no ambition and no goals,thank christ your not any where me or mine to offer hope and support to the possiblities of what they can achieve. at least fat bastard tucker is giving them that, i,ll put you in the same basket as that wanker noodles, have fun kids!

I also notice you failed to address the issue of transferability of skills from Burger-frying to road construction... Perhaps you would care to elaborate on you earlier thoughts on this?

Somehow, I thought you wouldn't....

[nedwalk]

mate if i was sitting in a bar, and you were sitting beside me and started dribbleing on, i would just get up and go to another one, reason being i,m not interested in listening to dickheads and chances are you wouldnt leave good enough alone...as far addressing your construction question, i got a mate who left school a garbo, worked at maccas and now works at one of australia,s leading contractors, he also did a 2 year stint in dubai, amazeing what can be achieved with grit and determination and opportunity.
now whipe your chin,the shit that your spraying is getting stuck between me toes