{"id":16101,"date":"2021-03-14T22:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/?p=16101"},"modified":"2023-04-02T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:59:42","slug":"direct-to-full-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/direct-to-full-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct-to-Full Exam &#8211; Survey Results to 14 March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Essex Ham is currently running a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/limesurvey\/index.php\/898615?lang=en\">survey about the UK exam system<\/a>, mainly focussing on the RSGB&#8217;s proposal for a Direct-to-Full exam.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a summary of the results from <strong>1353 respondents<\/strong> (data from 22 Feb 2021 to 7pm 14 Mar 2021). A copy of this has been submitted to the RSGB ESC and ESWG for consideration as part of their consultation.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to thank everyone who has taken part in the survey, and those who contributed to the survey questions and testing.<\/p>\n<h3>Survey Headlines:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>85.8% of respondents supported the introduction of &#8220;Direct to Full&#8221; (27.5% with some reservations)\n<ul>\n<li>The largest reservations were &#8220;Staged learning (over a period of time) is a better approach&#8221;, with 38.6% and &#8220;Direct-to-Full should have a practical element&#8221; at 38.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The subject of &#8216;practical assessments&#8217; was the most controversial. The current 3-tier system mandates 7 practicals (temporarily suspended due to Covid) and involves hands-on experience on the journey to Full. Direct-to-Full has no practical element. 39.7% of respondents felt that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both<\/span> routes should have practicals, and 28.5% feeling that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">neither<\/span> route should have practicals.<\/li>\n<li>67.2% of respondents felt that the syllabus content was appropriate<\/li>\n<li>75.8% of respondents felt that Direct to Full would be popular<\/li>\n<li>When asked <em>\u201cif you were taking your first exam today, which option would you prefer<\/em>?\u201d, the response was that 70.9% would take the exam online at home, compared with 29.1% preferring the club route.\n<ul>\n<li>37.4% of respondents indicated that they would prefer an online Direct-to-Full exam from home. This indicates a perhaps higher-than-expected level of interest in Direct-to-Full.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>46.3% thought that existing Foundation licence holders may use this new exam to go straight to Full, bypassing Intermediate. Research by two groups indicates this may be an easier route to a Full licence.<\/li>\n<li>Only 15% of trainers who responded thought their club would offer training for Direct-to-Full.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Full Survey Results<\/h3>\n<p>Findings from the Essex Ham exam survey are in the document below. The PDF contains a 6-page summary of data from 1,353 respondents, and an appendix containing 79 pages of text comments from participants.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/files\/EssexHam-Direct-to-Full-Consultation-Response-14-Mar-2021.pdf\">Essex Ham Direct-to-Full Consultation Response 14-Mar-2021<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Syllabus Comparison Breakdown<\/h3>\n<p>A breakdown of Direct-to-Full syllabus items, comparison table and results of a &#8220;Foundation-to-Full&#8221; scenario can be found in the PDF document below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/files\/EssexHam-Direct-to-Full-Syllabus-Breakdown-14-Mar-2021.pdf\">Essex Ham Direct-to-Full Syllabus Breakdown Summary 14-Mar-2021<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any comments, please add them below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Exam Comparison Table<\/h3>\n<table class=\"tablelist\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tablelisthead\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tablelisthead\"><strong>2020 Three-tier<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tablelisthead\"><strong>Proposed Direct-to-Full<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tablelisthead\"><strong>2003 RAE 7650<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Number of exams<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"143\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Exam Duration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">4 hours and 30 minutes (excluding practicals)<\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">2 hours and 30 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"143\">2 hours and 15 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">130 (26 + 46 + 58)<\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">75<\/td>\n<td width=\"143\">80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Practicals<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">7 assessed practicals<\/td>\n<td width=\"170\">None<\/td>\n<td width=\"143\">None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/category\/survey\/\"><strong>More Training Surveys<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/direct-to-full.html\">Essex Ham&#8217;s initial look at Direct-to-Full<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/examination-standards-committee\/\">RSGB ESC Direct-to-Full Info<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/rae-exam-reviewed.html\">Was the RAE Exam Easier than Today\u2019s Exams?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/exam-history.html\">Getting a Full Amateur Radio Licence \u2013 Then and Now<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essex Ham is currently running a survey about the UK exam system, mainly focussing on the RSGB&#8217;s proposal for a Direct-to-Full exam. Below is a summary of the results from 1353 respondents (data from 22 Feb 2021 to 7pm 14 Mar 2021). A copy of this has been submitted to the RSGB ESC and ESWG&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/direct-to-full-survey-results\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Direct-to-Full Exam &#8211; Survey Results to 14 March 2021&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[56,19,16,57],"class_list":["post-16101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exams","category-survey","tag-direct-to-full","tag-rsgb","tag-survey","tag-syllabus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16101"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16916,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16101\/revisions\/16916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}