Everything about The Scottish Credit And Qualifications Framework totally explained
The
Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (
SCQF) is the national
credit transfer system for all levels of qualifications in
Scotland. It incorporates the
Scottish Qualifications Certificate,
Higher National Certificate,
Higher National Diploma,
Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) (equivalent to
National Vocational Qualification (NVQ)) and all
Degrees of Scottish Higher Education Institutions. It is managed by a partnership of the
Scottish Qualifications Authority, the
Association of Scotland's Colleges (ASC),
QAA Scotland,
Universities Scotland and the
Scottish Executive(External Link
).
England,
Wales and
Northern Ireland have been developing the
National Qualifications Framework in a similar fashion and the SCQF integrates with the
European credit transfer system.
Background
SCOTCAT
Scottish Higher Education Institutions had long used the
SCOTCAT (
Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer) system for equating courses from differences institutions.
SCOTCAT had 3 levels - Levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 was equivalent to University 1st Year, an
HNC or a
Certificate of Higher Education (Cert HE). Level 2 was equivalent to University 2nd Year, an
HND or a
Diploma of Higher Education. Level 3 was equivalent to Years 3 and 4 at a Scottish University, and generally these credit lead to an
Special or
Honours Degree.
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Following the creation of the
Scottish Qualifications Authority by the merger of the
Scottish Examinations Board and
SCOTVEC efforts were made to unite the different levels of vocational and academic qualifications. The aim being to make it easier for employers and
education institutions to understand the level to which a person had been educated. A secondary aim being to remove prejudice against vocational and non-traditional qualifications.
Further Discussions
Following from these two efforts all the education and training providers in Scotland agreed to create a common framework for all qualifications, both current and historical. This led to the development of a 12 level framework with different courses, units, modules and clusters being placed at a specific level with a credit weighting.
Changes have been made to
Higher Education level courses to prepare the Scottish system for the
Bologna process. There are now 4 levels of progression from 1st Year to Senior Honours.
The Framework
The Framework has 12 levels:
Further Information
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