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The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) is the national credit transfer system for all levels of qualifications inScotland. It incorporates the Scottish National Qualifications, HNC, HND, SVQ (equivalent to NVQ) and all Degrees of Scottish Higher Education Institutions. England has been developing the 5 level National Qualifications Framework in a similar fashion.

Background

SCOTCAT

Scottish 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

Main Article see 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.

The Framework

The Framework has 12 levels:

SCQF Level

SQA National Units, Courses and Group Awards

Higher Education

Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQ)

12

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Doctorates

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11

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Masters

SVQ 5

10

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Honours degree, Graduate diploma

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9

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Ordinary defree, Graduate certificate

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8

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HND, DipHE

SVQ 4

7

Advanced Higher

HNC, CertHE

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6

Higher

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SVQ 3

5

Intermediate 2

Credit Standard Grade

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SVQ 2

4

Intermediate 1

General Standard Grade

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SVQ 1

3

Access 3

Foundation Standard Grade

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2

Access 2

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1

Access 1

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See Also

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