Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework SCQF

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Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework
(SCQF)

• Masterclass
• March 2006
• Morning Session

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Welcome and Introductions

• Individually
• My name is
• My job is
• I am here because
• I hope to get from today
• For your table
• Create a list of your hopes

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• Housekeeping

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Masterclass

• Why?
• What is it?
• What is this one designed to achieve?

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The SCQF in some detailThe SCQF
brings together the main Scottish academic and
vocational qualifications systems into a unified
frameworkThe SCQF provides a national
vocabulary for describing learning opportunities



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Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
SVQ 3
Higher
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SCQF Vocabulary Level

• Learning opportunities are described in terms of
  Level
• There are 12 levels covering the whole spectrum
  of learning, each describing the intention of the
  learning opportunity
• Levels allow for comparability (not equivalence
  or interchangability) of learning opportunities
• Those with responsibility for delivering learning
  opportunities in Scotland should use SCQF as a
  basis for developing and describing that
  provision

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SCQF Vocabulary Credit

• Learning outcomes are described in terms of
  credit
• Credit allows for value or currency to be
  accorded to the learning outcomes achieved
  through the learning opportunity
• The award of credit credit rating can only be
  done through organisations deemed capable of
  doing souniversities, SQA and FE collegesas
  robust quality assurance and reliable and valid
  methods of assessment are needed in order to
  award credit

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SCQF Vocabulary Credit Transfer

• The allocation of credit points to the outcomes
  of a particular programme establishes their
  relationship to a level in the SCQF.
• They can therefore be transferred to other
  programmes at that level.
• This does not imply, however, that they can be
  transferred automatically to another programme.
• The organisation providing the programme will
  always make the final decision on the allocation
  of specific credit.

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SCQF Intentions

• The SCQF by credit-rating and levelling
  learning opportunities, will help everyone in
  Scotland reach their full potential by
• Signposting progression routes
• Avoiding unnecessary repetition of learning

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SCQF Aims

• To assist people of all ages and circumstances to
  access appropriate education and training over
  their lifetime to fulfil their personal, social
  and economic potential
• To enable employers, learners and the public in
  general to understand the full range of Scottish
  qualifications, how they relate to each other and
  how different types of qualifications and
  learning opportunities can contribute to
  improving the skills of the workforce

fit with the NHS?
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SCQF Where it has come from

• Development period
• Conceived in 1997 in the Garrick Report
• 4 year gestation period, launched in 2001
• Nurtured until weaned in 2003
• Implementation period
• 2003-6 implementation plan
• Evaluation/Future development period
• 2005 onwards

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Schools
FE/HE
Vocational
Mainstream
SCQF
Industry based
Professional
Non-Mainstream
Informal learning
Locallydeveloped
CPD
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SCQF Background

• Originally SQA, Universities Scotland, QAA
  (Scotland) and the Scottish Executive (Enterprise
  and Lifelong Learning Dept.)
• Now, the Joint Advisory Committee includes
  membership of other key Scottish organisations
  from which an Implementation Group has been
  drawn.
• Today there are also SCQF post holders within
  major employers in Scotland to lead on the
  implementation of the SCQF within their sector,
  for example
• higher education
• further education
• social services
• community and learning development
• health

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SCQF in some detail

• Questions???
• Main source of info
• www.scqf.org.uk

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SCQF Some General Scope and Limits

• It is not a regulatory framework, but a
  descriptive framework it facilitates the
  awarding of credit and supports credit transfer
  and progression routes within the Scottish
  system.
• It seeks to help everyone involved in education
  and training in Scotland to make comparisons
  between qualifications and learning opportunities
  offered throughout Scotland (including in the
  NHS) by understanding how they relate to each
  other.

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Table Top Discussion

• SCQF Scope and Limits for the NHS
• Nationally
• Regionally
• Locally

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SCQF NES Project

• Past
• Present
• Future

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Contribution of Others

• Skills for Health
• The Big Plus for Business

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