Qualifications Explained

Which? What levels? From whom?

The titles and the large amount of different qualifications in Higher Education can be quite confusing.

Here is a link to pages that are in the Qualification Assurance Agency's (QAA) website that provide an excellent guide to qualifications. Click here.

You may also be interested in how the UCAS Tariff which is a points system used to report achievement for entry to higher education (HE) in a numerical format. It establishes agreed comparability between different types of qualifications and provides comparisons between applicants with different types and volumes of achievement.

see http://www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/

Other useful websites are:

The Direct Gov website

For a wide view of qualifications

www.direct.gov.uk/.../QualificationsExplained/

The National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

www.qca.org.uk/qca_5967.aspx

Sets out the levels against which a qualification can be recognised in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Direct Gov website

www.direct.gov.uk/.../QualificationsExplained/

Direct Gov has a useful "Qualifications Explained" section.