The Framework for staff in higher education

Students in HE institutions may need guidance in understanding and using the Framework when they are looking to transfer to another faculty or when they are considering future career development or when they are applying to have credit given for their prior learning.

HEI staff can access further information about SCQF level descriptors and SCQF Credits, which will help explain these specific features of the Framework.

Latest updates in the HE sector

Partnerships within the SCQF
A major conference based around the theme of working together within the SCQF to create new opportunities and meet new needs was held in Dundee on 22 May. The conference was aimed at exploring ways to strengthen links and articulation between the HE and College sectors. The conference also touched upon other key areas, e.g. the opportunities created by credit rating within the SCQF, linkages in and out of Scottish Vocational Qualifications, the work of the Scottish Wider Access Regional Fora, and the SCQF in Social Services, Health and Community Learning. An information leaflet on the outcomes of the conference was produced for all Scottish higher education institutions and Scotland’s colleges.

The Mapping Tracking and Bridging Website – is your information correct?
Scottish universities and colleges are encouraged to ensure that information on the mapping database, showing links between HN Qualifications and Degrees across Scotland, is kept up to date.

Higher Education (HE) Programme of Work 2006/8
An HE programme of work has been developed under the auspices of the Scottish Advisory Committee on Credit and Access (SACCA), and focuses on the sector’s priorities from summer 2006 in making use of the SCQF. Check here soon for the upcoming programme of workshops for 06-07.

Verification that the framework for qualifications of HEIs in Scotland is compatible with the European Higher Education Area December 2006
A working group was convened in 2006 by QAA Scotland and Universities Scotland to verify, against criteria stipulated in the ‘Bologna Process’ in higher education, that the framework for qualifications of higher education institutions in Scotland is compatible with the framework for the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The Scottish working group consisted of experts from the sector, students and international representatives, and progressed the verification process through SACCA under the auspices of the QAA Scotland Committee. The final report on the verification process has been approved by the QAA Scotland Committee, and has subsequently been submitted to the Bologna working group on qualifications frameworks. It is hoped that the Scottish verification report can inform the verification procedures in the remainder of the countries signed up to the Bologna process, each nation having a target date of 2010 to verify that their national frameworks are compatible with the framework for the EHEA.

Access the Scottish verification report