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- Title
Lost Opportunity: What a Credit Framework Would Have Added to the National Qualification Frameworks.
- Authors
Gosling, David
- Abstract
This paper outlines the recent work of the Southern England Consortium, SEEC, and the principles to which it is committed. It is argued that the failure of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) to grasp the nettle of credit in the recently published National Qualification Framework (NQF) is a blow, although not a fatal one, to the achievement of the objectives which SEEC is attempting to achieve on behalf of its member institutions. In particular, the opportunity to improve access, increase flexibility and support lifelong learning through the use of credit in the NQF has been lost. The value of the concept of level in a credit framework is defended and contrasted with the use of 'qualification level' in the NQF.
- Subjects
GRADING of students; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; ACADEMIC achievement; EDUCATIONAL evaluation; QUALITY Assurance Agency for Higher Education; EDUCATION
- Publication
Higher Education Quarterly, 2001, Vol 55, Issue 3, p270
- ISSN
0951-5224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2273.00188