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Is it really possible to develop a flexible, inclusive regulated qualifications framework and can a system developed to recognise the achievements of adults work for all learners? Where did the idea of credit-based qualifications come from? How can a grass roots initiative influence government policy?
This book traces the development of the new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) from its initial announcement in July 2003 through to its implementation in November 2008. It also examines in some detail the history of credit systems in the UK in the two decades and more prior to 2003 and shows how these credit systems have evolved since the early 1980s and have influenced both the design and the policy intentions of the QCF. Peter Wilson has a unique insight into this subject. He was involved in some of the early work on developing local credit systems, as well as acting as Principal Adviser to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on the design of the QCF itself.
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This book traces the development of the new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) from its initial announcement in July 2003 through to its implementation in November 2008. It also examines in some detail the history of credit systems in the UK in the two decades and more prior to 2003 and shows how these credit systems have evolved since the early 1980s and have influenced both the design and the policy intentions of the QCF. Peter Wilson has a unique insight into this subject. He was involved in some of the early work on developing local credit systems, as well as acting as Principal Adviser to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on the design of the QCF itself.
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Contents
Chapter 1. A new beginningChapter 2. The origins of credit systems in the UK
Chapter 3. The Manchester model
Chapter 4. After Manchester: The next Open College Networks
Chapter 5. From the local to the national: The creation of NOCN
Chapter 6. Separate and not equal: Credits and qualifications
Chapter 7. NVQs and credit systems
Chapter 8. Exporting credit: Integrating OCN credit systems with NVQs
Chapter 9. Exporting credit: The first ‘credit-rating’ experiment
Chapter 10. From commonality to credit transfer
Chapter 11. Towards a national credit framework
Chapter 12. A basis for credit?
Chapter 13. Beyond ‘A basis for credit?’
Chapter 14. Access to HE programmes and credit systems
Chapter 15. OCNs and credit frameworks
Chapter 16. Credit developments in England
Chapter 17. Choosing not to change: Credit developments in HE
Chapter 18. From local initiatives to a national presence
Chapter 19. The reform of qualifications
Chapter 20. The learning age and the onward march of credit
Chapter 21. Coming to terms with a divided system
Chapter 22. The relationship between credits and qualifications
Chapter 23. ‘Credit’ without credits: The myth of unitisation
Chapter 24. ‘Credit’ without credits: The seduction of credit-rating
Chapter 25. The development of credit in Wales
Chapter 26. Good in theory: The NICATS initiative
Chapter 27. Units, qualifications and rationalisation
Chapter 28. The establishing of the NQF
Chapter 29. Credit systems inside and outside the NQF
Chapter 30. Driving a wedge between credit and qualifications
Chapter 31. What we talk about when we talk about credit
Chapter 32. Unitisation or credit?: The phoney war of 2002
Chapter 33. From reform to disaster: The debacle of 2002
Chapter 34. Skills, modernisation and credit
Chapter 35. England expects
Chapter 36. What kind of framework? And what kind of credit?
Chapter 37. A framework for achievement
Chapter 38. Cold feet and twiddling thumbs
Chapter 39. A UK-wide programme of reform
Chapter 40. Testing and trialling the new framework
Chapter 41. Best of breed: The QCF in an international context
Chapter 42. Half-way there: The first year of tests and trials
Chapter 43. Credit: The missing test?
Chapter 44. The final push: From development to implementation
Chapter 45. Preparing for launch
Chapter 46. Beyond NVQs
Chapter 47. A truly comprehensive framework?
Chapter 48. Credits and qualifications, peaches and cream
Chapter 49. Credit transfer, learner mobility and rationalisation
Chapter 50. Transforming qualifications through credit
Chapter 51. A credit system for all
Chapter 52. Rediscovering credit