It's for people of all ages and circumstances

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (The Framework) promotes lifelong learning in Scotland. It supports everyone in Scotland, including learning providers and employers by:

• helping people of all ages and circumstances to get access to appropriate education and training so they can meet their full potential;
• helping employers, learners and the general public to understand the full range of Scottish qualifications, how qualifications relate to each other and to other forms of learning, and how different types of qualification can contribute to improving the skills of the workforce.

The Framework:

• Describes the courses and programmes that lead to qualifications;
• Helps you develop `progression routes' for individual to follow;
• Allows individuals to make the most of the opportunities to transfer credit points between qualifications.

The website is intended to help learners and providers of learning understand how different qualifications and learning programmes relate to each other. So in the end everyone can see what is the next best step in terms of developing a skill or gaining knowledge.

There are many different kinds of Scottish qualifications - Highers, SVQs, HNDs, Degrees and many more. Each qualification has an SCQF Level and Credit Points so it is easier for you to compare one with another.

Looking at the different levels in the Framework is like looking at a road map. You can see where you are now and the different routes you can follow - like the different routes to learning - to reach your next destination. The Framework is also like a climbing frame, with the possibility of lots of horizontal as well as vertical routes.

The SCQF is intended to help describe programmes of learning that lead to the various qualifications; support the development of routes to progress from qualification to qualification; and maximise the opportunities to transfer credit points between qualifications. It will do this by making the overall system of qualifications and relevant programmes of learning easier to understand and providing a national vocabulary for describing learning opportunities.

The SCQF assists in making clear the relationships between Scottish qualifications and those in the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond, thereby clarifying opportunities for international progression routes and credit transfer.

The following Terms of use govern your use of the www.scqf.org.uk website and the material accessible on or from the site. Your use of the site means that you accept these Terms of use.

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in Scotland - Company No. 311573