Education Tay

The 4 nations of the UK have a wide range of qualifications that are nationally and internationally recognised.  Qualifications from school, sixth form, college, university, training and work based level.  At each stage of learning there are different levels of qualifications that are split between vocational and academic qualifications.  The following is a basic list of UK qualifications that can be useful.

England & Wales, N Ireland

GCSE, IGCSE, Advanced subsidiary (AS), A Level      (School and college)

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme   (School and college)

National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs)       (Work based and college)

Key skills and functional skills          School, college and work based)

Skills for life    (College and work based)

Scotland

School and college: Standard grades, Highers, Advanced Highers      (School and college)

Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQ)        (Work based and college)

Core skills           (School, college and work based)

National Awarded Qualifications

BTECs, City & Guilds and OCR Nationals

Foundation degree

Bachelors degrees and honours

Postgraduate certificate

Postgraduate diploma

Postgraduate degree (Masters)

Doctorate (PHD)

Professional qualifications: Occupations such as doctors, teachers/lectures and law

Awarding Bodies

www.edexcel.com, www.sqa.org.uk, www.cityandguilds.com

www.qaa.ac.uk, www.ocr.org.uk, www.aqa.org.uk

www.scqf.org.uk, www.ltscotland.org.uk, www.qcda.gov.uk,

Written by: Education Tay RCB