What is the SCQF?

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The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) aims to promote lifelong learning in Scotland by:

• Helping people of all ages and circumstances access 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 SCQF helps to make the relationships between qualifications clearer and clarify routes for progression within and across education and training sectors. It assists learners to plan their progress and learning, and helps maximise the opportunities for credit transfer, thus avoiding repetition of learning.

Qualifications in the SCQF are compared using two measures: level and credit. The level of a qualification indicates the level of difficulty and the number of credit points indicates the length of time it takes to complete. One SCQF credit point represents an average of 10 hours of learning time.