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Recognition of Prior Learning with UHI Inverness

Recognition of Prior Learning
Learn about the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process and how it is being used by UHI Inverness.
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ACS Clothing Ltd

Employers
ACS Clothing was experiencing issues with recruitment – until it signed up to Inclusive Recruiter. Watch their inspiring case study to find out how Inclusive Recruiter is delivering benefits across the business.

Recognition of Prior Learning with Glasgow Caledonian University 

Adult Learners Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows learners to fast track their learning. Watch our case study with Glasgow Caledonian University to see RPL in action.

Marr College, South Ayrshire

Employers
In today’s world, social and communication skills are vitally important for young people entering the workforce. That’s why Marr College is working with the SCQF Partnership to expand the range of courses it offers its pupils to ensure they have the skills needed to thrive in the future. Watch our video to find how employers […]

Understanding Armed Forces qualifications – for veterans and employers

Adult Learners Employers
Making sense of qualifications achieved in the armed services can be confusing. That’s where the SCQF Partnership can help. Watch our video to find out more.

Powering Futures – St Matthew’s Academy, Saltcoats

Secondary School
Powering Futures aims to unleash tomorrow’s talent to solve today’s problems. By offering a qualification in schools at SCQF level 6, they are encouraging the future workforce to develop the critical meta-skills employers are looking for.

Galashiels Academy – turning a building site into a classroom

Secondary School
When the diggers rolled in to build a new Galashiels Academy, teaching staff were keen for pupils to take advantage of the new learning environment that was right on their doorstep.

 SCQF Inclusive Recruiter – North East Scotland College

Employers
When North East College Scotland tried to recruit Library Information Assistants, their request for Nat 5 qualifications narrowed the field for them, leading to overqualified candidates and a high staff turnover. After finding out about the SCQF’s Inclusive Recruiter, they rethought their hiring processes and are now putting the right people with the right skills in the right roles.

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Authority

Appears at Level 12 only where it is used in the phrase ‘demonstrate substantial authority’, reflecting a recognised high level and depth of expertise/expert knowledge and understanding, along with confidence. It does not mean ‘exercise authority over staff and resources’ etc, as that could clearly apply at earlier levels.

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Exercise

Used in connection with management and/or supervisory responsibility, denotes a requirement of a formal, substantive role.

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Directive

Applied to ‘supervision’, signifies a task or activity that is guided.

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Graphical Data

Encompasses maps, plans, diagrams, tables and graphs.

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Synthesis

Combine discrete elements into a coherent whole.

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Analysis

Examine in detail with a view to explanation and interpretation.

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Present

Set out, put forward, deliver information using a variety of mediums as appropriate.

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Hypothetical

Supposed, assumed for the sake of argument.

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Straightforward

Clear and uncomplicated activity, but not as demanding or systematic and therefore not as advanced as ‘routine’.

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Creativity

Often used in combination with ‘originality’. There is overlap in definition, but the defining characteristic of creativity appears to be imagination.

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Originality

Often used in combination with ‘creativity’. There is overlap in definition, but the defining characteristic of originality appears to be independence.

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Professional

Used throughout as an adjective and applied to terms including level, skills, techniques, practices, contexts, and issues where it bears broad interpretation as ‘behaving appropriately/doing things properly and well and to notions of accepted, (including externally) prescribed standards’, as well as narrow, relating to a specific occupation designated as a profession. In this latter sense, the term applies in all contexts including academic study, eg footnoting properly.

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Unfamiliar

New territory for an activity.

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Routine

Used as an adjective throughout and applied to terms including skills, tasks, elements, practices, contexts, methods and problems where it describes activity that is standard, usual, unvarying, customary, common.

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Everyday

Slightly more advanced and beyond personal but a known experience/activity encountered/applied regularly - less advanced than ‘familiar’.

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Familiar

Often encountered or experienced; common; something one has a good knowledge of - more advanced than ‘personal’ and ‘everyday’, not as advanced as ‘routine’.

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Personal

An experience relating only or primarily to the person – one would expect to start here then widen out into the rest of the world, so not as advanced as ‘familiar’.

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Critical

Fully informed, capable of supporting in-depth analysis and assessment.

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Discerning

Using judgement to recognise differences but not fully equipped/informed to analyse and discuss them in depth, so less advanced than critical.

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Awareness

Consciousness, including a background consciousness. Can be a starting point for further exploration.

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Appreciation

A sense, perception, a hold, fix or grasp of one or more of the various aspects of a subject/discipline/sector.

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Understanding

A thorough and firm grasp of a subject/discipline/sector or an element or elements of it, derived from education/study, experience and reasoning in appropriate combination. Can be defined as ‘know why’, as opposed to ‘know that’. More holistic knowledge of processes and contexts, so more advanced than appreciation and knowledge.

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Simple

Undemanding activity not necessarily part of a formal structure - not as advanced as ‘basic’.

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Knowledge

Facts, ideas, theories and concepts in a subject/discipline/sector acquired through experience and/or education – a surer grasp than appreciation so more advanced.

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Basic

Activity is early stepping stone on a structure or framework that can be built upon – more advanced than ‘simple’.