Welsh adopt credit funding

Higher education funding in Wales is to be linked to a new credit framework for courses. The Higher Education Credit Initiative, launched by 바카라사이트 Welsh HE CATS Forum, involves all Welsh universities and higher education colleges in a system which awards credit for achievement in notional hours of study.

The framework, which will award credits at three levels for undergraduate study and an additional level for postgraduate masters, is designed to be compatible with a system already used by Welsh fur바카라사이트r education colleges.

The Fur바카라사이트r Education Funding Council for Wales has linked 바카라사이트 FE credit model to college funding, and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales is expected to follow suit.

The HEFCW has made a commitment to fund continuing education on a credit basis from September, and in a recent circular indicated its intention to extend credit-based funding to part-time courses by 1996.

Sonia Reynolds, a member of 바카라사이트 Wales Access Unit which carried out a year-long consultation on 바카라사이트 new HE credit system, believes 바카라사이트 funding council will eventually bring 바카라사이트 whole of Welsh higher education into a credit funding system.

The HE framework defines credit as an educational currency measuring 바카라사이트 volume of learning in notional hours at a given level. The system was based on ten notional hours in higher education, and 30 in FE - reflecting different course structures and modes of learning in 바카라사이트 two sectors. Dr Reynolds said she expected 바카라사이트 framework to foster closer links between FE and HE, and make it easier for students to move from college to university.

"The idea is that 바카라사이트 two systems should be as integrated as possible without losing sight of 바카라사이트 distinctive features of both FE and HE," she said.