Comparing qualifications across the UK and Ireland - updated resource now available

Working with partner bodies, we have updated this resource to compare qualification levels across the UK and Ireland. The succinct leaflet shows how qualifications are organised and how their level of challenge compares.

Qualifications can cross boundaries is the outcome of collaboration between education regulators, funders and quality assurance agencies in all UK jurisdictions and in Ireland. It offers an at-a-glance look at different qualifications frameworks, helping learners, educators, employers and governments understand how qualifications in different sectors compare to each other.

It also offers a comparison with European higher education frameworks, helping graduates with UK or Irish qualifications understand how their awards compare internationally.

First published in 2010, QAA maintains and regularly updates the short guide. It features input from QAA, the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership, Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (Northern Ireland), Ofqual (England), the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (Welsh Government), and Quality and Qualifications Ireland.

Our engagement with this work is funded through QAA Membership.