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Honest credit mapping between RQF and SCQF—not automatic listing on the SCQF database.
Online or on campus
Credit frameworks are not a universal translator. A Level 7 RQF claim that is waved at an SCQF Level 11 audience without a method is how partnerships later fail. This PGCert starts with method: learning outcomes, notional hours, assessment volume, and the difference between internal mapping and a credit-rating body’s decision. Haverton University is Ofqual-facing in the sense that students must become literate in regulated-qualification language; it does not employ you at Ofqual and it does not automatically enter programmes on the SCQF. Dual-pathway parity matters because online students are often the ones writing the mapping memos at 11 p.m. They sit the same assessments as London campus students. The award is a postgraduate certificate, not a licence to rate other providers. Capstones are mapping dossiers on a named (or tightly anonymised) programme, with an honest ‘what this mapping is not’ section. London campus sessions use the same mapping templates as the tuition-free online pathway, including residual-risk columns that forbid ‘equivalent to SCQF listed’ language. Faculty will fail a dossier that treats notional hours as a fiction and descriptors as wallpaper. British applicants deserve that honesty as much as rUK partnership managers. PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 9 months, and the credit total is 15. Students move from RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice through RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice; SCQF Descriptors and British Credit Culture; Constructive Alignment without Theatre; Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation; British and rUK Applicant Communication, and finish on British and rUK Applicant Communication. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Map outcomes and volume between RQF and SCQF with residual-risk notes Distinguish internal mapping from credit-rating decisions Write a partnership annex that Ofqual-facing auditors can follow Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Fifteen credits over nine months in four short modules: descriptor literacy, volume and assessment, partnership risk, and a supervised mapping dossier. Dual pathway. Marketing must say ‘mapping practice’, never ‘SCQF listed’.
Study online
Online tuition is free. Online examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our London campus? Campus tuition is published on each programme page. All examinations are 100% free of charge.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB601 | RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice (UOB601) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| UOB602 | SCQF Descriptors and British Credit Culture SCQF Descriptors and British Credit Culture (UOB602) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| UOB581 | Practice foundations in RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice Practice foundations in RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice (UOB581) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| UOB582 | The core method of RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice The core method of RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice (UOB582) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| UOB583 | Records and evidence in RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice Records and evidence in RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice (UOB583) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB605 | Constructive Alignment without Theatre Constructive Alignment without Theatre (UOB605) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB609 | Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation (UOB609) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB613 | British and rUK Applicant Communication British and rUK Applicant Communication (UOB613) is a course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is a professional certificate module. The submission is a workplace artefact a marker can check against the chapters. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.
| 15 · 150 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 9 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: London campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Haverton. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. All online degree examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored — the only cost for online study is the application fee. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged separately. Check the Fees page for details.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Haverton University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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