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Dear Colleagues,
How are you approaching the definition of ELQs in respect of
students from Scottish institutions who already hold a Bachelor degree at
ordinary level and wish to enrol on an Honours degree programme at your institution?
We have taken the HEFCE guidance in 2008/37:
In general,
institutions should treat qualifications that fall within the same level within
these frameworks as being equivalent. However, it may be appropriate in
particular circumstances to consider a hierarchy of qualifications within a
single level, particularly where students are progressing through a succession
of qualifications. In particular:
a.
Within level 7 of the Framework for Higher Education
Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it may be appropriate to
consider a masters qualification to be at a higher level than a postgraduate
diploma, which in turn may be at a higher level than a postgraduate
certificate. This may, however, not necessarily apply in all cases and will
depend on the nomenclature adopted by different awarding bodies.
b.
Within level 6 of the Framework for Higher Education
Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it may be appropriate to
consider a bachelors degree with honours to be at a higher level than a
bachelors degree without honours.
And determined that we will not consider a degree
with honours as at a higher level than a degree without honours for any
UK students including those from Scotland. This has been determined not the
least by the awareness that in our HESA return we cannot distinguish between
non-honours and honours degree at entry (QUALENT2 code 11 = First degree of UK
institution) and thus were we to decide that such a student was non-ELQ and
report to HEFCE in HESES as such a HESA/HESES data audit would suggest that
this was incorrect!
Best wishes,
Judy
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Judy Evans
Deputy Head of Registry
University of Brighton
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Brighton
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