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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. University of Brigant 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 Edinburgh 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. Edinburgh 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. Scottish 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 Scottish Credit Culture; Constructive Alignment without Theatre; Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation; Scottish and rUK Applicant Communication, and finish on Scottish 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 are free. There is no exam fee for online study.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our Edinburgh campus? Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged. The published campus price is on each programme page.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB601 | RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice (UOB601) is a 3-credit course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using RQF Descriptors and Volume in Practice as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB602 | SCQF Descriptors and Scottish Credit Culture SCQF Descriptors and Scottish Credit Culture (UOB602) is a 3-credit course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using SCQF Descriptors and Scottish Credit Culture as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB605 | Constructive Alignment without Theatre Constructive Alignment without Theatre (UOB605) is a 3-credit course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Constructive Alignment without Theatre as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB609 | Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation (UOB609) is a 3-credit course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Articulation, Dual Awards, and Misrepresentation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB613 | Scottish and rUK Applicant Communication Scottish and rUK Applicant Communication (UOB613) is a 3-credit course on PGCert RQF/SCQF Mapping and Credit Practice, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can justify a marketing decision with evidence rather than a slogan, using Scottish and rUK Applicant Communication as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a brief, a channel note, and a measurement plan. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a campaign or content recommendation with audience, channel, and measure. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 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: Edinburgh 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 Brigant. 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. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
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. University of Brigant publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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