Further and higher education courses and qualifications
Functional skills, essential digital skills, qualifications eligible for funding, what qualification levels mean and checking a university is recognised.
Services
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What qualification levels mean
Find the difficulty level of a qualification and compare qualifications across different countries.
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Check if your university or college can award a degree
Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees
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Improve your English, maths and IT skills
Improve skills like reading, writing, maths or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - courses, qualifications, find a course and help
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Mature students: university and funding
Funding and university courses for mature students - entry requirements, find courses, student finance
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Find a regulated qualification
Check if a qualification is regulated and what level it is on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
Guidance and regulation
- Qualifications that overlap with T Levels
- Find out if you need an ATAS certificate
- Studying in the UK: guidance for EU students
- Multiply: funding available to improve adult numeracy skills
- Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England
News and communications
- Skills boost for local communities
- Lifelong Loan Entitlement and Higher Education reform consultation response
- Qualifications at level 2 and below consultation response
- 2022 Chevening Welcome Home Event
- Post-16 qualifications boosted to help more people to progress
Research and statistics
- Further Education Sector Activity in Northern Ireland by Local Government District:- 2016/17 to 2020/21
- Enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions: Northern Ireland analysis 2020/21
- Qualifications gained at UK Higher Education Institutions: NI analysis 2020/21
- Higher education performance indicators UK: non-continuation 2020 to 2021
- Vocational and other qualifications quarterly: October to December 2021
Policy papers and consultations
- Consultation on designing and developing accessible assessments
- Technical consultation on regulating Digital Functional Skills qualifications
- Regulating academic and technical qualifications at level 3
- National Skills Fund
- Higher education reform: equality impact assessment
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- International qualified teacher status (iQTS): privacy notice
- Occupational pathways of technical qualifications
- Qualifications at level 3 and below: contextual information
- Post-16 pathways at level 3 and below
- End point assessment quality assurance report: 2018 to 2019