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19 October, 2006

Higher Nationals and Foundation Degrees: a ‘home international’ comparison

Scotland and England have now two different approaches to some areas of work-related higher education – Scotland has retained the Higher Nationals as the main framework (HNDs and HNCs) while England has introduced the Foundation Degree. The CIHE is supporting a comparative research study on these two kinds of provision, being undertaken jointly by CRLL at Glasgow Caledonian/Stirling universities and the Open University. A paper arising from the first stage of the research is now available from www.crll.gcal.ac.uk or from the Scottish Qualifications Authority. This documents the development of the two qualifications, and contrasts the two sytems and the emerging issues.