Full accreditation & recognition by Ofqual UK

Most qualifications have a difficulty level. The higher the level, the more difficult the qualification is. Level 4 is indicative of a greater understanding and a higher level of learning than that gained through core modules at secondary education level.

The Level 4 is actual and theoretical knowledge in broad contexts within a field of work or study. This qualification is a range of cognitive and practical skills required to generate solutions to specific problems in a field of work or study.

According to the UK’s national qualifications system, the Level UK training system is accredited by Ofqual, compatible with the British framework RQF (Regulated Qualification Framework). The RQF is compatible with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), recognized throughout Europe and countries where the Qualifications Framework is transformed or compatible with EQF.

• Step 1: Enter the qualification comparison portal between European countries: https://ec.europa.eu/ploteus/en/compare
• Step 2: Select UK – England & Northern Ireland
• Step 3: Select 1 country you want to compare.
• Step 4: [Compare selected countries] will appear comparison between the levels accredited by Ofqual with other qualifications of European countries.

Example: The results of the comparison between UK Levels with France:

With this comparison table, you will find that the accreditation standard at the Level UK (accredited by Ofqual) will be equivalent to the French degree system. For example, Level 8 is Doctoral, Level 7 is Master, and Level 6 is Bachelor.

You can compare sequentially with countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway …

About UK NARIC (National Recognition Information Center)

UK NARIC is a UK government unit responsible for providing information and recommendations on higher education and practical training for countries and territories. As a government agency, managed by the UK government, under the Department for Education (DfE) of the UK, NARIC provides unified information about international education and systems outside the UK (in case learners with foreign degrees want to work-study in the UK).

UK NARIC is part of the NARIC system, originally established by the European Commission (EC) in 1984. The network was created to increase the recognition of equivalent diplomas among EU members, European Economic Area (EEA) countries, and coordination with Central and Eastern European countries, including Cyprus.

NARIC’s Diplomas accreditation system:

The structure, purpose, and training results of the international qualifications system are particularly diverse, so it is impossible to use a single method for assessment. The optimal approach that the UK NARIC uses is to focus on the comparative factors. Only when the UK NARIC determines that a qualification is equivalent in the UK does the UK NARIC begin to determine whether that qualification corresponds to any qualification in the UK system. Equivalent accreditation is both Level and Type recognition and must be done according to the UK NARIC Band Framework issued by NARIC.

UK NARIC Band Framework © is a hierarchical training level rating system, with equal recognition based on outcomes with 16 Bands, is designed to help optimize the degree comparison process while ensuring objectivity and equivalent qualification through the comparison process.

For each Band, the UK Naric Band Framework system also references some of the qualifications that exist in the UK and also the established standard framework for that type of qualification.

With the above point of view, with the legitimacy of information, UK NARIC’s qualification classification system is considered an accreditation system equivalent to an international qualification. Through this system, learners with foreign degrees can study and work in the UK using this system as an equivalent accreditation platform.

Level UK is the UK national qualifications system, accredited by Ofqual UK, so you can use the UK NARIC Band Framework to study and work in countries outside the UK, belongs to EU, EEC, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Cyprus.

RQF Level 4 compatible with:

• According to the practical training system: SCQF Level 7 / CQFW Level 4
• According to the academic training system: Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE)

In Australia, when in the face of Australian citizens who move to other countries to study and work, and there is also a wave of foreign citizens coming to Australia to work and settle, Australia has also built its own Level system, called AQF (Australian Qualification Framework).

Unlike Europe and Asia, the AQF system is built on 10 Level standards. Although there is a difference in the number of Levels, there is a conversion equivalent to the European 8 Level system.

In Asia, the ASEAN community has also built a common ASEAN Quality Assurance Network according to 8 levels similar to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). This system is fully compatible with Europe, Australia, and Africa’s system and has mutual recognition between the countries’ qualifications.

ASEAN 8 Level System: