Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer (NUCCAT)

The Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer (NUCCAT) is our sister organisation in the North of the country.  You can find out more at www.nuc.ac.uk

There are 2 NUCCAT events coming up over the next few months:

A Practical Guide to the Key Information Set (KIS)

Date: Thursday 16th February 2012

Time: 10.30am-3.30pm

Venue: Aston Business School, Birmingham

Facilitators:

Richard Puttock & Louisa Baker, Higher Education Funding Council for England; Robin Dutton, Director of Quality Systems, University College Birmingham; Catherine Benfield, Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Seminar aims:

Early 2012 will be especially busy for UK HEIs as they prepare for the September launch of Key Information Sets for all undergraduate degree programmes. While detailed technical guidance is now available from HEFCE many practical questions remain, particularly in relation to how programme-level data on teaching, learning and assessment will be collected and processed within institutions. This workshop will take a practical approach to the implementation of the Key Information Set, drawing on the experience of a KIS pilot institution (University College Birmingham) and providing opportunities for delegates to discuss common issues as well as share current experience and emerging good practice.

Representatives from HEFCE and HESA will also be in attendance to answer questions about first year implementation and clarify any points arising from the technical guidance.

Booking details:

£70 for staff of NUCCAT (and SEEC) Member Institutions

£95 for other attendees

An online booking form is available from http://www.nuc.ac.uk/about/seminars-events/a-practical-guide-to-the-key-information-set-kiss/

An Introduction to Credit and a Review of Credit and Qualification Frameworks

Date: Wednesday 7th March 2012

Time: 10.00am-3.30pm

Venue: University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby

Facilitator: Prof. Paul Bridges, Clerk to the Governing Council and Head of Research, University of Derby.

Seminar aims:

The workshop opens with an introduction to the principles that underpin the fundamentals of credit practice. This will include an introduction to credit levels and their descriptors, credit values, the award of credit, credit accumulation, credit transfer and assessment of prior learning. The discussion will include such matters as condonement, compensation, the re-use of credit and shelf-life of credit. The second half of the workshop goes on to critically review credit systems and the role of credit in qualification frameworks in the UK and in Europe.

Booking details:

£70 for staff of NUCCAT (and SEEC) Member Institutions

£95 for other attendees.

An online booking form is available at http://www.nuc.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Booking-Form-7th-March-2012.pdf.