The prior learning to be considered will fall into one or more of the following categories.
(a) Credit transfer: formal learning which has led to the award of credit or qualifications by a UK higher education degree-awarding body, in accordance with the relevant higher education qualifications framework.1
(b) Certificated learning (APL): formal learning at a higher education level but which has not led to the award of credit or qualifications positioned on the relevant higher education qualifications framework2
; for example some professional development awards, employment-based awards or non-UK awards.
(c) Experiential learning (APEL): informal learning achieved through experience and practice (for example through employment or voluntary activities) rather than through a certificated programme of study or training.