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All UK bachelor's degrees are first cycle (end of cycle) qualifications in the Bologna Process. Some awards titled bachelor's for historical reasons are actually master's-level degrees, e.g. Oxford's Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil). Conversely, the Scottish MA is actually a bachelor's degree which has retained its historical title.
The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies (FHEQ) includes separate descriptors for higher education (HE) qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and in Scotland for bachelor's degrees and below; for master's degrees and doctoral degrees the same descriptors apply across the UK. HE ...
A bachelor's degree can be an honours degree (bachelor's with honours) or an ordinary degree (bachelor's without honours). Honours degrees are classified, usually based on a weighted average (with higher weight given to marks in the later years of the course, and often zero weight to those in the first year) of the marks gained in exams and other assessments.
The graduate certificate is positioned at Level 6 (bachelor's degree level) of The framework for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and at Level 9 or 10 (bachelor's degree at ordinary or honours level) of The framework for qualifications of higher education institutions in Scotland.
This is a list of colleges in the United Kingdom offering higher education courses. Many of the colleges below are "listed bodies" that are authorised to offer courses leading to a degree from a UK university or other body with degree-awarding powers. [ 1 ]
There are four forms of regulated profession in the UK, with respect to the European directives on professional qualifications: professions regulated by law or public authority; professions regulated by professional bodies incorporated by royal charter; professions regulated under Regulation 35; and the seven sectoral professions with harmonised training requirements across the European Union. [5]
Online education enables individuals living with physical disabilities, full-time employees, military personnel, those living abroad, and stay-at-home parents, among others, to have access to accredited higher education. The perception of the quality of online degrees compared to on-campus degrees varies, but has been increasing in recent years.
The bachelor's degree is awarded soon after the end of the degree course (three or four years after matriculation). Contrary to common UK practice, [2] Oxford does not award bachelor's degrees with honours. However, a student whose degree is classified third class or higher is considered "to have achieved honours status". [3]