Skills for Work Links

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework

The central aims of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) are to:

• Enable employers, learners, and the public in general to understand the full range of Scottish qualifications, how they relate to each other, and how different types of qualifications can contribute to improving the skills of the workforce. 

SCQF Level Descriptors

Curriculum for Excellence

Scotland is currently pursuing its biggest education reform programme for a generation under the Scottish Government’s Ambitious, Excellent Schools agenda. The Curriculum for Excellence is central to this reform agenda. At its heart, it is the programme of work that is reviewing the current curriculum.

Scottish Further Education Unit

SFEU offer support to Scotland's FE colleges and has produced valuable support packs for the Skills for Work Courses.

The Scottish Government

The devolved Government for Scotland is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.

Learning and Teaching Scotland

The new Learning and Teaching Scotland website now offers users an integrated online service with access to a wide range of information and resources for education in Scotland.

Careers Scotland

Careers Scotland makes a difference by equipping people living in Scotland with the skills to make well-informed career decisions for themselves throughout their working lives. Careers Scotland work with the future workforce in schools and colleges and support people of all ages whether they are in work or not.