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Developing learners' skills through National Qualifications, Core Skills and Awards

It is important that learners develop a broad set of skills alongside their subject-based studies. The Skills for Learning, Life and Work (SfLLW) Framework defines five broad groups of essential skills.

  • Find out more about the SfLLW Framework
  • Learn about National Literacy and Numeracy Units developed using the Framework
  • Find out about Core Skills in selected National Courses.

Skills opportunities in SQA qualifications

See which skills can be developed through our National Qualifications, Core Skills and Awards.

Literacy

Find qualifications that focus directly on developing literacy and communication skills.

Numeracy

Find qualifications that focus directly on developing learners' numeracy skills.

Health and wellbeing

Find qualifications that focus directly on developing learners' understanding of health and wellbeing.

Employability, enterprise and citizenship

Find qualifications that focus on citizenship, sustainability, employability and enterprise skills.

Thinking skills

Find qualifications that focus directly on developing skills such as problem solving, analysis and creative thinking.

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