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NextGen: HN - our qualifications are changing

About NextGen: HN

Discover how we are reshaping our Higher National qualifications for the future.

Meta-skills

Learn about the development of meta-skills – such as self-management and social intelligence.

Events and webinars

Register for upcoming NextGen:HN webinars and watch recordings of previous events.

Grading

Explore our new approach to grading in NextGen: HN qualifications – whole qualification grading.

Learning

Explore our range of learning modules to support the development and delivery of NexGen: HN.

Case studies

Discover how we have worked together with centres to develop and pilot the new HN qualifications.

Quality Assurance

Explore our refreshed approaches to external quality assurance.

Articulation and Progression

Examples of how articulation and progression will work.

Keep informed

Read our NextGen: HN newsletter and blogs.

Related Information

  • A guide to HNs (406 KB)
  • HN Catalogue (2.03 MB)
  • Changes to unit/group award and frameworks
  • HN Annual Update (362 KB)
  • Updated conditions of assessment for HN Graded Units - August 2018 (49 KB)

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