Why BTEC/Edexcel?
Edexcel is a major awarding body recognised in over a hundred countries offering qualifications right from school level to university level. Their qualifications have been integrated within British secondary and tertiary education system as well as in many other countries. As well as offering qualifications at secondary and tertiary levels they offer short course certificates. They also offer vocational and professional qualifications and work very closely with accrediting and licensing authorities. MarTEL study units for phases 1, 2 and 3 have been transformed into BTEC units which can be offered as a short course unit or as an integrated unit within Higher National Diplomas (HND) in Nautical Science/Navigation Engineering as well as in Marine Engineering. BTEC units are part of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).
