What currency will NICATS credits have with employers, universities in GB and Ireland, and with other awarding bodies (BTEC, C&G)?
The NICATS model can be applied to vocational, academic and professional learning and the more widely it is adopted the more portable/transferable NICATS credits will be. For this reason NICATS works closely with those groups involved in credit and qualifications framework developments in the UK. The implementation of NICATS has commenced with the major stakeholders in Northern Ireland, including FE, HE, awarding and regulatory bodies, and employers. It has been agreed that the model should be used as far as possible in the UK Credit Equivalence Project aiming to provide consistently agreed credit equivalences for NQF qualifications. In addition, NICATS is establishing relations with relevant bodies in the Republic of Ireland and in the EU.
