The UK is also involved in an initiative to validate competencies through work-based observational assessment.

This is a report on a research project conducted by the City and Guilds of London Institute between March and December 2012. The project investigated the context, features, and underlying assumptions of work-based observational assessment; an assessment method that is widely used in competence-based vocational qualifications.

Institution providing the offer
City and Guilds

Who can access this support offer
Anyone in employment who seeks to validate their competencies through a work-based framework

Further information/useful links
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-based-observational-assessment-a-validation-framework

The UK is actively involved in ECTS and ECVET programmes to validate learning and competences following a period of mobility abroad. However, ECVET is not very widely adopted or developed.

Institution providing the offer
European Commission and individual universities and Higher Education Institutions produce their own guide adapted to their training courses

Who can access this support offer
Anyone in employment who seeks to validate their competencies through a work-based framework

Further information/useful links

https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/study-abroad/erasmus-new/ects
https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources/european-credit-transfer-accumulation-system_en
https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/how-you-can-use-ecvet