This guidance is about the implementation of The framework for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ). It applies to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other
academic awards (other than honorary degrees and higher doctorates) granted by a higher education provider in the exercise
of its degree awarding powers.

The original SEEC credit level descriptors were published in 1996 (Credit Guidelines, Models and Protocols; DfEE 1996).  They had been developed, over two years, by colleagues from SEEC institutions in collaboration with representatives from member institutions of the Higher Education Credit Initiative Wales (HECIW).  In 2001/2 these descriptors were revised to reflect the four categories adopted the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher education (QAA) for subject review and building on the areas identified in the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (Dearing Report, 1997):

Development of Knowledge and Understanding
Cognitive/Intellectual skills
Key/transferable skills
Practical skills
Much of the work for that revision was undertaken by colleagues at the, then, Anglia Polytechnic University and further revised by a SEEC working group.  The new 2010 edition of the credit level descriptors builds on this previous work and we are indebted to all those who contributed to earlier versions.

Just a few months to go and a new era for students arrives. Making students commit to repaying up to nine thousands pounds for access to a year of full-time study has been controversial. According to popular opinion, this autumn's incoming students are expected to be asking 'what they get for their money'. Whether that question is about contact hours, the quality of teaching,the qualifications of teaching staff, the types of assessment used or any other aspect of study, the
interest expressed in the question is the same: how well will students be able to engage with their studies?
Views on student engagement depend on the particular audience considering it. I am myself part of university management with responsibility for learning and teaching, including student engagement
and quality, but I also research student engagement and am doing so whilst being a doctoral student myself. Depending on which of these hats I put on, I might be tempted to give different responses. So this is what I will try to do in this paper: describe student engagement from different angles, explain some of the discussion and indulge in a bit of future gazing, wondering 'what's next?'

Sometimes you get what you pay for.

A few weeks ago I needed a little script to enable simple left and right swipe gestures on touch devices. People sent me links to amazing libraries that emulate all the possible gestures out there. But I didn't want all possible gestures, I just needed one. This is a common issue and <b>Lea Verou</b> explains it in detail. You should definitely read it.

+1Seeing Software Quality as a Maslow-esque hierarchy: http://t.co/odSxtU46 by @gojkoadzic

More than 23.2 million people 12 and older needed treatment for an illicit drug- or alcohol-use problem in 2007, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA. Only 3.9 million received treatment at a substance-abuse facility. Lack of insurance and insufficient coverage were cited in the 2009 report as two principal causes for this disparity.
Between 40 percent and 60 percent of those who seek treatment relapse, the same report found.
Robin Barnett said recent legislation to promote parity between medical and mental-health coverage has largely been circumvented or ignored by insurers. As co-owner of [a treatment facility], she said keeping patients in treatment after detox is a constant, often futile battle.
“Insurance (companies) are the gatekeepers to the amount of treatment somebody is able to obtain"....
NIDA guidelines recommend 90 days or more of primary treatment...but most insurance companies cut off patients at two weeks. Because of the tremendous costs associated with that level of treatment, she said, there’s no incentive to see patients through.
Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008, and there was hope of improved access to treatment...Insurers, however, quickly found new loopholes.
Barnett said coverage is often dropped as soon as the physical symptoms disappear, even though the psychological addiction remains.
“Someone can come in in acute distress and withdrawal, with sweating, shaking, exhaustion and body aches...As soon as those symptoms go away, and if there’s no major damage to the liver or other organs, or high blood pressure or physiological issues, they’ll say (the treatments) don’t meet medical necessity.”

Of Note, from Dubious Quality http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/

Gen (with Tony/Pepper), oneshot. After the fighting is over, then come the hot baths, ice packs, resurrection from the dead, political maneuvering, and happy endings (not like that, Tony).

once you start noticing, you see people searching for #quality everywhere

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