... of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland,while Scottish HCAs work towards an SVQ qualification (VQ will represent both in this article). Vocational qualifications are a new system of qualifications being established in the UK. As their name suggests...

... debate about the relative values of each qualification as there is still much confusion and many different interpretations of the extent to which competence assessment provides evidence equivalent to the analytical interpretations required at postgraduate levels. © MCB UP Limited 1994...