SCQF Week 2026

Graphic celebrating 25 years of SCQF, featuring a large ‘25’ in a pink-to-blue gradient, the SCQF logo, and the slogan ‘years of making all learning count’ beneath

Help us celebrate 25 years of the SCQF

Thank you for supporting SCQF Week 2026.

Taking place from 21 to 25 September 2026, this year’s celebration marks a significant milestone as we celebrate 25 years of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

To help you get involved, we’ve created a range of social media resources that you can download and share across your channels. Whether you’re an employer, school, college, university, training provider or partner organisation, these assets will help you join the conversation and celebrate the impact of the SCQF.

Download the SCQF Week 2026 social media toolkit

Pre-promotion social media assets

Download and share these images on your social media channels to show your support for SCQF Week 2026.

Pre-promotion graphics:

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SCQF Week 2026 social media assets

We have lots of content that you can share on your social media channels

Monday – Learning through life experience

 

Tuesday – Returning to education as an adult

 

Wednesday – Learning at work

 

Thursday – Making learning count

 

Friday –  Looking ahead – The next 25 years

During SCQF Week 2026, we’ll be looking back on where people were 25 years ago and how far they’ve come in their learning and career path. To take part, please either download and print the graphic, or edit it in Canva.

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4:5 Canva

 

16:9 Download

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SCQF at 25 logo – full colour

SCQF at 25 logo – reverse

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Glossary Term

Authority

Appears at Level 12 only where it is used in the phrase ‘demonstrate substantial authority’, reflecting a recognised high level and depth of expertise/expert knowledge and understanding, along with confidence. It does not mean ‘exercise authority over staff and resources’ etc, as that could clearly apply at earlier levels.

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Exercise

Used in connection with management and/or supervisory responsibility, denotes a requirement of a formal, substantive role.

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Directive

Applied to ‘supervision’, signifies a task or activity that is guided.

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Graphical Data

Encompasses maps, plans, diagrams, tables and graphs.

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Synthesis

Combine discrete elements into a coherent whole.

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Analysis

Examine in detail with a view to explanation and interpretation.

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Present

Set out, put forward, deliver information using a variety of mediums as appropriate.

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Hypothetical

Supposed, assumed for the sake of argument.

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Straightforward

Clear and uncomplicated activity, but not as demanding or systematic and therefore not as advanced as ‘routine’.

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Creativity

Often used in combination with ‘originality’. There is overlap in definition, but the defining characteristic of creativity appears to be imagination.

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Originality

Often used in combination with ‘creativity’. There is overlap in definition, but the defining characteristic of originality appears to be independence.

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Professional

Used throughout as an adjective and applied to terms including level, skills, techniques, practices, contexts, and issues where it bears broad interpretation as ‘behaving appropriately/doing things properly and well and to notions of accepted, (including externally) prescribed standards’, as well as narrow, relating to a specific occupation designated as a profession. In this latter sense, the term applies in all contexts including academic study, eg footnoting properly.

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Unfamiliar

New territory for an activity.

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Routine

Used as an adjective throughout and applied to terms including skills, tasks, elements, practices, contexts, methods and problems where it describes activity that is standard, usual, unvarying, customary, common.

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Everyday

Slightly more advanced and beyond personal but a known experience/activity encountered/applied regularly - less advanced than ‘familiar’.

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Familiar

Often encountered or experienced; common; something one has a good knowledge of - more advanced than ‘personal’ and ‘everyday’, not as advanced as ‘routine’.

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Personal

An experience relating only or primarily to the person – one would expect to start here then widen out into the rest of the world, so not as advanced as ‘familiar’.

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Critical

Fully informed, capable of supporting in-depth analysis and assessment.

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Discerning

Using judgement to recognise differences but not fully equipped/informed to analyse and discuss them in depth, so less advanced than critical.

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Awareness

Consciousness, including a background consciousness. Can be a starting point for further exploration.

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Appreciation

A sense, perception, a hold, fix or grasp of one or more of the various aspects of a subject/discipline/sector.

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Understanding

A thorough and firm grasp of a subject/discipline/sector or an element or elements of it, derived from education/study, experience and reasoning in appropriate combination. Can be defined as ‘know why’, as opposed to ‘know that’. More holistic knowledge of processes and contexts, so more advanced than appreciation and knowledge.

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Simple

Undemanding activity not necessarily part of a formal structure - not as advanced as ‘basic’.

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Knowledge

Facts, ideas, theories and concepts in a subject/discipline/sector acquired through experience and/or education – a surer grasp than appreciation so more advanced.

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Basic

Activity is early stepping stone on a structure or framework that can be built upon – more advanced than ‘simple’.