A Study On Credit Accumulation And Transfer System Of Higher Education Institutes In United Kingdom

This study is to understand the credit accumulation and transfer system of higher education institutes in United Kingdom. There are five purposes of the study: (1) to understand the development of credit accumulation and transfer system. (2) to classify the types of credit accumulation. (3) to classify the types of credit transfer. (4) to find out the higher education institutes which operate credit accumulation and transfer system. (5) to find out the current problems and future issues of credit accumulation and transfer system.The conclusions of the study are as follows:1. The development of credit accumulation and transfer system includes three periods.2. There are three different types of credit accumulation.3. The types of credit transfer include regional credit transfer, inter-university credit transfer, internaltransfer in university, further and higher education credit transfer, and international credit transfer.4. In United Kingdom, over sixty five higher education institutes practise credit accumulation and transfer system.5. The challenges to credit accumulation and transfer system contain absence of agreement on definitional and technical matters, different credit systems for further and higher education, resistance to inter-institutional transfer, and greatly academic freedom for higher education institutes.6.The quality assurance agency for higher education will implement national qualifications frameworks in England, Wales, North Ireland and Scotland in the future.According to the above conclusions, the researcher suggests:1.The agreement on definitional and technical matters of credit accumulation and transfer system of higher education institutes is urgent.2.The collaboration is essential to higher education institutes and further education institutes.3. Higher education institutes should adopf'ladder" qualifications for learning outcomes.