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Frameworks for higher education qualifications The frameworks for higher education qualifications describe the achievement represented by higher education qualifications. They apply to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic awards granted by a higher education provider with degree awarding powers. QAA has developed two frameworks:

Subject benchmark statement Art and design QAA 238 03/08 PDF version Contents * Preface * Joint foreword * Introduction * Defining principles * Nature and extent of art and design * Subject knowledge and understanding, attributes and skills: typical standard of achievement * Teaching, learning and assessment * Benchmark standards: threshold level of achievement * Appendix A: Consultation groups * Appendix B: Membership of the review group for the subject benchmark statement for art and design * Appendix C: Membership of the original benchmarking group for art and design Preface Subject benchmark statements provide a means for the academic community to describe the nature and characteristics of programmes in a specific subject or subject area. They also represent general expectations about standards for the award of qualifications at a given level in terms of the attributes and capabilities that those possessing qualifications should have demonstrated.

The UK honours degree is a robust and highly-valued qualification. It is the core product of the UK higher education system. This report considers the honours degree classification system, which measures a student's performance on an undergraduate honours degree programme. All UK higher education institutions use the same classification nomenclature which is almost universally applied to honours degrees.

The framework for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland August 2008