At the recent Universities UK conference universities minister Robert Halfon practically begged universities to sort out credit transfer.
It was, on many levels, a curious request to make.
Especially as it was with regard to a key component of this government’s flagship skills policy.
No single university or college can unilaterally implement credit transfer without support from the rest of the sector. Though it has long been the dream of ministers to see learners switching providers and courses mid-stream as a benefit of the market, the evidence for demand is very limited and the current uptake of existing schemes is low.
