Glossary

National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

A National Qualifications Framework (NQF) is the single description, at national level or at the level of an education system, which is internationally understood and through which all qualifications and other learning achievements in higher education may be described and related to each other in a coherent way and which defines the relationship between higher education qualifications.

• Bologna Follow-Up Group, Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area, 2005, p. 30

Non-formal learning

Learning that is not provided by an education or training institution and typically does not lead to certification. It is, however, structured (in terms of learning objectives, learning time or learning support). Non-formal learning is intentional from the learner’s perspective.

• European Commission, Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality, 2001, p. 32

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