Quality in validation in the Nordic countries: final report for ‘Quality in the Nordic countries - a mapping project’

In March 2011, the National Knowledge Centre for Validation of Prior Learning (NVR) sought financial support for the development of a project entitled ‘Quality of validation in the Nordic countries - a mapping project’. The main aim of the project was to identify how the respective Nordic countries work with quality in validation. This report is based on extensive documentation collected in five country reports which have been prepared by project participants from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The five country reports were subject to discussion at the final working...  [+] Show more

In March 2011, the National Knowledge Centre for Validation of Prior Learning (NVR) sought financial support for the development of a project entitled ‘Quality of validation in the Nordic countries - a mapping project’. The main aim of the project was to identify how the respective Nordic countries work with quality in validation. This report is based on extensive documentation collected in five country reports which have been prepared by project participants from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The five country reports were subject to discussion at the final working seminar held on 26 April 2012 at the Department of Education, Aarhus University in Copenhagen. Here project participants from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark each presented their country reports. Subsequently, the 35 attendants discussed the findings and themes relating to quality in validation in the five countries.

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