Another post inspired by the folks over at OUSA 10-pointers, this time looking at what qualifications are worth. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s website lists the various National Vocational Qualification NVQ levels, alongside the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) levels, to give a fairly good idea of where the OU’s certificates and diplomas slot in on the scale. As an idea, A-Levels are Level 3, Certificates in Higher Education (like the Certificate in Contemporary Science you’d get for completing 6 science short courses) are Level 4, and so on. Here’s a handy link to the full table.