‘Micro-credential’ means the record of the learning outcomes that a learner has acquired following a small volume of learning. These learning outcomes will have been assessed against transparent and clearly defined criteria. Learning experiences leading to micro- credentials are designed to provide the learner with specific knowledge, skills and competences that respond to societal, personal, cultural or labour market needs.

Micro-credentials are owned by the learner, can be shared and are portable. They may be stand–alone or combined into larger credentials. They are underpinned by quality assurance following agreed standards in the relevant sector or area of activity

In short, micro-credentials are short courses that you can earn an official credit for. 

(Ref. 5a – Definitions – Council Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability)

Our Swiss Micro Credential is accredited by both the independent accreditation bodies of the SIMI Swiss and our university partners.

Besides, our Swiss Micro Credential programs is meet full the requirements of EU’s micro-credentials and:

• Annex IV of the European Qualifications Framework Recommendation.
• The Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area.
• The European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (the EQAVET Framework) in the field of vocational education and training.
• ISO 21001 – Management systems of Higher Education Institutions

Quality:

Our Swiss Micro Credential is a part of internal and external quality assurance. The quality of our short courses is the same as our accredited academic programs.

Our internal quality assurance covers all the following elements:

• the overall quality of the micro-credential itself, based on the standards referred to below;
• the quality of the course, where applicable, leading to the micro-credential;
• learners’ feedback on the learning experience leading to the micro-credential and;
• peers feedback, including other providers and stakeholders, on the learning experience leading to the micro-credential.

Transparency:

Our Swiss Micro Credential are measurable (number of ECTS credits & UK credits), comparable and understandable (Level of qualification), with clear information on learning outcomes, workload, content, level, and the learning offer, as relevant.

Relevance:

Our Swiss Micro Credential is a part of academic degree programs and updated with the current professional knowledge.

Valid assessment:

All our sSwiss Micro Credential have transparent criteria for assessment. These criteria are announced and guided in the short course syllabus.

Learning pathways:

Our sSwiss Micro Credential are clear learning pathways. Please read more HERE

Recognition:

Our Swiss Micro Credential are designed for maximizing recognition in both the labor market and the universities.

Portable:

Our short courses certified owned by our learners and may be stored in our UMS (University Management Systems) and shared easily. 

Learner- centred:

Our Swiss Micro Credential are designed to meet the needs of the target group of learners.

As European standard elements to describe micro-credentials are recommended as a resource to support the implementation, we put these elements to describe your micro-credential:

• Identification of the learner
• Title of the micro-credential
• Country(ies)/Region(s) of the issuer
• Awarding body(ies)
• Date of issuing
• Learning outcomes
• Notional workload needed to achieve the learning outcomes (in ECTS credits)
• Level of the learning experience leading to the micro-credential (EQF, RQF)
• Type of assessment
• Form of participation in the learning activity
• Type of quality assurance used to underpin the micro-credential
• Prerequisites needed to enrol in the learning activity
• Supervision and identity verification during assessment (unsupervised with no identity verification, supervised with no identity verification, supervised online, or onsite with identity verification)
• Grade achieved
• Integration/stackability options (stand-alone, independent micro-credential/integrated, stackable towards another credential)

The use of the European standard elements to describe micro-credentials does not, in itself, imply official validation or recognition, but is a key enabler for it.  

Automatically transfer:

Our certified could transfer all the credits and tuition fees when joining to the academic programs of the SIMI Swiss and our university partners.

All the Swiss Micro Credential certifications show the corresponding Level. These Levels can be converted to a university partners’ program and their university partners corresponding to:

• Swiss Micro Credential Level 4 and 5 short courses could transfer credits to Diploma’s Programs.
• SIMI Swiss Bachelor Award could transfer credits to Bachelor’s Programs.
• SIMI Swiss Master Award could transfer credits to Master’s Programs.
• SIMI Swiss Doctoral Award could transfer credits to Doctoral Programs.

Not automatic transfer:

Although complying with the European recommendations in micro-credentials regulation, this is only a necessary condition to be recognized and transfer credits to European universities. Universities have their own authority to assess and recognize credits from SCN and SIMI Swiss. Please consult with the university you want to work with before studying our program.

The process of identifying, documenting, and evaluating prior experience connected to a study program is known as APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning).

APEL.Q (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning for Qualifications) is the award of academic qualifications to individual learners through the evaluation and assessment of prior experiential learning toward a fully accredited degree offered by the London Academy of Sciences’ university partners.

With the APEL.Q process, the learner could be recognized the experiences and get full accredited academic degree within 06 months with save over 95% tuition fees. Read more about APEL.Q HERE

Yes!

After finish our short courses, you will get LAS certified with micro-credentials,

With this certification, you will eligible to apply to the APEL.Q process and get an academic degree within 06 months and save more than 95% tuition fees.