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Concept information

EDUCATION > EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS > EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS > EDUCATIONAL LEVELS > POST-SECONDARY NON-TERTIARY EDUCATION

Preferred term

POST-SECONDARY NON-TERTIARY EDUCATION  

Definition

  • ISCED LEVEL 4. PROGRAMMES THAT STRADDLE BOUNDARY BETWEEN UPPER-SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION FROM AN INTERNATIONAL POINT OF VIEW. TYPICALLY PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR STUDIES AT LEVEL 5 WHO, ALTHOUGH COMPLETING LEVEL 3, DO NOT MEET THE LEVEL 5 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARTICULAR COURSE THEY WISH TO TAKE E.G. PRE-DEGREE FOUNDATION COURSES, SHORT VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES. IT HAS A TYPICAL FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT DURATION OF BETWEEN 6 MONTHS AND 2 YEARS.

Broader concept

History note

  • TERM CREATED JUNE 2009

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URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/32b86f89-3cff-4678-b000-9cf6ee8623c5

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