A brief history of credit in UK higher education : laying siege to the ivory tower

• Main Author: Turnbull, Wayne (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
• Series: Great debates in higher education.
• Subjects: School credits > Great Britain.; Universities and colleges > Great Britain > Administration.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781839821707; 9781839821684
• DOI: 10.1108/9781839821684
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 pages).

Although credit is a well-established feature of the higher education sector in the USA, it is a relatively recent and radical phenomenon in the UK. Credit is a vehicle for widening access and student choice, for curricular flexibility and mobility of learning. Credit provides a transparent, enablin...