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Direct linkPiazza, Roberta – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2013
In Italy, accreditation of prior learning is a sensitive issue. Despite the lack of laws or qualification frameworks regulating the recognition of non-formal and informal learning, most Italian universities proceed with caution, allowing only a restricted number of credits in the university curriculum related to practical activities or to external…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Informal Education, Professional Education
Peer reviewedKnust, Michaela; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Hanft, Anke – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
An international comparison study investigated the organisation and management of continuing higher education (CHE) in Germany, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Austria and the United States of America. CHE is compared on the system level (boundaries between traditional study programmes and CHE, linking of CHE and vocational training,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Comparative Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
O'Hagan, Celia; McAleavy, Gerry; Storan, John – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Credit accumulation and transfer schemes (CATS) have developed as a means to facilitate access and the recognition and development of formal learning experiences across educational sectors and providers. Modularisation and credit developments have significantly affected the provision of formal learning opportunities over the last three decades.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Informal Education, Educational Trends
