SEEC Publications
The following publications are available from the
SEEC office. All prices quoted are inclusive of postage and packing.
A bulk discount of 10% applies to any purchase of more than 10
copies of the same publication. You can download
the full publication list as a Word file and the order
form as an Excel file. We also have a number of publications
that can be downloaded for free.
A Guide to Foundation Degrees
Foundation degrees are tremendously exciting and challenging developments
in HE. Further and Higher Education are working ever closer together,
stronger links between employers, Universities and Colleges have
been forged. Work based learning and credit accumulation have
moved to the forefront of this development. This guide gives an
overview of the Foundation Degree, advises on a framework for
development and delivery and throws up some new ideas and pointers
for further investigation.
Dieter Herde and Martina Rohr
ISBN 0 9550244 0 4 First Edition 2005. 21 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £2.00
Non SEEC Member: £4.00
SEEC Companion to the QAA Guidelines on the Accreditation
of Prior Learning
This SEEC booklet is intended to act as a companion to the QAA
guidelines on AP(E)L issued in September 2004. It offers advice
to institutions using academic credit systems on how to ensure
that processes developed will comply with those guidelines and
supports staff by offering more detailed guidance drawn from SEEC
publications and expertise in the practice of AP(E)L.
Professor Bob Johnson and Dr Anita Walsh
ISBN 0 9541375 9 0 First Edition 2005. 11 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £2.00
Non SEEC Member: £4.00
Making Foundation Degrees Work
The creation of Foundation Degrees brings a new dimension to HE
and some new routes into higher education for new groups of students.
However, Foundation Degrees are not without their difficulties.
This publication focuses on a number of themes - including recruitment,
academic standing, work-placements, partnerships with colleges
and progression to honours degree.
Lyn Brennan and David Gosling
ISBN 0 9541375 8 2 First Edition 2004. 214 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £9.95
Non SEEC Member: £12.95
SEEC Notes for Guidance on Work-Related Learning
The SEEC Work Related Learning Network has designed and piloted
these Notes for Guidance for Work-related Learning, which provide
a set of eight precepts, with accompanying guidance, on arrangements
for work-related learning. The Notes for Guidance meet the required
standard for quality assurance, while accommodating the practical
operational issues in running work-related learning programmes.
Mike Laycock
ISBN 0 9541375 5 8 First edition 2003. 16 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £3.00
Non SEEC Member: £4.95
Available to download for members only - refer to the members
area
Credit Level Descriptors and FE/HE Partnerships
The issues in the use of credit affecting FE/HE partnerships
are examined. In particular, the authors examined the feasibility
of a common approach to describing learning in FE and HE and,
using the various definitions available for FE, re-cast them in
the same format as the widely used SEEC HE credit level descriptors.
The team, identifying the characteristics of successful (and the
less successful) partnerships, goes on to examine the potential
uses of the FE/HE credit level descriptors.
Bob Johnson, Dorothy Haslehurst, Jenny Moon.
ISBN 0-9541375 3 1 – First edition 2003. 31 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £3.50
Non SEEC Member: £5.00
Revised SEEC Code of Practice for the Assessment of Prior
(Experiential) Learning
The SEEC Code of practice for AP(E)L has been an influential
document in the development of AP(E)L across the sector since
it was first produced in 1995. This revised version brings the
Code of practice up-to-date. This booklet is particularly helpful
when used in conjunction with the SEEC Companion to the QAA Guidelines
on APEL.
First edition (1995) Revised edition (January 2003). 6 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £1.20
Non SEEC Member: £1.50
This publication is also available to download free of charge
- Word Document
How to Use Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
This practical guide is designed to assist in writing and using
learning outcomes and assessment criteria for teaching staff who
are increasingly required to use them in course design and for
quality assurance. Suitable for institutional bulk purchases.
David Gosling and Jenny Moon
ISBN 0-9522219 9 3 First edition 2001, Second and Third edition
2002. 48 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £8.00
Non SEEC Member: £11.00
Credit and HE Qualifications Credit guidelines for HE
qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
These guidelines were the product of a joint project conducted
by four of the UK’s credit consortia from England (SEEC
and NUCCAT), Wales (CQFW) and Northern Ireland (NICATS). These
guidelines provide an easily accessible and understood summary
of the credit framework used in the majority of HE institutions
in the three countries. It also provides information on the relative
credit values of the principal HE qualifications.
First edition 2001 Reprint 2002. 27 pages
Cost: SEEC & Non SEEC Members: £1.00
This document is also available as a free download - Full Version
or Summary Version
Reflections on Credit Practice
This report is based on interviews at a sample of those Institutions
responding to the questionnaire survey (Credit Practice: A comparative
approach 1994-1999). The interviews were held with academic practitioners
and registry/academic office personnel and allowed an
in-depth exploration of institutions' approach to credit practice.
Professor Bob Johnson, and Anita Walsh
ISBN 0-9522219-8-5 First Edition 2001. 62 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £3.50
Non SEEC Member: £7.00
Credit Practice: A Comparative Approach 1994 - 1999
SEEC 1999 Survey of H.E. Institutions
Professor Bob Johnson, and Anita Walsh
ISBN 0-9522219-7-7 First edition 2000. 51 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £3.50
Non SEEC Member: £7.00
APEL: Beyond Graduateness
A collection of papers on APEL in the postgraduate arena in which
the authors engage with the debate and shared concerns raised
at meetings of the APEL Network
Edited by: D Croker, D Ellis, Y Hill, J Storan & I Turner.
ISBN 0-9522219-6-9 First edition September 1998 Reprint 2001.
224 pages
Cost: SEEC Member: £5.00
Non SEEC Member: £10.00