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Recognising Prior and Non-formal Learning with Credentials

Routes that credential what people already know.

  • Ability
  • L3 Enable
  • Practitioner
  • Assessment and evidence
  • ICB-P06
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Why this course

Recognising formal, non-formal and informal learning is ICoBC's stated mission, and cross-border mobility was the 2025 symposium theme. Professional bodies and public agencies need RPL routes for career changers and migrants.

What you will be able to do

  1. Design a recognition of prior learning (RPL) route that leads to a credential.
  2. Define evidence types for prior and non-formal learning and how to judge them.
  3. Plan guidance and support for candidates.
  4. Address equity and cost barriers in RPL.

Modules

  1. Why RPL matters
  2. RPL models
  3. Evidence and judgement
  4. Candidate support
  5. Policy and funding

Assessment

Design an RPL route for one credential, including an evidence guide and assessor instructions.

Badge evidence: RPL route document.

Prerequisites: ICB-P02

Who it is for

  • Education and providers
  • Associations and policy
  • Companies and employers

Framework alignment

ICSFframeworkASMTskillL3levelAstage

Assessment and evidence (ASMT, VRITE pillar Rigor)

Related skills: Inclusion and accessibility, Policy and regulatory navigation. About the framework

Use in your organisation

In corporate training

Blended cohort module for HR, talent acquisition and mobility. Badge aligns to ICSF ASMT L3 (SFIA 4) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as skill evidence; competency on the job needs a V-series validation.

In education

Micro-credential of 8 h notional workload (about 0.3 ECTS), indicative EQF 5 to 6, assessed by assessed practical task with rubric. Stacks into pathway PW03.

EU micro-credential elements

Awarding body ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 8 h (about 0.3 ECTS). Level: ICSF L3, EQF 5 to 6 (indicative). Type of assessment: assessed practical task with rubric. Form of participation: Blended: online self-study and facilitated cohort sessions. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-P02.

Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.

Part of these pathways

Quality and AI

Quality focus: VRITE Rigor and Experience.

AI dimension: AI tools that pre-screen evidence: limits and oversight.

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