Qualifications

The advantage of posting proposed entries for individual boxes here is that we will be able to see what others are doing and how the developments are shaping as a whole.

It will also be possible to link to content on your own sites or elsewhere: see the four links at the top right above this entry.

One question I have concerns the insert in the hard copy of the Irish version of the leaflet: will that content be covered in the individual entries or would it be useful to have some general accompanying text like that - it could be placed alongside the rough guide in some way.

What do others think?

The advantage of posting proposed entries for individual boxes here is that we will be able to see what others are doing and how the developments are shaping as a whole.

It will also be possible to link to content on your own sites or elsewhere: see the four links at the top right above this entry.

One question I have concerns the insert in the hard copy of the Irish version of the leaflet: will that content be covered in the individual entries or would it be useful to have some general accompanying text like that - it could be placed alongside the rough guide in some way.

What do others think?

The advantage of posting proposed entries for individual boxes here is that we will be able to see what others are doing and how the developments are shaping as a whole.

It will also be possible to link to content on your own sites or elsewhere: see the four links at the top right above this entry.

One question I have concerns the insert in the hard copy of the Irish version of the leaflet: will that content be covered in the individual entries or would it be useful to have some general accompanying text like that - it could be placed alongside the rough guide in some way.

What do others think?

The advantage of posting proposed entries for individual boxes here is that we will be able to see what others are doing and how the developments are shaping as a whole.

It will also be possible to link to content on your own sites or elsewhere: see the four links at the top right above this entry.

One question I have concerns the insert in the hard copy of the Irish version of the leaflet: will that content be covered in the individual entries or would it be useful to have some general accompanying text like that - it could be placed alongside the rough guide in some way.

What do others think?

We have just made a new version of the interface for comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland (Qualifications can cross boundaries - a rough guide to comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland). This version has been stripped-down so that it is more suitable for linking to from other contexts (for instance from the qualifications organisations' sites).

We have bought a new internet domain to host the interface (qualifications-across-boundaries.org). At the moment, the UK and Ireland interface is the only real content in the new domain, but in the near future we may be developing new content in other areas of the new site (for instance, links or comparisons related to the EQF).

Changes of note in the new interface are:

• The 'banner' is now site-neutral and takes up much less space.
• The introductory text has been shortened ( with a link to show / hide further introductory text)
• The options for controlling the appearance and display are now, by default, hidden (click the light-switches icon at the top right of the interface to show/hide these

These changes mean that more of the "meat" of the interface is now visible without scrolling. We'll also be looking at ways of reducing the requirement for vertical scrolling when clicking for the information about particular qualifications and levels (check again later today for this improvement).