The Higher Education Credit Framework for England: Advice on Academic Credit Arrangements builds upon long-standing and well-established practice across the UK higher education sector and introduces guiding principles for the use of credit, and contains the 2021 Credit Framework Table. 

Making Use of Credit: A Companion to the Higher Education Credit Framework for England gives an overview of how credit can work within a range of aspects of higher education, like micro-credentials.

Taken together, the two documents should also help providers meet challenges such as those around lifelong learning, and enhancing skills and competencies.