The Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC) was a subdegree-conferring council in the United Kingdom until 1996, when its functions were transferred to Edexcel. The council offered further and higher education awards, particularly to polytechnics, and in particular the BTEC Nationals and BTEC Higher Nationals awards which remain prominent. It is not to be confused with BTech. Edexcel is a London-based for-profit company and one of England, Wales and Northern Irelands five main examination boards. ... Further education (often abbreviated FE) is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). ... The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... A Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree in the India, Ireland and other countries. ...

BTEC qualifications are undertaken in 'vocational' subjects ranging from Business to Animal Care. They have an equivalence to other qualifications such as the GCSE and the A Level but a particular difference is that they tend to be based on practical work or coursework rather than timed examinations. GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification, usually taken by students in the two years of further education (after GCSEs). ...

BTEC was formed in 1984 from the Business Education Council (BEC) and the Technician Education Council (TEC). In 1996, University of London Examinations & Assessment Council (ULEAC) and BTEC merged to form Edexcel. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ...

The Scottish Qualifications Authority is the body responsible for HND and HNC in Scotland, and is the successor the Scottish Vocational Education Council (SCOTVEC) which had been previously responsible for these qualifications. The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Executive responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees in Scotland. ... A Higher National Diploma (HND) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. ... A Higher National Certificate (HNC) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom, and is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel, in England. ... This article is about the country. ...

BTEC awards system

• BTEC Introductory Diploma - Level 1 qualification, roughly equivalent to 4 GCSEs at D-E grades or a Foundation GNVQ.
• BTEC First Certificate - Level 2 qualification, roughly equivalent to 2 GCSEs at A*-C grades or an Intermediate GNVQ.
• BTEC First Diploma - Level 2 qualification, roughly equivalent to 4 GCSEs at A*-C grades or an Intermediate GNVQ.
• BTEC National Award - Level 3, equivalent to two AS Levels.
• BTEC National Certificate - Level 3, equivalent to two A Levels.
• BTEC National Diploma - Level 3, equivalent to three A Levels.
• Ordinary National Certificate - Level 3, equivalent to two A Levels.
• Ordinary National Diploma - Level 3 qualification, equivalent to three A Levels.
• Higher National Certificate - Level 4 qualification.
• Higher National Diploma - Level 5 qualification

A General National Vocational Qualification, or GNVQ, is a certificate of vocational education in the United Kingdom. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... An Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom, awarded by BTEC. Categories: Education stubs | Qualifications | Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom ... The Ordinary National Diploma (OND) or BTEC National Diploma is a vocational qualification at Level 3. ... A Higher National Certificate (HNC) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom, and is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel, in England. ... A Higher National Diploma (HND) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. ...

See also

• Council for National Academic Awards

The Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) was a degree awarding authority, from the 1965, in the United Kingdom until 1992. ...

External links

• Directgov: BTECs, OCR Nationals and other vocational qualifications
• Edexcel - Summarising a complex history