A degree, a capability record, and proof that both are true.
Twelve capabilities, four levels, a credential at every rung, and two transcripts an employer can verify in about thirty seconds.
The Capability Framework
Twelve capabilities, carried by every programme.
- C1Intelligent Systems Fluency
- C2Quantitative Reasoning
- C3Ethical Judgement
- C4Communication and Persuasion
- C5Disciplinary Mastery
- C6Technical Production
- C7Problem Framing
- C8Collaboration and Teaming
- C9Enterprise and Value
- C10Professional Conduct
- C11Learning to Learn
- C12Stewardship and Service
Four levels, one scale.
Level 1
Exposed
Has met the capability in a structured setting.
Level 2
Assisted
Performs with guidance and supervision.
Level 3
Independent
Performs unaided to the published standard.
Level 4
Leads Others
Directs and assures the work of others.
Programme-critical capabilities
Each programme names the capabilities that are critical to it. Those require externally verified Level 3 before the award is conferred.
100%
of graduates verified in C1 Intelligent Systems Fluency at Level 3 or above before the degree is conferred. No exemptions.
Radical access, honestly recorded
A credential at every level.
01
Certificate
EAQFHE Level 4
End of Year 1
about 44 CU
02
Diploma
EAQFHE Level 5
End of Year 2
about 88 CU
03
Advanced Diploma
EAQFHE Level 5
End of Year 3
about 132 CU
04
Bachelor's Degree
EAQFHE Level 6
On completion
132 to 220 CU
- Issued automatically, with no application and no fee
- Full credit carries forward on return within five years
- A student forced to pause leaves with a real award, never with nothing
The ladder turns a pause into a rung, and gives every student a reason to return.
Two records
Every Forward graduate leaves with two transcripts.
The Academic Transcript
What did this person study?
- Courses, competency units and grades
- Classification and awards
- Credit mapped to EAQFHE, ECTS and US semester credit
- Read by regulators, universities, embassies and councils
The Capability Transcript
What can this person do?
- Verified claims of work actually done
- Every claim names a verifier and a date
- Level reached on each of the twelve capabilities
- Read by employers, clients and funders
The first record satisfies the regulator. The second one wins the job.
Both are signed digital credentials on the W3C standard. An employer can verify either in about thirty seconds.
Verify a Forward credential
Thirty seconds, no phone call.
Both transcripts are issued as signed digital credentials on the W3C standard. Try the demonstration record . This is an illustrative demo, not the live verification service.