Credit Transfer

Your professional/vocational study

Choose the option which best fits the type of study you have previously undertaken. For example, if you studied the Initial Officer training course with the Royal Air Force in 1999:

• You should go to the section on the Royal Air Force and select the Initial Officer Training course, course entry from 1 Jul 1998 onwards.
• You will then be given details of the credit value of the qualification, which is 30 credits at Level 1.
• You will also be shown which OU qualifications you may be able to count this credit towards and other relevant information.

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Vocational Qualifications (NVQs/SVQs)

• NVQs/SVQs, registration from January 1998

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Accountancy

• Association of Accounting Technicians
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Association of Taxation Technicians
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Chartered Institute of Taxation
• Hospitality Professionals Association (HOSPA) (Formerly BAHA)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

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Armed Services

• Armed Services - Masters degrees
• Army
• Army Air Corps
• Cranfield University (as part of the Defence College of Management & Technology (DCMT))
• Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Royal Navy
• The Army Welfare Service

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Banking and Insurance

• Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)
• Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland (CIOBS)
• Chartered Insurance Institute
• Finance and Leasing Association
• IFS School of Finance (previously known as the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) and subsequently IFS)
• Institute of Bankers in Ireland

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Business, Management and Administration

• Association of Business Executives
• Association of Corporate Treasurers
• Association of University Administrators
• British Institute of Facilities Management
• Cambridge International Examinations (UCLES): Management Awards
• Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors - UK and Ireland
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (formerly the Library Association)
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
• Chartered Management Institute, CMI (formerly The Institute of Management )
• Communication Advertising and Marketing Foundation
• Education Development International plc (EDI) (formerly LCCIEB)
• Hotel and Catering International Management Association (HCIMA)
• Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS)
• Institute of Actuaries
• Institute of Administrative Management
• Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
• Institute of Export
• Institute of Fisheries Management
• Institute of Leadership and Management (formerly NEBS(M))
• Institute of Training and Development
• Irish Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (IIPMM)
• Marketing Institute, Dublin, Ireland
• NHSU
• Organisation, Leadership and People Development (OLPD)
• SITEL UK Ltd
• Tailor-made Consulting Ltd (formerly SITEL UK Ltd)
• The Chartered Quality Institute (formerly known as Institute of Quality Assurance)
• The Communication Advertising and Marketing Foundation (CAM)

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Computing and IT

• British Computer Society

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HE Institutions

• Dublin City University, St Patrick's College, Ireland
• Dublin Institute of Technology
• New College Durham
• Open College of the Arts (OCA)
• Solihull College
• Trinity College London: TESOL Qualifications
• University College Cork, Food Industry Training Unit
• University of Cambridge, Programme for Industry
• Westminster College

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Health Related

• British Dietetic Association
• British Orthoptic Society
• British Wheel of Yoga
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Chrysalis
• City and Guilds
• College of Occupational Therapists
• College of Radiographers
• College of Speech Therapists
• Dyslexia Action (formerly the Dyslexia Institute & the Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre)
• Dyslexia Institute
• Education for Health
• IHCD Health and Care Ltd
• Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
• Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM)
• Liverpool Community College
• London College of Clinical Hypnosis (LCCH)
• National Asthma and Respiratory Training Centre
• National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy
• National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
• National Pharmaceutical Association
• Primary Care Training Centre (PCTC)
• Relate
• Society of Apothecaries
• Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

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Legal

• Capsticks Solicitors LLP
• College of Law
• Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
• Law Society of Scotland

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Maritime

• Lloyd's Maritime Academy
• Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Merchant Navy

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Miscellaneous

• Association for University Research and Industry Links (AURIL)
• Association of Science Education
• British Horological Institute
• College of Guidance Studies
• Government Communications HQ Central Training School
• Home Fellowship Wales
• International Institute of Security
• IoL Educational Trust (formerly called the Institute of Linguists)
• Montessori Assessment and Education Ltd (MAEL)
• OCR/RSA Examinations
• Teaching Company Scheme
• The MET Office College
• UCLES (Cambridge ESOL)

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Music

• Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
• Community Music
• Royal Academy of Music
• Royal College of Music
• Royal Northern College of Music
• The Federation of Music Services
• Trinity College London: Music Qualifications

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Police and Fire Services

• Equalities Associates
• Fire Service College
• Institution of Fire Engineers
• Met Police
• National Policing Improvement Agency (formerly Centrex, and Police Training (England and Wales))
• Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (formerly RUC)
• Scottish Police College

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Religion

• Advisory Board of Ministry (Church of England)
• Leo Baeck College
• Maryvale Institute
• Methodist Church Open Learning Centre

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Science and Engineering

• British Veterinary Nursing Association
• Crest, Creativity in Science and Technology
• Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) School
• Engineering Council
• Field Studies Council
• Institute of Biology
• Institute of Physics
• KLASS Partnership
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• TWI Ltd (The Welding Institute, UK / TWI Certification Ltd, UK)

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Social Work, Care and Counselling

• Age CYMRU (formerly Help the Aged in Wales)
• Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work CCETSW
• Central School of Counselling Training
• Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (CACHE)
• Council for Training in Social Work
• Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB)
• Counselling Training Initiatives Ltd (Cti Ltd)
• DeafBlind Studies
• Institute of Counselling

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The Built Environment

• Chartered Institute of Building
• Chartered Institute of Housing
• Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• The Royal Town Planning Institute