4 CREDIT FOR LEARNING UNDERTAKEN WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY

4.1 Transfer between awards may be specified in Definitive Programme Documents. Where no such validated transfer “pathways” exist, students may seek approval to transfer between awards and apply for the whole, or part of, the credit already achieved within the University to be accredited within the context of, and against the learning outcomes of, the new target award. In some cases this may involve the use of higher level credit being substituted for lower level credit if, and where, appropriate. If a transfer is permissible there is no limit to the amount of credit from prior certificated learning that a student may transfer from one Sheffield Hallam University award to another, provided that they are proceeding towards a higher award

4.2 Where an applicant or current Sheffield Hallam University student has previously received a Sheffield Hallam University award, some or all of the credit from this prior certificated learning may be used towards a different Sheffield Hallam University award, provided the prior credit is relevant in the context of the new award and the award being sought is at a higher level (eg. a student who has achieved a Sheffield Hallam University ordinary degree and wishes to return at a later stage to convert it to an honours degree). NB: The above does not apply to students seeking another award at the same level of award they have previously achieved at the University - these cases are subject to the regulations concerning “multiple awards” at the same level (see 5 below).


5. MULTIPLE AWARDS AT THE SAME LEVEL

The maximum amount of credit derived from prior certified learning, whether undertaken within or outside the University, which may be transferred from one award to another award at the same level is limited to two thirds of the total in all cases (eg. a maximum of 240 credits from an existing honours degree could be awarded towards another honours degree, subject to RPCL approval procedures). The student’s new programme of study should add significantly to the knowledge and understanding previously acquired by the student and should not simply replicate the curriculum studied in the earlier award.


6 AWARD CLASSIFICATION AND THE USE OF NUMERICAL GRADES FROM PRIOR CERTIFICATED LEARNING

6.1 Credit awarded for Edexcel BTEC HN awards (awarded either by the University or by another institution) may be used to contribute towards the overall credit requirements for an honours degree, subject to approval of an RPCL claim. However, HN marks/grades will not be used in the calculation of an honours degree classification.

6.2 Credit awarded for prior certificated learning by other institutions will not carry marks or grades. Marks/grades will not be shown on Sheffield Hallam University transcripts and numerical grades will not be used in the calculation of an award classification (either Undergraduate or Postgraduate) unless approved at validation and specified within the Definitive Programme Documents.

6.3 Where the credit from an ordinary degree awarded by Sheffield Hallam University has been used towards a subsequent honours degree, relevant numerical grades attached to ordinary degree modules will be used in the calculation of an honours degree classification. In such cases, the University's Standard Assessment regulations for honours degree classification will apply.