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Foundation degrees are available in [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]], offered by universities and colleges that have their own foundation degree awarding powers, and by colleges and employers running courses validated by universities.</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}{{Use British English|date=March 2023}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>A '''foundation degree''' is a combined academic and [[vocational]] qualification in [[higher education]] in the [[United Kingdom]], equivalent to two-thirds of an [[honours degree|honours]] [[bachelor's degree]]. Foundation degrees were introduced by the [[Department for Education and Employment]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2020 |title=Characteristics Statement: Foundation Degree |url=https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/quality-code/foundation-degree-characteristics-statement-2020.pdf |website=The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.11120/plan.2011.00240002|title = Student experiences of foundation degrees in further and higher education|year = 2011|last1 = Simm|first1 = David|last2 = Marvell|first2 = Alan|last3 = Winlow|first3 = Heather|last4 = Schaaf|first4 = Rebecca|journal = Planet|volume = 24|pages = 2–9|s2cid = 72517123|doi-access = free}}</ref> They are available in [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]], and offered by universities, colleges with their own foundation degree awarding powers, and colleges and employers running courses validated by universities.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-right" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to old location." href="#movedpara_19_0_lhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><a name="movedpara_4_3_rhs"></a>Foundation degrees must include a pathway for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">graduates</ins> to progress to an honours degree.<ref<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> name="auto3"</ins>>{{cite web|url=https://www.unionlearn.org.uk/foundation-degrees-faq|at=9. Proceeding to honours degree study|title=Foundation Degrees FAQ|website=unionlearn|publisher=[[Trades Union Congress]]|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">access-date</ins>=25 January 2017}}</ref> This may be via joining the final year of a standard three-year course or through a dedicated 'top-up' course. Students can also transfer to other institutions to take a top-up course or the final year of an honours course. It may also be possible for students to join the second year of an honours course in a different but related subject.<ref<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> name="auto4"</ins>>{{cite web|url=https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/career-planning/434326-your-foundation-degree-what-next#furtherstudy|title=Your foundation degree... what next?|at=Further study options with a foundation degree|website=TARGETjobs|author=Caroline Green|date=2015}}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==History==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==History==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-right" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to old location." href="#movedpara_9_0_lhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><a name="movedpara_6_0_rhs"></a>The need for intermediate higher education qualifications that combined vocational and academic elements was recognised in the ''Choosing to Change'' report <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in</ins> 1994 and by the [[Dearing Report]] in 1997, while the 1999 ''Delivering Skills for All'' report recommended the establishment of two<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</ins>year vocational [[associate degree]]s. They were trialled in 2000, at which point the government expected 80% of the future expansion in higher education to come from foundation degrees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/foundation-degrees-start-small/152506.article<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>|title=Foundation degrees start small|date=14 July 2000|work=[[Times Higher Education]]}}</ref> Foundation degrees were formally launched in 2001 and the first students enrolled at the start of the 2001/2 academic year.<ref>{{cite web<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> |date=September 2004 |title=Foundation Degree Task Force Report to Ministers </ins>|url=https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/FDTF%201.pdf.pdf |<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">archive-url</ins>=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://web.archive.org/web/20120821191556/https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/FDTF%201.pdf.pdf</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|archive-date=21</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">August</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2012</ins> |<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website</ins>=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Department for Education</ins> |pages=6–7, 10<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown </ins>}}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-right" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to old location." href="#movedpara_10_1_lhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><a name="movedpara_8_0_rhs"></a><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Foundation</ins> degrees expanded initially, particularly taking <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">market</ins> share <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from</ins> other sub-degree qualifications such as [[Higher National Diploma]]s,<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> but</ins> overall enrollments have declined since 2009. Although the number of students studying foundation degrees at colleges has continued to increase, this has not been sufficient to offset the fall in university courses. This has been blamed on a number of factors <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as</ins> the introduction<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, in 2009,</ins> of student number controls<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This</ins> limited the number of students<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> that</ins> universities could recruit in a year<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> rather than the total number on courses<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The</ins> Foundation Degree Forward [[quango]],<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> which had been</ins> set up to promote foundation degrees,<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> closed</ins> in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wonkhe.com/blogs/the-downfall-of-foundation-degrees/|title=The downfall of foundation degrees?|publisher=Wonkhe|author=Ben Verinder| date=24 March 2015}}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-left" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to new location." href="#movedpara_6_0_rhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><a name="movedpara_9_0_lhs"></a>The need for intermediate higher education qualifications that combined vocational and academic elements was recognised in the ''Choosing to Change'' report <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on</del> 1994 and by the [[Dearing Report]] in 1997, while the 1999 ''Delivering Skills for All'' report recommended the establishment of two<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>year vocational [[associate degree]]s. They were trialled in 2000, at which point the government expected 80% of the future expansion in higher education to come from foundation degrees.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/foundation-degrees-start-small/152506.article<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#℅</del>|title=Foundation degrees start small|date=14 July 2000|work=[[Times Higher Education]]}}</ref> Foundation degrees were formally launched in 2001 and the first students enrolled at the start of the 2001/2 academic year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/FDTF%201.pdf.pdf |<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">title</del>=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Foundation</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Degree</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Task</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Force</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Report to Ministers</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">date</del>=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">September</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2004</del>|pages=6–7, 10}}</ref></div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-left" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to new location." href="#movedpara_8_0_rhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><a name="movedpara_10_1_lhs"></a><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">While foundation</del> degrees expanded initially, particularly taking <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">merit</del> share <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">off</del> other sub-degree qualifications such as [[Higher National Diploma]]s, overall enrollments have declined since 2009. Although the number of students studying foundation degrees at colleges has continued to increase, this has not been sufficient to offset the fall in university courses. This has been blamed on a number of factors<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including</del> the introduction of student number controls <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that</del> limited the number of students universities could recruit in a year rather than the total number on courses<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 2009 and the closure of the</del> Foundation Degree Forward [[quango]], set up to promote foundation degrees, in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wonkhe.com/blogs/the-downfall-of-foundation-degrees/|title=The downfall of foundation degrees?|publisher=Wonkhe|author=Ben Verinder| date=24 March 2015}}</ref></div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==Overview==</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>==Status==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Foundation degrees are not general degrees but are<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> focused on specific professions. There are no generally-set entry conditions: commercial or industrial experience may be more important in gaining a place than formal qualifications, and experience is always taken into account.<ref name=UCAS>{{cite web|url=http://fd.ucas.com/FoundationDegree/About.aspx|title=About Foundation Degrees?|publisher=[[UCAS]]|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accessdate</del>=20 January 2016}}</ref> They are intended to give<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> a</del> comprehensive knowledge in a subject to enable the holder to go on to employment or further study in that field. They are normally offered by [[universities]] and [[further education colleges]] working in partnership.<ref name=Prospects>{{cite web|url=http://www.prospects.ac.uk/your_foundation_degree_what_next_degrees.htm|title=Options with your foundation degree|publisher=Prospects|date=June 2016|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accessdate</del>=20 January 2017}}</ref> They are also offered by some companies<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such</del> as [[McDonald's]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">training</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">employees</del>.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/work-with-us/qualifications/what-does-a-mcdonalds-foundation-degree-involve.html|title=What does a McDonald's Foundation Degree involve?|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accessdate</del>=26 January 2016|publisher=McDonald's}}</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Foundation degrees are not general degrees but are focused on specific professions. There are no generally-set entry conditions: commercial or industrial experience may be more important in gaining a place than formal qualifications, and experience is always taken into account.<ref name=UCAS>{{cite web|url=http://fd.ucas.com/FoundationDegree/About.aspx|title=About Foundation Degrees?<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|date=10 October 2014</ins>|publisher=[[UCAS]]|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">access-date</ins>=20 January 2016}}</ref> They are intended to give comprehensive knowledge in a subject to enable the holder to go on to employment or further study in that field. They are normally offered by [[universities]] and [[further education colleges]] working in partnership.<ref name=Prospects>{{cite web|url=http://www.prospects.ac.uk/your_foundation_degree_what_next_degrees.htm|title=Options with your foundation degree|publisher=Prospects|date=June 2016|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">access-date</ins>=20 January 2017}}</ref> They are also offered by some companies <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(in partnership with an awarding body)</ins> as<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> training for employees, e.g.</ins> [[McDonald's]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">partnership</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Manchester Metropolitan University]]</ins>.<ref<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> name="auto"</ins>>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/work-with-us/qualifications/what-does-a-mcdonalds-foundation-degree-involve.html|title=What does a McDonald's Foundation Degree involve?|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">access-date</ins>=26 January 2016|publisher=McDonald's<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315083632/http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/work-with-us/qualifications/what-does-a-mcdonalds-foundation-degree-involve.html|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=dead</ins>}}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Foundation degrees are at Level 5 in the [[National qualifications frameworks in the United Kingdom#Higher education qualifications|Framework for Higher Education Qualifications]], below [[bachelor's degree]]s at level 6.<ref name=Prospects/> Courses are typically two years full-time study or longer part-time, and it is often possible to'top up' to a bachelor's degree with a further year of study.<ref name=UCAS/> They are at the same level as the older [[Higher National Diploma]] (HND) and [[Diploma of Higher Education]] (DipHE);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels|title=What qualification levels mean|website=Gov.uk |<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accessdate</del>=20 January 2016}}</ref> however, they have a different emphasis and can only be awarded by institutions that have received research, taught or foundation degree awarding powers from the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/daput|publisher=[[Quality Assurance Agency]]|title=Degree awarding powers and university title|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accessdate</del>=20 January 2017}}</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Foundation degrees are at Level 5 in the [[National qualifications frameworks in the United Kingdom#Higher education qualifications|Framework for Higher Education Qualifications]], below [[bachelor's degree]]s at level 6.<ref name=Prospects/> Courses are typically two years full-time study or longer part-time, and it is often possible to<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>'top up' to a bachelor's degree with a further year of study.<ref name=UCAS/> They are at the same level as the older [[Higher National Diploma]] (HND) and [[Diploma of Higher Education]] (DipHE);<ref<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> name="auto1"</ins>>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels|title=What qualification levels mean|website=Gov.uk |<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">access-date</ins>=20 January 2016}}</ref> however, they have a different emphasis and can only be awarded by institutions that have received research, taught or foundation degree awarding powers from the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].<ref<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> name="auto2"</ins>>{{cite web|url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/daput|publisher=[[Quality Assurance Agency]]|title=Degree awarding powers and university title|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">access-date</ins>=20 January 2017<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601000235/http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/daput|archive-date=1 June 2018|url-status=dead</ins>}}</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>According to figures from the [[Higher Education Statistics Agency]], over half of foundation degree graduates are in further study six months after graduating, many presumably 'topping up' to a bachelor's degree, and more than 60% are in employment (there is an overlap of slightly over 20% who are both working and studying). Less than 2.5% of foundation degree holders are unemployed six months after graduating.<ref name=Prospects/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>According to figures from the [[Higher Education Statistics Agency]], over half of foundation degree graduates are in further study six months after graduating, many presumably 'topping up' to a bachelor's degree, and more than 60% are in employment (there is an overlap of slightly over 20% who are both working and studying). Less than 2.5% of foundation degree holders are unemployed six months after graduating.<ref name=Prospects/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Further education colleges who wish to award their own foundation degrees must apply to the [[Office for Students]] for degree awarding powers.<ref>Office for Students, [https://web.archive.org/web/20211026074137/https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/regulation/degree-awarding-powers-and-university-title/degree-awarding-powers/ Degree awarding powers and university title], updated 15 May 2020, accessed 18 July 2020</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-left" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to new location." href="#movedpara_4_3_rhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><a name="movedpara_19_0_lhs"></a>Foundation degrees must include a pathway for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">graduate</del> to<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> a</del> progress to an honours degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unionlearn.org.uk/foundation-degrees-faq|at=9. Proceeding to honours degree study|title=Foundation Degrees FAQ|website=unionlearn|publisher=[[Trades Union Congress]]|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accessdate</del>=25 January 2017}}</ref> This may be via joining the final year of a standard three-year course or through a dedicated 'top-up' course. Students can also transfer to other institutions to take a top-up course or the final year of an honours course. It may also be possible for students to join the second year of an honours course in a different but related subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/career-planning/434326-your-foundation-degree-what-next#furtherstudy|title=Your foundation degree... what next?|at=Further study options with a foundation degree|website=TARGETjobs|author=Caroline Green|date=2015}}</ref></div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>== See also ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>== See also ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* [[Education in the United Kingdom]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* [[Education in the United Kingdom]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* [[British degree abbreviations]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* [[British degree abbreviations]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>* [[University Foundation Programme]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>==References==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline 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class='diff-currentversion-title'>Latest revision as of 23:45, 21 November 2024</h2> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Academic and vocational qualification in the United Kingdom</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Foundation_course" title="Foundation course">foundation course</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foundation_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation year">foundation year</a>, or <a href="/wiki/University_Foundation_Programme" title="University Foundation Programme">University Foundation Programme</a>.</div> <p> A <b>foundation degree</b> is a combined academic and <a href="/wiki/Vocational" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocational">vocational</a> qualification in <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, equivalent to two-thirds of an <a href="/wiki/Honours_degree" title="Honours degree">honours</a> <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a>. Foundation degrees were introduced by the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education_and_Employment" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education and Employment">Department for Education and Employment</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are available in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, and offered by universities, colleges with their own foundation degree awarding powers, and colleges and employers running courses validated by universities. </p><p>Foundation degrees must include a pathway for graduates to progress to an honours degree.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This may be via joining the final year of a standard three-year course or through a dedicated 'top-up' course. Students can also transfer to other institutions to take a top-up course or the final year of an honours course. It may also be possible for students to join the second year of an honours course in a different but related subject.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foundation_degree&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The need for intermediate higher education qualifications that combined vocational and academic elements was recognised in the <i>Choosing to Change</i> report in 1994 and by the <a href="/wiki/Dearing_Report" title="Dearing Report">Dearing Report</a> in 1997, while the 1999 <i>Delivering Skills for All</i> report recommended the establishment of two-year vocational <a href="/wiki/Associate_degree" title="Associate degree">associate degrees</a>. They were trialled in 2000, at which point the government expected 80% of the future expansion in higher education to come from foundation degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foundation degrees were formally launched in 2001 and the first students enrolled at the start of the 2001/2 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foundation degrees expanded initially, particularly taking market share from other sub-degree qualifications such as <a href="/wiki/Higher_National_Diploma" title="Higher National Diploma">Higher National Diplomas</a>, but overall enrollments have declined since 2009. Although the number of students studying foundation degrees at colleges has continued to increase, this has not been sufficient to offset the fall in university courses. This has been blamed on a number of factors such as the introduction, in 2009, of student number controls. This limited the number of students that universities could recruit in a year, rather than the total number on courses. The Foundation Degree Forward <a href="/wiki/Quango" title="Quango">quango</a>, which had been set up to promote foundation degrees, closed in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status">Status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foundation_degree&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Foundation degrees are not general degrees but are focused on specific professions. There are no generally-set entry conditions: commercial or industrial experience may be more important in gaining a place than formal qualifications, and experience is always taken into account.<sup id="cite_ref-UCAS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCAS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are intended to give comprehensive knowledge in a subject to enable the holder to go on to employment or further study in that field. They are normally offered by <a href="/wiki/Universities" class="mw-redirect" title="Universities">universities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Further_education_colleges" class="mw-redirect" title="Further education colleges">further education colleges</a> working in partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-Prospects_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prospects-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are also offered by some companies (in partnership with an awarding body) as training for employees, e.g. <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metropolitan_University" title="Manchester Metropolitan University">Manchester Metropolitan University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foundation degrees are at Level 5 in the <a href="/wiki/National_qualifications_frameworks_in_the_United_Kingdom#Higher_education_qualifications" title="National qualifications frameworks in the United Kingdom">Framework for Higher Education Qualifications</a>, below <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degrees</a> at level 6.<sup id="cite_ref-Prospects_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prospects-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Courses are typically two years full-time study or longer part-time, and it is often possible to 'top up' to a bachelor's degree with a further year of study.<sup id="cite_ref-UCAS_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCAS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are at the same level as the older <a href="/wiki/Higher_National_Diploma" title="Higher National Diploma">Higher National Diploma</a> (HND) and <a href="/wiki/Diploma_of_Higher_Education" title="Diploma of Higher Education">Diploma of Higher Education</a> (DipHE);<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, they have a different emphasis and can only be awarded by institutions that have received research, taught or foundation degree awarding powers from the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to figures from the <a href="/wiki/Higher_Education_Statistics_Agency" title="Higher Education Statistics Agency">Higher Education Statistics Agency</a>, over half of foundation degree graduates are in further study six months after graduating, many presumably 'topping up' to a bachelor's degree, and more than 60% are in employment (there is an overlap of slightly over 20% who are both working and studying). Less than 2.5% of foundation degree holders are unemployed six months after graduating.<sup id="cite_ref-Prospects_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prospects-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further education colleges who wish to award their own foundation degrees must apply to the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_Students" title="Office for Students">Office for Students</a> for degree awarding powers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foundation_degree&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_United_Kingdom" 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