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Is Level 5 really 'undergraduate level'?

Mark

Hi,

I'm currently studying a CIPD Level 5 qualification (Intermidiate Diploma) and on the CIPD website here it says "Intermediate level: If you’re already working in HR or L&D and want to develop your knowledge and skills, then this undergraduate degree-level qualification is the choice for you. "

However, when I check Level 5 on RQF or EQF, undergraduate degree level starts at Level 6 not Level 5.

So have the CIPD incorrectly stated their Level 5's as undergraduate-degree level when according to UK, IRL or EU qualifiaction tables they are not?

Thanks

  • in reply to Paul

    Many might think that there are some strange bedfellows occupying the same NQF levels - for just one example, A Levels or an NVQ3 or a completed Advanced Apprenticeship are all classed as in the same Level 3. So it can be apples and pears and big fruits and normal size ones and bonsai examples and all sorts. Having worked for many years in the world of NVQ3s for example, I do think it’s pushing it more than a bit to equate one of those with GCSE A Level and there’s a world of difference as regards breadth between a full advanced apprenticeship completion and a solitary nvq3. So very blunt instruments indeed....