The regulatory bodies are Ofqual in England, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) in Scotland and Qualifications Wales in Wales; the Quality Assurance Agency covers all higher education providers in the UK and maintains the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ).
[1][2][3] There are over 200 of these Awarding Bodies on the Register of Regulated Qualifications (covering England and Northern Ireland).
An awarding body does not always provide the courses that lead to a qualification.
An RQF qualification from an awarding body is always clearly identified as being at one of 9 Levels.
There is a correspondence between the UK frameworks and the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) as follows:[5] Qualifications also have credit sizes, using the UK Credit of 1 credit = 10 nominal hours of work or study (termed Total Qualification Time in the RQF).