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Micro-credentials fail when they are marketing and when they pretend to be licences. This MSc teaches the unglamorous middle: credit, level, assessment, and the student who stacks at 05:00 between shifts. GlobalMind University’s own PGCerts (15 credits, nine months) sit in the same family as this thinking: short, online, English assessment, hubs as support. You will compare frameworks without becoming a statutory qualifications officer. You will write rules for what can stack into a 36-credit MSc and what cannot. You will not print UN SDG icons as if they were accreditation. Seminars rotate. Identity-checked assessment applies to you as it would to the learners you design for. Stacking policy is written as rules: what may enter a 36-credit master’s, how a 15-credit PGCert is recorded, how RPL for remote workers is evidenced, how badges stay off the licence shelf. Short-course calendars must be timezone-fair and low-bandwidth capable. Fee honesty—tuition-free pathway plus exam fees—belongs in learner operations, not in a footnote. You will challenge a logo wall in a peer studio. GlobalMind University will not appoint you to a national qualifications authority. Academic judgement remains human and named. MSc Micro-credential Stacking and Credit Frameworks is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Level, Volume, and What a Badge Is Not through Level, Volume, and What a Badge Is Not; 15 / 30 / 36 / 60 as Design Constraints; Double-Counting and Honesty; What May Enter a Master’s Award; Hub Language versus Award Language in Stacks; RPL Ethics for Remote Workers, and finish on Board Briefing on Stack Risk. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Write a stacking rule that preserves one assessment language Map 15-credit certificates against a 36-credit master’s without fake double-counting Design timezone-fair short-course assessment Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: credit arithmetic, stacking policy, learner operations, and a framework capstone.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| GMU6401 | Level, Volume, and What a Badge Is Not Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Level, Volume, and What a Badge Is Not.
| 3 |
| GMU6402 | 15 / 30 / 36 / 60 as Design Constraints Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is 15 / 30 / 36 / 60 as Design Constraints.
| 3 |
| GMU6403 | Double-Counting and Honesty Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is Double-Counting and Honesty.
| 3 |
| GMU6404 | Identity-Checked Assessment in Short Courses Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Identity-Checked Assessment in Short Courses.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| GMU6405 | What May Enter a Master’s Award Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is What May Enter a Master’s Award.
| 3 |
| GMU6406 | Hub Language versus Award Language in Stacks Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is Hub Language versus Award Language in Stacks.
| 3 |
| GMU6407 | RPL Ethics for Remote Workers Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is RPL Ethics for Remote Workers.
| 3 |
| GMU6408 | Public Copy without Licence Claims Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Public Copy without Licence Claims.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| GMU6409 | Timezone-Fair Short Calendars Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Timezone-Fair Short Calendars.
| 3 |
| GMU6410 | Career Switchers and Stack Fatigue Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is Career Switchers and Stack Fatigue.
| 3 |
| GMU6411 | Low-Bandwidth Short Courses Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is Low-Bandwidth Short Courses.
| 3 |
| GMU6412 | Fee Honesty: Tuition-Free plus Exam Fees Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Fee Honesty: Tuition-Free plus Exam Fees.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| GMU6413 | Framework Comparison Methods Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Framework Comparison Methods.
| 3 |
| GMU6414 | Policy Drafting Studio Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is Policy Drafting Studio.
| 3 |
| GMU6415 | Board Briefing on Stack Risk Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is Board Briefing on Stack Risk.
| 3 |
| GMU6416 | Capstone: Micro-credential Stack Design Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Capstone: Micro-credential Stack Design.
| 3 |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English (ES/PT/HI support hubs do not change the language of assessment unless a bilingual pathway is stated). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. GlobalMind University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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