Microcredentials

Micro-credentials are small, accredited educational offers that offer a highly flexible, bite sized and accessible way of upskilling and reskilling. Therefore, they provide additional opportunities in the UNIC portfolio to meet the demands identified in the European Skills Agenda. For UNIC, micro-credentials offer an opportunity to respond dynamically to the demand for educational offerings and to certify new subject-specific and interdisciplinary offerings, e.g. some of the Thematic Lines have already signalled interest in offering micro-credentials. They are also an opportunity to further strengthen Lifelong Learning for a broader target group and they have the potential to motivate a broader target group for academic studies.