Status: QualityLink concluded in May 2026. All tools and specifications remain freely available.
QualityLink addressed all stakeholders’ needs by providing relevant information about courses and micro-credentials from a diversity of sources, to improve recognition decisions and allow learners to follow flexible learning pathways.
Quality information on study programmes and other courses is often dispersed across many different platforms and sites, and is not always interoperable. To ensure that the standards had quality and community ownership, the consortium created a Standards Consultation Board — a group of higher education interoperability experts from across different countries.
Through open standards and collaboration, the project established the infrastructure for aggregating quality information from a wide range of sources.
As a guiding principle, ensuring that all project endeavours adhered to the highest standards.
As a positive force for driving continuous improvement and innovation.
Empowering learners to navigate the diverse landscape and make personalised choices.
Avoiding compound indicators and allowing end users to make their own informed decisions.
In aggregating, sharing, and disseminating data.
Making it universally accessible and beneficial to a broad spectrum of stakeholders.