ELRAH (Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Articulation hub - an articulation hub funded by the Scottish Funding Council) funded research into work-based degrees and articulation and this included research into work-based degree models and case studies of successful HE/FE/employer partnerships together with the development of a gneral model for work-based degrees.

JISC funded a range of projects to develop e-learning approaches for lifelong learning and workforce development in their "Lifelong Learning and Workforce development" programme.

JISC funded a "benfits realisation" project to embed the research and outcomes/outputs of the lifelong learning/workforce development programme into a work-based learning maturity toolkit that can be used by other HE/FE institutions to review their performance in this area and to inform their planning. The development of the toolkit was undertaken by:

• ELRAH / Edinburgh Napier / Telford College
• University of Bradford
• Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC)
• University of Westminster
• Craven College

and facilitated by Prof Peter Chatterton of Daedalus e-World. 

JISC granted funding to a range of institutions to adopt the toolkit under two programmes:

Benefits Realisation programme

• A cohort of Scottish Universities and colleges centred around Scotland's articulation hubs including:
• The Greater Glasgow partnership
• ELRAH
• South west articulation hub
• University of the Highlands and Islands

Individual universities include:

• Edinburgh Napier University
• Glasgow Calendonian University
• University of the West of Scotland
• University of the Highlands and Islands

The cohort is also supported by the QAA's Work-based learning Forum in Scotland.

• A cohort of Welsh universities:
• Cardiff Metropolitan University
• Glyndwr University
• Swansea Metropolitan University
• University of Glamorgan
• University of Wales, Trinity St David

and the activities align with HEFCW's "Future Directions" initiative.

Transformations programme

• The University of Wolverhampton
• The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland