Project description
Universities certify specialised knowledge well, but consistently fall short on transversal skills. Sixty-one per cent of employers struggle to find workers with the soft skills they need. Students often see 21st-century skills courses as filler — and with good reason. A transcript might say “Interpersonal Communication”, but that tells an employer very little.
CREDIPILLS tackles that gap. The project develops short learning modules — Skills Pills — linked to micro-credentials that students can earn, stack, and share through the Europass platform. Three main outputs:
- A taxonomy of 21st-century learning outcomes aligned with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
- A library of 60 Skills Pills with clear assessment criteria, delivered via Moodle
- A CREDIPILLS Playbook — a practical guide for universities adopting the framework
Why it matters
Micro-credentials are now an EU policy priority. The Council’s 2022 Recommendation identifies them as essential for lifelong learning and employability — and 74% of European higher education institutions plan to offer them. Yet universities lack standard methods to embed competency-based learning in curricula, and no common framework exists to recognise results across borders. CREDIPILLS builds both.
KIC role
We lead dissemination and knowledge exploitation across the project. That means developing the overall dissemination strategy, coordinating outreach to policymakers, and securing institutional endorsements that help embed CREDIPILLS into national and European education frameworks.
We also lead the development of the Credpills Guide – a best-practice handbook for universities implementing micro-credentials – and host the pilot workshop in Malta, where students and educators test the full system before wider rollout.
Our track record in micro-credentials, Europass Digital Credentials, and EU education policy directly shapes the project’s framework and keeps it aligned with European standards.
