Daydream Believers Qualifications
Daydream Believers offer two SCQF qualifications: Creative Thinking and Creative Innovation, built to spark imagination, build confidence, and help young people take on real life challenges.
They’re hands on, project based, and packed with creative challenges that matter, the kind that don’t have one right answer and make you think in bold, unexpected ways.
To help you bring them to life, we’ve got loads of support, from downloadable resources to clever AI tools that can guide learning and even help with assessment. Everything’s designed to make teaching these qualifications feel exciting, not overwhelming.
- For learners aged 15 and above.
- Takes place over an academic year.
- 24 SCQF credits at levels 5 & 6.
- Level 6 has UCAS tariff points.
- Credit rated by Edinburgh Napier University
Find out more
Creative Innovation Qualification
Creative Innovation is an SCQF Level 5 & 6 qualification that empowers learners to turn bold ideas into real world solutions.
Blending creativity with business thinking, it helps students explore innovation, spot opportunities, and design ideas with impact all while developing essential skills for the future of work. It’s a space to think creatively and commercially, and to gain the tools and confidence to lead change.
Creative Thinking Qualification
Creative Thinking is an SCQF Level 5 & 6 qualification (24 credits) that helps learners build the creative mindset and future ready skills they need to thrive in a changing world.
Through project based learning, they take on open ended challenges by researching, generating ideas, testing, communicating, and reflecting. It’s all about building confidence, developing creativity, and learning how to think differently in ways that matter.
Let’s make it happen
We’ve designed our resources to be easy to use, accessible to all educators, and genuinely supportive of the creative process.
With flexible tools, clear guidance, and a focus on what matters most, helping young people grow as confident, curious, and creative thinkers, we’re here to support you.
If you're interested in learning more or getting started, reach out to us. We’d love to hear from you and help you find the right resources for your learners.
Get Involved
Registration is open to any educator in Scotland interested in delivering the Creative Thinking Qualification.
The next registration window opens in September, and if you’re keen to get involved, we’d love to hear from you and support you on your journey.
If you're based outside Scotland and are interested in the qualification, feel free to reach out, we're always open to conversations about how this might work in different contexts.
By getting in touch, you’ll receive helpful resources to get started, key dates and guidance, and an invitation to join our social channels and wider community.
Receiving the Qualification
After successfully completing our Creative Thinking Qualification, learners will receive a certificate Credit Rated by Edinburgh Napier University which details their level and overall grade.
“When we’re looking at applicant portfolios for the BDes (Hons) Graphic Design at Edinburgh Napier University, the most important thing we seek is evidence of creative thinking. That’s why we believe the Level 6 Daydream Believers Creative Thinking qualification, with its focus on solving real world challenges, is quite possibly the best thing an applicant can do to help them strengthen their application for our programme. It’s also why we’ve listed it as one of the qualifications we accept as part of our entry requirements.
We’ve been really excited to see some of the work coming out of schools who have been engaging with the Creative Thinking courses so far, and we’re looking forward to seeing more of this kind of bold brave creative work start appearing in our applicants’ portfolios.”
Peter Buwert, Programme Leader at Edinburgh Napier University
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