Afghans are being urged to preserve their educational and professional records to ensure they can re-establish their lives if leaving the country.

Credentials verification company Digitary has announced it has partnered with US-based Parchment to help learners "turn credentials into opportunities".

Universities Admissions Centre is poised to set up Australia’s first micro-credentials marketplace, having won an Australian government grant.

Australia-based internship provider Outcome.Life has acquired C2People as it seeks to "revolutionise" internship programs by integrating micro-credentials.

Nine out of 10 US and Canadian institutions use digital credentials but half are “not at all familiar" with how blockchain technology could be used.

One key consideration is that issuers are going to be coming to terms with the tussle between who owns the actual record of the learner

Cohesion around the imperative of secure academic credentials and robust verification frameworks was achieved as the Groningen Declaration Network held its eighth conference – this year in Mexico, with major government agencies including Unesco in attendance.