Academy Of Learning

Mailing List
Subscribe to our mailing list and receive regular updates on our activities.

DOwnload Sample Programmes

Half Day Seminars 2008 with Summer Offer

First Line Management

Team Leader Certificate

NVQ Level 2 in Team Leading

Managing People: One Day Program

Customer Service NVQ Level 2

Health and Social Care NVQ Level 2 (Adults)

These documents require Adobe Reader.
Click here to download.

Programme Checklist Forms

Please click one of the links below to go straight to our checklist forms

Company and Learners Eligibilty Checklist

Learner Details Form

Training Approach

At Academy of Learning we believe that our approach to training is unique. It is an approach that:

Considers the needs of the client company and those of each individual delegate equally
Focuses on more than just the one, two or three days of the training course
Accepts the logic that people quickly understand new concepts and ideas when they are explained in context of their work environment
Appreciates that an understanding of the organisation and its culture leads to better results
Recognises that training investment needs to show a quantifiable return on investment
Understands that training must provide intellectual capital that resides within the organisation and is sustainable

Making delegates feel at home by putting the learning into the context of their workplace enhances the process. This means that, for example, any case studies we develop relate to situations the delegates will be familiar with. Candidates are then found to take the learning back with them to where it needs to be used and integrated into the procedures of the organisation. Ideally, follow up will evaluate the changes in procedures, attributing a financial value to them.

Blended Learning

A totally integrated training solution may require that different learning requirements be treated with a different approach, whilst remaining within an overall progressive training plan. This is where blended learning comes into effect.

To deliver blended solutions requires a comprehensive breadth of skills, materials and delivery formats, underpinned by a strategic understanding of the training values inherent in each varied training component and its part in progressing to the achievement of the pre-determined goals.

So, an example of blended learning solution may require classroom training, combined with on-line homework, team building at an outward-bound location and on-going one-to-one mentoring. Another would be completely different with the emphasis on work based projects and discussion groups.

The beauty of blended learning is its flexibility and precise tailoring to clients needs. The difficulty lies in the pre-planning and identifying those needs.

Again, with project management and training needs analysis skills, Academy of Learning can help to smooth the way.

^ Back to top

Company and Learners Eligibilty Checklist

Company Name:
Company Size:	Small (2-49)
	Medium (50-250)
	Large (250+)
Company Location:	Essex
	Herts
	Beds
	Cambs
	Norfolk
	Suffolk
	London: (includes Greater London areas covered by a London Borough Council)
	East
	West
	Central
	North
Do you have a balance sheet of more than 45 million Euro?	Yes No
Are you privately owned?	Yes No (Discuss eligibility if no)
Number of Learners:
Training Programme:

LEARNERS
Are you (your learners) over 19?	Yes No
Do you (your learners) hold an existing qualification equal or higher than the qualification offered?	Yes No
If yes, please state:

SAMPLE QULIFICATIONS EQUIVALENT
	NVQ Level 2 RSA diploma 2 or 3 AS level equivalent BTEC, SCOTVEC first or general diploma 5 or more O level or GCSE grades A-C GNVQ intermediate City & Guilds Craft 50% of Trade apprenticeship 1 A level 33% of Scottish CSYS 1 or 2 SCE higher NVQ level 3 RSA advanced diploma 67% of Scottish CSYS 50% of Trade apprenticeship GNVQ advanced OND, ONC, BTEC 3 SCE higher 2 A levels City & Guilds advanced craft 4 AS level or equivalent
Other Eligibility Criteria:	Resident in European Union for a minimum of 3 years
	Contract of Employment with Employer, and not a volunteer
	Not receiving any other government funded training

^ Back to top

Learner Details Form

Programme Title:
Location:
(This information will be held in the strictest confidence) To be completed by each delegate prior to programme start
Title:	Mr Mrs Miss
First name:
Surname:
Home Address:
Post Code:
Home telephone no.:
Mobile number:
Home email:
Date of Birth:
National Insurance No.:
Sex:	Male Female
Ethnicity:	White
	Black Caribbean
	Black African
	Black - other black groups
	Indian
	Pakistani
	Bangladeshi
	Chinese
	Other
Disability/Learning Difficulties:	Disabled
	Learning difficulties
	No disability
	No learning difficulties
Please list your existing qualifications (if none, please state none):
Do you hold a contract of employment?	Yes No
Please confirm that you have lived in the UK or a European Union country for the last 3 years:	Yes No

Company/Organisation Name:
Company/Organisation Location:
Your job title:
Your work telephone number:
Your work email: