Agored Cymru Essential Skills Wales
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Covid-19 Contingency Arrangements
Contingency Measures for Essential Skills Wales Qualifications During this time period, learners are only required to successfully complete the confirmatory test in order to be awarded the following qualifications: Essential Communic... Go to page
Become a Centre
Wales Centre Seven steps to adding Agored Cymru Essential Skills Wales Qualifications to your framework. Step 1 Contact ourBusiness Development teamto discuss the options available to you and our charges. Step 2 Sign i... Go to page
Essential Skills Wales
Essential Skills Wales Our Essential Skills qualifications range from Entry Level 1 to Level 3. The higher level qualifications sit within all apprenticeship frameworks. Agored Cymrus strength is our expertise in this area. We can p... Go to page
Essential Skills Wales
Essential Skills Wales How will Essential Skills qualifications be awarded during the current Covid-19 period where learners have been unable to complete all parts of the assessment? For these learners, we will use two methods to ... Go to page
Essential Skills for Learners
Essential Skills for Learners Agored Cymru continues to meet the needs of all learners by offering the full suite of Essential Skills Wales Qualifications. Essential Application of Number Skills (EAoNS) Essential Communication Skil... Go to page
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships The Agored Cymru Apprenticeships Package We provide the complete apprenticeship qualification package, this makes us the perfect partner for providers looking to simplify their Apprenticeship administration by workin... Go to page
News
Agored Cymru - Leading the way in IT qualification development in Wales
As the only awarding body in Wales offering these innovative and specialist qualifications inWelshandEnglish,Agored Cymru is at the forefront of this constantly developing sector. Our new suite of IT qualifications will contribute to th... Go to news item
Effective Personal and Social Education prepares young people for the demands of the 21st century workplace
Many schools deliver excellent PSE. One of the reasons for its perceived lack of prominence is that for many years PSE is expressed through the basic curriculum and is a non-statutory curriculum area. However, recent reports from wo... Go to news item
Dyslexia diagnosis is life changing for Higher Apprentice Melanie
A dyslexia diagnosis was the start of an amazing learning journey that has seen Melanie Davis achieve a Higher Apprenticeship in Employment Related Services and improve the contribution she makes at work. Melanie, 56, from Betws-y-C... Go to news item
We at Agored Cymru are putting schools at the heart of learning in Wales
There are gaps in the provision currently, based around personal and social education (PSE), including the delivery of the newly titled, relationships and sexuality education (RSE). The Welsh Government, through its Curriculum for L... Go to news item
Get Skilled With Agored Cymru in 2019
Get Digital Are you ready for assessment in the digital world? Do you want to make digital technology part of your assessment practice? Lets get digital together and take the digital world head on. The Digital Assessor ... Go to news item
Young Commissioners Celebration Event & Launch of the Young Commissioners Accreditation Programme
Young Commissioners have played an integral part in a number of 4Cs projects since 2017. Their participation ensures the voice of young people is at the heart of their work to support commissioning, good quality care and improved outcom... Go to news item
Documents
Agored Cymru Access to Higher Education Learner of the year award 2014-15
Agored Cymru’s Annual Access to HE Conference 2016
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Agored Cymru Access to Higher Education Learner of the Year Award 2016
At Agored Cymru we are aware that Access to HE learners have faced or are facing significant barriers to their educational achievement. They are often studying while undertaking caring responsibilities and/or working and therefore frequently suffer considerable financial hardship as a result of their decision to return to education.
Case Studies
Access to HE student now a Lecturer of Health Science at his Former College
Lecturer, Andrew Walker, left University in London where he was studying Film and Theatre. He returned home to North Wales questioning his next steps.... Go to case study
Mum of three, Caroline Read, turned her life around after enrolling on an Access to Higher Education nursing course
After becoming a mum at a young age Caroline Read from South Wales, found herself suffering from depression and failing to find any ambition.... Go to case study
Access to HE provides father-of-two the opportunity to pursue a career in nursing
After leaving school at 13, with no qualifications, Jamie Maidment's life spiralled out of control. Jamie had suffered from mental health and substance abuse issues.... Go to case study
Mature Student from Swansea Proves Determination and Hard Work Really Does Pay Off
33-year-old mother-of-three, Vicki Brooke (née Gooden) from Swansea, found the confidence and determination to go back to college to pursue her dream of becoming a midwife... Go to case study
Former Access to Higher Education Learner Achieves First-class Honours Degree in Midwifery
Mother of two and former Body Shop manager, Julia Fivash-Henderson from North Wales, graduated from Bangor University with a first-class honours degree in Midwifery after successfully gaining an Access to Higher Education Diploma in health ... Go to case study
Moving Forward qualification has helped 16-year-old Paige Williams prepare for life in the Armed Services
Paige, a 16-year-old pupil at Morriston Comprehensive School in Swansea is doing a mix of GCSEs, Welsh Baccalaureate, Hairdressing and qualifications in Hospitality and Health and Social Care.
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