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Learning in the Outdoors The qualifications support the aspiration for an active, healthy and inclusive Wales, where Learning in the Outdoors provides a common platform for participation, fun, achievement and employment, increasing the ... Go to page

Learner Privacy Statement What personal data does Agored Cymru collect about you? The minimum we need to collect in order to process yourachievements and produce your certificates is: Name Post code Date of Birth Unique Learner... Go to page

Wales, Europe and the World Our Window on Wales qualifications support the Welsh Governments Wales, Europe and the World: a framework for 14 to 19-year-old learners in Wales. The qualifications support young peoples learning across ... Go to page

Personal and Social Education The qualifications meet the five different themes within the framework: active citizenship health and emotional well-being moral and spiritual development preparing for lifelong learning sustaina... Go to page

History The movement engaged with over 5 million adults and initiated the birth of over 30 distinct organisations: later known as the Open College Network. The first Network was set up in Manchester in 1981. Less than ten years late... Go to page

Units and Qualifications We continue to invest heavily in developing and strengthening our range of qualifications and units to ensure that we are at the forefront of responding to the evolving needs of the labour market, national agend... Go to page

Now in over 55 countries worldwide, each year we see over 10,000 adults in Wales participating in Adult Learners Week activities. The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of the value of adult learning, celebrate the achievements ... Go to news item

In 2016-17 over 1755 adult learners in Wales enrolled onto an Agored Cymru Access to Higher Education Diploma, a national qualification recognised by all universities in Wales as equivalent to three A Levels. The Diploma is specifically... Go to news item

The Learning Core qualification suite consists of four curriculumareas: Personal and Social Education (PSE) Work Related Education (WRE) Young Peoples Participation (YPP) Wales, Europe and the World (WEW) Daf B... Go to news item

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

Karly has overcome significant barriers in her life to go on to successfully complete the Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Care) at Gower College Swansea, and she has since progressed onto higher education, with the goal of be... Go to news item

Rachel has made a significant contribution to the strategic direction of Agored Cymru and been instrumental in setting effective operational plans. In particular she has led on all aspects of qualification and curriculum development, an... Go to news item

Following many years of severe abuse and neglect, the loss of both her parents and time spent in care, single mum of one, Karly Jenkins from Llanelli decided to rewrite her future and return to education.... Go to case study

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

After leaving school at 15 with no qualifications and an ingrained belief that she was ‘stupid and would never amount to anything’, single mother of 5, Lauretta Hughes, defied the odds to become the Agored Cymru’s annual Access to Higher Ed... Go to case study

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. ... Go to case study

By Year 11, 17-year-old Cory’s attendance rates were poor and meant he did not achieve the GCSE grades he needed. “I was accepted onto a Level 2 course to do sport in college, and was chosen to play rugby for the college academy” he explain... Go to case study

South Wales local authority, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) has developed a pioneering approach using Agored Cymru units and qualifications to implement the Welsh Government's Youth Engagement and Progression Framework, Implementation Plan and Nat... Go to case study