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Choosing the right units and qualifications
Choosing the right units and qualifications Start your Learning Journey with Agored Cymru Units and Qualifications We offer over 6,000 units and 300 qualifications in subjects including Essential Skills, Health Care, River Restora... Go to page
Level Descriptors
Level Descriptors Level Descriptors The guidance on level descriptors is to enable practitioners to design learning and assessment plans for units and qualifications. It will support Agored Cymru and its centres in the applicati... Go to page
Science
Access to Higher Education Diploma – Science 
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Opportunities for Awarding Body Recognition of International Mobility Experiences Customised Programmes of Learning and the Quality Mark Both routes could be used to support, recognise and provide certification for: The mobility of i... Go to page
Accessibility
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Schedule
Review Schedule Consultation Start (beginning of) Result Publication (end of) Last Registration for Expired Units Cohort February 2012 May 2012 July 2013 Cake Decorating and Sugarcraft February 2012 May 2012 July 2... Go to page
News
Delivery and Awarding of Qualifications - July 2024
centres to identify learners preferred Assessment Language at the point of registration and at the point of claiming results. This bulletin will provide centres with additional information and guidance:Welsh|English... Go to news item
Award-Winning Partnership: Agored Cymru and HEIW Triumph at FAB 2024
A Relationship Built on Excellence Since 2017, Agored Cymru and HEIW have worked in close collaboration to deliver high-quality, bespoke qualifications for NHS staff. This partnership took a significant step forward in 2020 when Agored ... Go to news item
Award-Winning Partnership: Agored Cymru and HEIW Triumph at FAB 2024
A Relationship Built on Excellence Since 2017, Agored Cymru and HEIW have worked in close collaboration to deliver high-quality, bespoke qualifications for NHS staff. This partnership took a significant step forward in 2020 when Agored ... Go to news item
Documents
Welsh Language Policy
Conflict of Interest in Assessment and Internal Quality Assurance Policy and Procedure
Special Considerations for Assessment Policy & Procedure
Reasonable Adjustment to Assessment Policy and Procedure
Retention of Assessment and IQA Materials Policy and Procedure
Case Studies
“Age is no barrier. If you really want something, go for it – you can do it!”
Lorna Hughes didn’t always want to be a nurse. In fact, she read Languages at University and went on to work as a translator for many years. But, after becoming a mother and caring for her father, Lorna realised that there was something els... Go to case study
The incredible journey of a single mum from South Wales who refused to let her past define her future
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
Cardiff project wins Inspire! Award for supporting families to learn together
A ‘family-learning’ programme that aims to engage and foster positive attitudes towards education has won a major award. The Families Learning Together Programme at Cardiff and Vale College delivers a wide range of courses for adults and pa... Go to case study
17-year-old Cory was on track to get a handful of GCSEs at his comprehensive school when an accident and time off school meant he fell behind.
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
MFL Mentoring
MFL Mentoring has been offering two vocational accreditation units certified by Agored Cymru to its student mentors for the past four years. The accreditation has been designed by the project team in collaboration with Agored Cymru, past m... Go to case study
“Starting the Access course was one of my best decisions”
Originally from Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, Shokhan Hasan moved to the UK in August 2010 to get married. As an Anaesthetic Nurse in Kurdistan, Shokhan moved to Cardiff. Speaking only Kurdish, Shokhan was determined to learn English initially,... Go to case study