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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

Work Related Education The skills and knowledge gained will allow learners to further their aspirations for employment, help them to manage their own career and ultimately develop a tool kit of transferable skills and attributes that wi... Go to page

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

Work Related Education The qualifications meet the different themes of the CWW: personal achievement; seeking information; understanding the world of work; guidance; and making and implementing decisions. The qualifications enable l... 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

Diploma Approval Access to Higher Education centres are required to seek approval from Agored Cymru when they intend to deliver an all Wales Access to Higher Education Diploma that they have not previously offered. This also applies whe... Go to page

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

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

Reforming for the Future, The Benefits of the Agored Cymru Learning Core to Your Learners, How the Learning Core Can Boost Your Capped 9 Score. Read the full newsletter:Cymraeg|English

'Ready Already' for the New Curriculum in Wales - Summer Newsletter 2024

Emma Hughes, a Coleg y Cymoedd student, has been awarded this year’s Agored Cymru Learner of the Year Award for Outstanding Commitment to Study. Our Learner of the Year awards celebrate the achievements of individuals who have completed Acc... 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

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

On 12 April 2021 the national Access to Higher Education student awards were held in memory of Keith Fletcher to recognise the outstanding commitment to study and academic achievement from a field of excellent candidate... Go to case study

The last time the Agored Cymru team spoke to learner Emma Hughes was in 2023, after she won the Agored Cymru Learner of the Year Award for Outstanding Commitment to Study. Now in 2025, we caught up with Emma to hear all about her experience... Go to case study

19 year old Beccie Barnes from North Wales turned her life around and found a new job after achieving accredited qualifications through the Opening Doors, Enhancing Lives programme... Go to case study