News and events
Programme updates, partner announcements, briefings you can join and the annual awards calendar. Everything links straight to the page, model or portal tool it refers to.
Latest
Illustrative models for SMEs, corporate colleagues, universities, colleges, NEET cohorts and apprentices, each with hours, cohort pattern, recognition and funding route.
Live briefs on AI risk, pricing and claims innovation now sit inside the Silver and Gold strands, reviewed by an employer panel.
Five award tracks judged on the evidence the portal already collects. Nothing extra is asked of a learner, a tutor or an employer.
New strands cover cyber security, regulation, compliance, trust and ethics, plus permissions and escalation for agentic tools at Gold.
Foundation to Gold is aligned to technical, academic and professional routes so learners can enter early, later or on a retrain.
Events
Short sessions for employers, tutors, providers and sponsors, leading up to the regional launch on 18 January 2027.
12 Oct 2026
How a live brief is scoped, delivered and reviewed and what an employer panel actually commits to.
Employers and sponsors. In person, 90 minutes, 40 places
26 Oct 2026
Rubric calibration, marking guidance and safe AI teaching practice for delivery staff.
Colleges and universities. Online, half day, 18 places
09 Nov 2026
Governance seats, award judging and the four helix design panel for the 2027 delivery year.
Founder partners. In person, 2 hours, 12 places
01 Dec 2026
A working session on one real process, with the governance starter pack shared afterwards.
SME owners and managers. Online, 60 minutes, 60 places
14 Dec 2026
Cohort design, keyworker support and destination tracking for re-engagement groups.
Colleges, providers and local authority teams. Online, 60 minutes
18 Jan 2027
The proof of concept results, the first cohort certificates and the first annual programme awards presented together.
Everyone. In person, evening
Awards
Five tracks, judged on the evidence a cohort has already produced. Each track links to the part of the programme it recognises.
One award per level, judged on evidence quality and measured workplace impact rather than test scores.
See recognition and certificatesRecognises the team whose live brief created the clearest before and after improvement for a real organisation.
Set a live briefFor the college, provider or keyworker team that moved the most learners out of NEET status into a named destination.
See the NEET modelFor the organisation that set the strongest agentic AI controls, escalation routes and quality checks.
Open the AI control builderFor staff who kept the curriculum fresh, current and safe through the continual professional development loop.
See the CPD loopSeptember to November
Evidence window
Learners and cohorts build the evidence in the portal. Nothing separate is submitted.
Open the evidence hubDecember
Nominations
Tutors, employers and keyworkers nominate learners, cohorts and teams against the five tracks.
Talk to us about nominatingEarly January
Panel judging
A panel including a founder partner employer reviews evidence using the published rubric.
See the rubric and assessment18 January
Awards evening
Awards are presented alongside the regional launch, with certificates verified on the public page.
Verify a certificateTell us which briefing you want to join, or which learner, cohort or team you want to put forward for an award track.
