The UKAS Training Academy launched its eLearning offering at the end of June 2022 with a starting portfolio of eight courses. These courses cover a number of key topics across several technical sectors, including medical laboratories, metrology, product certification (UKCA), and Quality Management Systems (QMS).
Since the launch, the Academy has supplemented this portfolio with five additional courses, including micromodules focusing on the specific topics that customers have fed back as requiring additional support.
Development of future courses
Uptake of the studies has been bright, with enrolment tiers far exceeding initial expectations
Courses are designed to support the customers’ continual improvement and enhanced technical understanding of subjects. The uptake of the courses has been very encouraging, with enrolment levels far exceeding initial expectations. They are delighted by the extremely positive feedback received across the whole portfolio, demonstrating that they are meeting these objectives.
The academy will seek more formalized feedback towards the end of September this year in the form of an electronic survey. The findings of this survey will be used to shape continual improvements in both content and user experience, potentially pioneering to the development of future courses or micromodules.
Suite of available courses
The training academy has plans to further enhance the suite of available courses over the autumn months, including new offerings such as a micro module on validation/verification in a medical diagnostic laboratory.
Digital badging is currently being implemented for completed eLearning courses, providing learners with the opportunity to share their new course completion credentials easily with their network on any social media channel. Badges will be issued to all learners who have purchased and completed an eLearning course since the end of June 2022.