Environmental Short Course

The Environmental Short Course has been developed in partnership with Eco-Schools and accredits up to 60 hours of involvement in various environmental activities, whether through Eco-School or other environmental initiatives and projects. The Environmental Short Course comprises the following sections:

• Environmental Review
• Raising Awareness
• Planning and Doing
• Managing and Monitoring

As a flexible, multi-level award, it provides a stand-alone certificate in Environmental activity, as well as the opportunity for progression to qualifications such as AoPE,  CoPE or Wider Key Skills.

Who is it for?

Young people, mainly aged between 13 and 19, of all abilities in a variety of learning situations - schools, colleges and training centres.

The flexibility of ASDAN's Short Courses means that they can be carried out in a variety of settings, over a time period to suit the individual or co-ordinating centre. Challenge descriptions can be interpreted and adapted according to situation.

Certification

After successful internal moderation, centres submit a list of candidates' names via the secure area of this website and certificates are then issued by ASDAN. The portfolios are not submitted for external moderation.

How does this Award fit into the UK qualifications framework?

Credits from the Award can count as up to half the curriculum requirements of the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE), which has GCSE equivalence at Levels 1 and 2, and is worth an AS Level at Level 3. The Short Courses progression routes page has more information on how this works.

ASDAN is also now offering a specific GCSE and AS-equivalent qualification: CoPE Through Environment Managing and Monitoring.

Training

The ASDAN Programmes introductory workshop provides an overview of these awards, as well as information about building a portfolio, moderation and progression. More details, including course dates and online booking, are available in the Training and Events section.

Student Book

Click on the image below to see sample pages from the Environmental Short Course Student Book:

This book can be purchased from the Online Catalogue.

Short Courses Tutor Guidance

This resource supports the delivery of all the ASDAN Short Courses and provides advice, information and useful resources. This Guidance can be used by Short Course co-ordinators in a range of educational settings, including mainstream schools, colleges, alternative education provision and the non-formal sector.

Click on the image to view sample pages from the guidance.

This publication can be purchased from the Online Catalogue.

The Short Courses Guidance folder contains eight sections:

• Introduction
• Guide to Delivery
• Case Studies
• Adding Value (Progression and Qualifications)
• Examples in Context
• Generic Resources (also provided as e-resources on CD-ROM)
• Example Portfolio
• Keeping Up-To-Date (space for updates)