Academy and learning
The Academy is the learning programme of Nexus Consortiums: leadership baselines, specialist learning, mentoring, operator training and supervised work, designed so that the capability a country builds stays with its people. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) stewards the curriculum and the learning records as part of its capacity-building role. This page sets out the learning pathways and what a learning record does and does not mean. No separate Academy property is listed here until it is verified. Return to GCRI programmes.
- Institution
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
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- R0: information and enquiries
GCRI · Programme portfolioProgramme portfolio, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.
The short answer.
The Academy is the learning programme of Nexus Consortiums: leadership baselines, specialist learning, mentoring, operator training and supervised work, designed so that the capability a country builds stays with its people. GCRI stewards the curriculum and learning records; a learning record is not a licence or certification, and no course or cohort is open yet.
Scoping to review.
Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.
Systemic exposure in World.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, shown for World as an example geography for this subject.
Three learning pathways, matched to how people take part.
Leadership pathway
A Leadership Baseline, an Annual Leadership Contribution Plan, quarterly work, mentoring and a Year-One Gateway for members of the National Leadership Council (NLC). See Leadership pathway.
Specialist pathway
Specialist learning, research-software skills and exercise participation for experts in the National Working Groups (NWG). See Working groups.
Supervised pathway
A safe task, a mentor, a learning plan and contribution evidence for students, early-career researchers and volunteers.
From baseline to reviewed next step.
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Capability baseline
What the person or team can do now, recorded at the start.
- 02
Learning plan
Specialist learning, mentoring and operator training matched to the work.
- 03
Supervised work
Bounded work products reviewed by a supervisor, never unsupervised high-consequence tasks.
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Contribution record
What was done and reviewed, kept as a record the person can show.
- 05
Next-stage recommendation
A reviewed recommendation for the next assignment or stage.
What a learning record is not.
- A learning record is not a professional licence, an accreditation or a promise of employment.
- Ordinary working-group participation has no fee; paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements.
- Learning in the annual programme is described by The Global Risks Forum (GRF), which leads leadership development.
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Learning outcome | A statement of what a learner knows, understands and is able to do on completing a learning process, the unit the European Qualifications Framework uses to compare qualifications. |
| Micro-credential | A record of learning outcomes from a short, assessed course of study. |
| Continuing professional development | The planned maintenance and broadening of a professional's knowledge, skills and judgement throughout a working life, recorded under the rules of the relevant professional body. |
| Recognition of prior learning | Assessing and certifying skills that people have gained outside formal education, such as at work. |
What is open today.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. No Academy course or cohort is listed as open. Learning records are designed to live in the Hub system of Nexus Foundry. Leadership learning across the programme is on GRF's Leadership development page, and routes for individuals on Experts, volunteers and students. See also Guilds and communities of practice.
Questions and answers.
Is the Academy a university or a training provider?
Does it cost anything?
Can my institution train its staff through the Academy?
How do I join a learning pathway?
Around GCRI.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.