Work Based & Life Long Learning

What is Work Based Learning?

Learning through work is a way of gaining a higher and professional postgraduate qualification using the learning you are continually developing in your working and or professional life.  It is based on the simple premise that people don't always need to go to college or university to learn because the process of learning is part and parcel of everyday working life.  By creating a framework to help people set out and demonstrate their learning, learning through work enables institutions to offer work-based qualifications through distance learning or using online technology.  The qualifications offered through learning through work have the same value as those achieved through traditional university attendance...even better.

How it works

Because the Diplomatic Academy of Europe's learning through work is geared to meeting the needs of individual work and personal circumstances, it is very flexible in terms of what, where and when you learn.

Programme content is usually a mix of learning modes which can include work-based projects, online and or distance learning courses and taught modules. This is sometimes called blended learning. It can also be a 100% research project on a topic of your choice in related field.

The key feature of learning through work is that the learning is relevant, comfortable and beneficial to you and your employer.

The scheme will help you to:

• gain an advanced professional qualification without taking time off work
• enhance your capability and individual effectiveness at work
• develop your reflection and planning skills

It will also help employers to:

• become more competitive by developing people's high-level skills
• developing learning opportunities and projects that directly relate to the real development needs of the business
• minimise the need for attendance at college or university for participating staff