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Questions about learning
Short answers on starting a course, what it costs, what you keep at the end, accessibility and your data, each with the page that holds the full answer.
01Instrument
Questions about learning
- 1Find a courseIn the catalogue, with its hours and level
- 2StudyAt your own pace, or with a cohort
- 3Keep a recordWhen the assessed activities are passed
02Starting
Starting, records and access
Starting a course
What you keep at the end
- What does a completion record show?The course, its version and the date, kept when every assessed activity is passed. It records what was studied and assessed; it does not certify competence.
- Can someone check my record?Only with your agreement; records are private by default. See checking a completion record.
- Where are achievements explained?On achievements and records.
Accessibility and your data
- Is the Academy accessible?Figures and maps have text alternatives and video has captions; pages work with a keyboard, in light and dark themes, and respect reduced motion. Study is self-paced with no deadlines unless a cohort sets one.
- What happens to my learning data?Your learning records are personal data: visible to you until you opt in to share them, and you can export them or ask for them to be erased through the privacy request form.
03How learning runs
How learning runs, as a process you can run
Select a scenario and press Play: course, pathway, practice, faculty, cells and record.
04Help
Getting help
- A question about a courseUse the course enquiry form.
- Help while studyingUse the learning support form.
- An error in a courseUse the error report form; a correction becomes a recorded new version.
- A concern or complaintUse the integrity concern form or, for the safety of a person, the safeguarding report form.
05Questions
Questions, answers and key terms
Is study here free?
Yes. Every course and learning material of Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium, is free to study, self-paced or with a cohort. Ordinary participation has no fee; paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements.
What does completing a course give me?
A completion record: the course, its version, the date and what was assessed, private by default and shared by you. It stacks into discipline, department and programme achievements. A record states what was studied and assessed and does not certify competence; it is not a licence, a professional title or an employment status.
Where do the data and the places come from?
Every faculty teaches on a twin of a real place built from open data; each layer carries its provider, licence and date, and every result on the Academy states its source. Maps and figures are indicators for teaching, never an assessment of a place.
How do I take part beyond every course?
Form a competence cell of three to seven people, study a shared pathway, take a supervised assignment in the National Working Groups, or bring a cohort from your institution. For organisations.
Key terms
Term
Open course
A course whose lessons and assessed activities can be studied now.
Term
Completion record
The record kept when every assessed activity of a course is passed: the course, its version and the date.
Term
Cohort
A group of learners from one organisation or intake who follow a pathway together.
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Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
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Each open course in the catalogue lists its outcomes, assessed activities and measured hours.