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Learning cell

Course cohort cell

Learners who take a course or pathway together and keep each other on track.

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To launch
3 members
or more
Roles
3
each a credential
Decides by
Simple majority
yours to change
Joining
Open
set per cell

How it works

The operating model

  1. People

    • Facilitator1 needed
    • Secretary1 needed
    • Safeguarding contactwhen needed

  2. How it decides

    1. Propose
    2. Discuss
    3. Simple majority
    4. Record and sign
    • Quorum rules

  3. First work

    • ProjectCohort plan
    • ProjectStudy sessions
    • IssueChoose the course or path
    • IssueSet the session calendar
    • CallLearners for the next cohort

  4. Services

    • Learning
    • Translation
    • Forms

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Course cohort cell

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Type

Each type comes with roles, a decision rule and a first project you can change later.

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Teams on the ground

Research and learning

Data, systems and tools

Policy, standards and review

Mission and area

What the cell will do, where, and the first problem it takes on.

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The problem it works on

Roles and founders

You lead unless you choose someone else. Open roles show on the cell's page for others to take.

Email addresses or member names, one per line. Members get an invitation; others get an email to join.

Who holds each role (you lead unless you choose)
  • Facilitator
  • Secretary
  • Safeguarding contact

Host organisation

The organisation the cell works under. A network body can host it if you have none.

Charter

A starting charter from the type. The founders ratify it by a vote once the cell forms, and can amend it by proposal.

Safeguards on decisions
Who can join
Meets

Safeguarding

Who takes part

With members under 18, a safeguarding contact is named in Roles, and their names are never shown in public.

Find a cell

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Ask to join

What you bring and what you would like to do. An open cell lets you in at once; any other reads your note first.

Your organisation

The network body reviews the offer and lists the organisation as a host.

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Review and submit

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In detail

Purpose, roles, agreements and expertise

Purpose

Runs a course team, a cohort or a peer study group, with learning records that show progress and do not certify competence.

Roles and what each does
RoleWhat it doesMinimum
FacilitatorPlans the sessions and keeps the cohort or study group moving.1 required
SecretaryKeeps the records: minutes, decisions, the member list and the cell log.1 required
Safeguarding contactAn adult named to receive and act on any concern about the safety of a member.Required when any member is under 18
The whole starter work programme

First projects

  • Cohort plan
  • Study sessions
  • Peer review of work

First issues

  • Choose the course or path
  • Set the session calendar
  • Agree how peer feedback works

Open calls

  • Learners for the next cohort
Decision rule and agreements

Simple majority

More than half of the votes cast for or against.

  • Cell charter Required The mission, scope, host, roles, governance model and how the cell closes.
  • Membership agreement Required What members commit to, how they join and leave, and how credit is recorded.
  • Data sharing agreement Optional What data the cell holds, who may use it, for what, and for how long.
  • Intellectual property and open licence Required Who owns the outputs and the open licence they are published under.
  • Code of conduct and safeguarding Required How members treat each other, how concerns are raised, and who acts on them.
Expertise and competence evidence
  • Capacity development and technical assistance
  • Work, skills and occupational safety
  • Human development, poverty and inequality
  • Psychology and behavioural science
  • Sociology and demography
  • Facilitator Capacity development and technical assistance, at capability level 3 (Role-specific capability)
Where it can form

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