SKILLS TO SUCCEED
ACADEMY
Tackling youth unemployment
through digital employability training

HOW
IT WORKS

The Skills to Succeed Academy engages participants through interactive bite sized modules, featuring relatable characters, advanced learning technologies, and interactive exercises.

Participants are actively involved in decision-based learning. With each decision, they receive instant feedback—both from the realistic characters with whom they interact in the training, and an online coach voiced by an experienced employability practitioner.

TRAINING APPROACH

Skills to Succeed Academy offers a character-based learning program and engages participants with advanced learning technologies, gaming techniques, role-based simulations, videos, quizzes and interactive exercises. Training can be accessed in the following ways:

Self-directed learning: Access the training on the Internet, without the support of a trainer. Offline Activity Packs are also available which consist of editable PDF documents that users can access to apply the learning to their own situation

Classroom (Blended) learning: A young person completes the training in a classroom environment, supported by a trainer. They can also be assigned ‘homework’ for completion before or after a training session. In Classroom training, it is preferable for each user to have access to their own computer. However, if this is not possible, the Academy training can be delivered at the front of the room with one computer being projected to all attendees.”

The Academy offers three courses and 36 interactive learning modules to help young people build skills to choose a career; find and successfully apply for a job; and be successful in a work environment. Participants are actively involved in decision-based learning. With each decision, they receive instant feedback—both from the realistic characters they interact with in the training and an online coach.

CUSTOMIZATION

To scale its reach, Skills to Succeed Academy offers a global version with standard core content, as well as offline materials that can be translated or localized to maximize impact. Characters represent diverse geographies, including Ireland, South Africa and Australia. The Academy is also compatible offline and on mobile devices.