InsightPlus™ is an accredited learning programme which maximises the learning potential of work experience. It enables students to reflect upon and articulate the links between practical experience in the workplace and employer requirements for key skill competencies.

The five main elements of the Programme are:

	An active and experiential 2 day learning workshop to mark the beginning of the programme, based on real working experience
	A final 1 day workshop which includes assessment exercises to formalise and accredit the participants' learning
	Interactive coursework via the InsightPlus™ website to support the interim learning
	Mentor support for each participant from an undergraduate/postgraduate student
	Accreditation / endorsement from the Institute of Leadership and Management

Up to now the programme has primarily targeted post-16 students, but CRAC has recently developed an additional programme aimed at Key Stage 4 students, and the work experience placements they undertake in years 10 and 11.



Post 16 – Introductory Certificate in Team Leading Level 2

This award aimed at Year 12 and 13 students and is assessed through coursework and a 1-hour knowledge assessment. Accreditation of part time paid or unpaid extra curricular activities.



Post 16 – Award in Enterprise and Business Skills (Endorsed)

This award aimed at Year 12 and 13 students is assessed through coursework, a group discussion and a presentation. Accreditation of part time paid or unpaid extra curricular activities.



KS4 – Award in Skills for the World of Work

This award aimed at Year 10 is assessed through coursework, a group discussion and presentation and is delivered around the students’ work experience.

The programme runs for approximately six months. Typically it commences in September/October, finishing in March/April. It is currently running in 50 schools across the UK, with major expansion planned for the 2004-05 academic year.


InsightPlus™ 14 -19 has been enthusiastically received by schools and colleges because it addresses education priorities in the following ways:


It is equally relevant to both the academic and the vocational learner


It maps against the main curricular areas of work-related learning, careers education and guidance, enterprise and PHSE


It raises the aspirations of young people and makes the explicit link between learning and earning through the recognition of skills which are given no currency elsewhere in the curriculum


It provides a continuum of learning from Key Stage 4 through to post-16