By now, you have probably heard of Accolade, Skilltech Solutions’ new platform for General Awarding that is launching in early 2025. We’ve been incredibly excited to bring this new product to the General Awarding community – and from the conversations we have had with many of you, we know you are, too.
There has been huge demand, especially over the last year, for a platform that could bring the ease and simplicity of epaPRO’s end point assessment management to General Awarding. We wanted to make it as simple, intuitive, and secure for any organisation to design, manage and assess qualifications as it is for EPAOs to manage end point assessments on epaPRO. Plus, with Labour’s new Growth & Skills Levy placing even more importance on training and qualifications development outside of traditional apprenticeships, our timing couldn’t have been better.
So, what is Accolade, and what does it do?
In short, Accolade will provide one platform to manage every aspect of the awarding journey.
No more spreadsheets, no more manual emails, no more juggling different tools, Apps and platforms: just everything you need, in one convenient place.
We’ve been teasing Accolade’s potential for a while now, but with our official launch just around the corner, we’re ready to share an update on development and give you a sneak peek at what Accolade is going to bring to your organisation.
Build the qualifications that you need. Simplify qualification design with easy, seamless, and flexible workflows, to create training that perfectly matches your skills requirements.
Establish a clear line of communication with every stakeholder and keep track of every step of the awarding journey – without the need for multiple tools and spreadsheets, or manual updating.
Manage sites and monitor risks associated with certain centres to ensure that every trainee gets the same quality of training and a fair result.
Keep instructors, contributors, AO users and centre staff in the loop, with team management options and automations that maximise communication.
Register learners in bulk and create streamlined learner management processes that keep their journeys moving, with minimal administrative burden on your team. Learners can be quickly and easily associated with the courses they are taking – and get started sooner.
Reduce administration times and boost accuracy with bulk result processing, ensuring fair and balanced results even as your organisation – and the number of qualifications it manages – scales.
Make your platform as relevant to your organisation and your team as possible. Instead of an overwhelming amount of options available, you can create custom menus that make using Accolade intuitive.
Say goodbye to manual reporting and get a full picture of your organisation’s performance with customisable reports. Automations reduce risk of human error, giving you reports based on up-to-date and accurate data that can help you to steer your training strategy.
Accolade will be packed with features and benefits, and we will provide more details on each aspect of the software closer to launch. For now, this list should give you some insight into what’s to come and help you imagine what it might be able to do for your organisation in the new year.
As Accolade rolls out in 2025, we can’t wait to see it have the same transformative impact on general awarding that epaPRO has had on apprenticeship EPAOs. In the meantime, if you have any questions or want to know more about signing up to Accolade on our pre-release waiting list, contact us here.
Register your interest in Accolade by completing the short form below, one of our team will be in touch to find out more about your awarding assessment needs.