University of the First Age

Awards

The UFA provides certification for the number of hours young people participate in UFA activities. These are based on Black (25 hours), Bronze (50 hours), Silver (75 hours) and Gold (for special achievements recommended by the tutor) Award levels

"Stepping Stones" Award
The Ufa can provide this ASDAN Award certifcate for Primary aged Children. Please contact the office for more details.

Accreditation

The UFA has a bespoke ASDAN Peer Tutor Short Course Award. This award carries accredited learning status and is available at 30 hours (3 credits) and 60 hours (6 credits). The credits gained from the Peer Tutoring Award can then be used towards the ASDAN Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) which is a GCSE equivalent qualification worth a Grade E/F at Level 1 and Grade B at Level 2. This qualification in total requires 120 hours (12 credits) and the completion of 6 assessed units. If a 6 credit Peer Tutoring Award, for example, is used towards CoPE then only 6 more credits and the assessed units will have to be completed to obtain a CoPE qualification.

It is also possible to use the UFA Peer Tutor Award as a curriculum vehicle to assess any of the three Wider Key Skills. These are also qualifications and each one is worth 0.75 of a GCSE and are available at Level 1, 2 and 3.