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9th May 2007
MyKnowledgeMap awarded Tesco retail degree development
Learning specialist MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) has been awarded the contract
to develop a Foundation Degree in Retail to be piloted by Tesco Stores.
MKM is being partnered on the project, awarded by government agency
Foundation Degree Forward, by the Retail Academy, Manchester
Metropolitan University and The University of the Arts.
The Foundation Degree in Retail qualification is being mapped against
the Skillsmart Retail Foundation degree framework and will utilise a
combination of e-learning materials, residential delivery and online
support to ensure that the programme can be accessed by students in the
workplace.
The programme draws upon workplace experience to structure and inform
the development of learning materials and integrates work based
learning and academic study through work based projects, assignments,
and a reflective log and portfolio.
As technical developer for the project, MKM has been selected to design
and build the e-learning and the work based learning support system for
the qualification. The cohort management, e-portfolio solutions and
e-learning provided is to be based on MKM's innovative Compendle
technology.
MKM has started by producing e-learning on personal development and
consumer behaviour to support learning module themes of Business
Improvement, Customer and Staff Loyalty and the Application of
Technology within the retail sector.
Tesco Stores will be running a pilot programme for the qualification,
recruiting students in employment with diverse educational backgrounds.
The student profile will be a combination of experienced retail
professionals and new entrants to the sector.
The programme will provide a work based higher education route for
students who would not have traditionally progressed to university at
18 or would be unlikely to access higher education because of their
work and life commitments.
Post-pilot, it will next be available to the whole retail sector with
the aim of establishing consistent, national learning provision that
employers and learners accept as being central to their workforce and
personal development strategy.
Tesco Stores views the development and trial of a Foundation Degree in
Retail as an opportunity for its personnel to study and learn as they
continue to earn a living and develop their career with the company,
Britain's largest food retailer.
"The Retail Foundation Degree will become the latest part of the set of
Tesco training and development on offer to our people," says spokesman,
Claire Peters. "We want all our staff in stores to have the opportunity
to gain an educational qualification whilst continuing to work for
Tesco."
The new course completes another stage in the development of a suite of
qualifications, alongside the Retail Apprenticeship Level 2 programme,
which started in 2004 at Tesco.
"Our aim over the next five years is that all store employees will be
able to enhance their education with Tesco, no matter what their age or
level," says Claire.
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Notes for Editors:
About MyKnowledgeMap
Founded in 2000, MyKnowledgeMap (often known as MKM) is a dynamic
company delivering web-based knowledge systems designed by individuals,
for the individual.
Operating in the corporate, public and education sectors, MKM's range
of products and services includes:
Academies: MKM is the UK's leading supplier of infrastructure systems
for national skill academies, including those in the UK for food &
drink manufacturing, sport & active leisure, care, and retail. MKM's
e-academy infrastructure helps learners and people with a stake in a
particular skill to progress from entry to degree level. Working with
the UK's national Sector Skills Councils (MKM's clients include
Skillsmart Retail, Improve and SkillsActive), MKM has pioneered online
academies that can help people with everything from day-to-day
productivity to discovering and achieving relevant qualifications. MKM
also offers e-academies tailored to the needs of organisations in the
private and local government sectors.
Skills
diagnostics: MKM's Skills Diagnostic suite allows clients to build
their own system of skills diagnosis and training regimens. Its
sophisticated software tools are designed to meet clients' specific
needs, and to facilitate, not impose, the required solutions.
Learning:
MKM's e-learning solutions, including e-learning content, delivery
systems and teaching aids, are used by a worldwide and growing range of
organisations from Lloyds TSB to the RSPB; from manufacturing to
retailing; from the police to local authorities; from the University of
York to colleges in Delhi, Bahrain and Nairobi. MKM produces inventive
and versatile applications that are can be shaped and contextualised by
their users to meet the rapidly-changing needs of contemporary work and
training, either for use within an e-Academy environment or as
stand-alone products.
Further
Information from:
Rob Arntsen / Tom Holland/ Dawn Ritchie, MyKnowledgeMap 00 44 (0) 1904
466081
Peter Muir / Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR 00 44 (0) 1727 860405
