The Open University (OU) and the University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) formed an informal voluntary academic collaboration, based on long established free instructor/teacher training courses offered by the Open University.  

To be able to teach CCNA, CCNP, CyberOps, DevNet, or NetSec - educators (instructors) must take a course run by an ITC (Instructor Training Centre) - the OU and UWTSD are accredited ITC's. Sadly, taking these courses at any other 'ordinary' Cisco Academy, will not offer you the essential accreditation you require to teach these courses.

Each of these courses are 100% remote, instructor led, scalable, hybrid MOOC's (Massive Open Online Courses). Once you enrol, you are committed to commence (we will not remove you), however you are not required to complete (if you lack the time). Within the duration of each course, you can dip in and out of each course at a pace that suits your workload.

Inside each course, you will see prominently displayed study instructions and guidance, as well as the terms and conditions for completion. This includes terms and conditions for the final assessment, grades that must be accomplished. You must complete each final exam at 70% or greater and also complete the end-of-course survey - the final exam has unlimited attempts. 

Terms and conditions of enrolment for the Summer of Love intake:

1. Yes, Anne Droid is an experienced and capable instructor and has been in NetAcad for 20+ years - we are not offering any alternate instructor profiles.

2. You understand that this is a voluntary endeavour run by volunteers, there is no entitlement, no commitment, no recourse and no liability on behalf of Cisco, the OU, Glasgow Clyde or UWTSD.

3. The team will check in on the dates statued above - You must also complete the end-of-course survey, otherwise you will not gain any accreditation.

4. Your purpose for participating in this training, is to utilise Cisco NetAcad accreditation and credentialing, enabling you to teach any of these courses via NetAcad.

5. If you are already enrolled elsewhere, the OU Cisco team and collaborating colleagues WILL NOT remove you from this enrolment

6. By enrolling, you acknowledge that this is a 100% remote, 100% self-supporting experience

7. You may unenrol and re-enrol at any time; however any loss of data is entirely your own risk

8. You will follow the completion requirements described within each course - it is your responsibility to read these with care

9. You acknowledge that by enrolling on any of these courses, you will not consider yourself to be a formal student of any organisation supporting this programme, including the Open University

10. You must already have instructor status at an established Cisco Academy - the OU Cisco Team, will not necessarily provide this

11. Each course will end 30/09/26 - we will pass students 01/09, 30/09 and do a final check on 01/10

12. You will not pester the team for anything, doing so will risk you being removed from the programme

13. No individual or organisation is awarded any special dispensation, for any reason, in any context, whatsoever.

14. We may close enrolment on 02/09 to ensure the 28 day minimum study window.

15. The Open University Cisco ASC reserves the right to amend the conditions and terminate this offer at any time without notice or right of reply