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Exploring NetAcad & the CCST's in Cyber & Networking
Exploring NetAcad & the CCST's in Cyber & Networking
Running from May 2025 to end of September 2025.
Welcome to the Cisco sponsored free, CCST (Cisco Certified Support Technician) - Networking and Cyber - Teacher education and outreach programme.
You may be an educator who has considered using NetAcad for one (or many) of your courses and as yet, do not know how - or maybe simply lacked the time to discover more. Or you may be someone who has not (yet) used NetAcad.
The aim of this project is to help educators discover what may be accomplished for free, using and of course exploiting NetAcad as part of your current educational practice.
This training is free, NetAcad is also free - the Open University Cisco ASC (academy support centre) is working with experts from the University of Wales: Trinity St David and Glasgow Clyde College to help you, the capable educator make more of NetAcad.
Signing up is simple - use your work related email address and sign up on the link to the right. Of course, if you are already a Cisco Networking Academy instructor - please use that email to join.
Meet the experts:
Meet the experts:
Passionate Higher Education Academic with correlative industry exposure, specialising in Computer Networks, Network Administration, System Administration, Software Defined Networks, Network Programmability, Network Security, Cyber Operations, Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, Digital Forensics and Cyber Statutory Laws (Cyber Law)
A Curriculum Manager at Glasgow Clyde College within the School of Computing. Within this role I am responsible for portfolio planning, curriculum development, commercial activity and planning, student support and experience, team leading and managing and delivering awarding body qualifications.
As an outreach focussed academic, I have been working with various educators and academic collaborators for at least ten years to solve different, diverse and difficult national and international issues within the digital technologies sector. My personal mission is to grow community, develop educators and enable education organisations to teach students a range of digital technologies, including coding, cybersecurity, network engineering and systems support
From this point onwards ... the courses described, when available are for more experienced educators, who wish to engage in more advanced instructor professional development ... which is also free!
From this point onwards ... the courses described, when available are for more experienced educators, who wish to engage in more advanced instructor professional development ... which is also free!
Free Certification Ready Courses
Free Certification Ready Courses
Offered by volunteers at OU and UWTSD
Offered by volunteers at OU and UWTSD
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. The model is simple: you enrol at any time at complete your studies at a pace that works for you. We check in, once every calendar month and complete those who meet the criteria.
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). From September 2024 onwards, you can dip in and out of each course at a pace that suits your workload.
Within 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.
Available again from October 2025
Available again from October 2025
We will annually open courses, running from Oct to September.
The next cohort, while available to enrol - will commence - October 2025.
So long as you complete the final exam at 70% or greater and complete the end-of-course survey - you will be accredited.
To directly enrol on each course - please click on one of the following links -
Links updated 19/06/25
Completion will happen once a month - typically around the first week of each month, where a volunteer will dive in and check off all those who have completed and met the Final Exam and end-of-course survey criteria.
A word to the very wise - pestering us, may encourage removal - not completion.
Terms and conditions of enrolment for the post September 2025, intake:
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 or UWTSD.
The team will check in once a month, at the start of the month and mark everyone as complete - you will then gain your badge/certificate when you pass the final at 70% or greater on any of your attempts. You must also complete the end-of-course survey.
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.
If you are already enrolled elsewhere, the OU Cisco team and collaborating colleagues WILL NOT remove you from this enrolment
By enrolling, you acknowledge that this is a 100% remote, 100% self-supporting experience
You may unenrol and re-enrol at any time; however any loss of data is entirely your own risk
You will follow the completion requirements described within each course - it is your responsibility to read these with care
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
You must already have instructor status at an established Cisco Academy - the OU Cisco Team nor UWTSD will not nessecarily provide this
Each course is limited to a max of 366 days and will not be extended under any circumstances.
You will not pester the team for anything, doing so will risk you being removed from the programme.
These courses are the collaborative efforts of the OU and UWTSD.
And of course, the best of luck to all!
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