Welsh Education
In partnership with the University of Wales Trinity St David, Cisco is committed to supporting educators across Wales with free access to a range of high-quality and up-to-date tools, courses, and resources.
The aim of this page is to:
Outline the benefits of joining the Cisco Networking Academy programme (for free!)
Share how you can access the Cisco Networking Academy personally via this offering
Explain how you can become part of the Cisco Networking Academy community supported by the University of Wales Trinity St David
Brochure for Schools copy.pdfBenefits
Becoming an Academy is 100% free and gives organisations access to a plethora of courses and resources, including virtual lab simulation tools, in a curriculum that spans cyber, networking, programming, and more. Benefits include:
Facilitate Teaching: Gain access to 1600+ hours of high quality, up-to-date, and vendor agnostic content spanning Networking, Cybersecurity, and Programming topics. You can view the courses on offer at netacad.com/all-courses and skillsforall.com. Content delivery is extremely flexible and can be self-paced, instructor-led, offered as a stand-alone course, or embedded into an existing course offering.
Practical Tools: Gain unlimited access to tools such as Packet Tracer; a state-of-the-art simulation tool through which students can build, manage, and troubleshoot networks. Practical tools also include self-assessment tools whereby students can check their understanding with correct/incorrect scoring. Teachers can launch customisable quizzes and view students' progress to help identify potential areas additional support is required.
Teacher training: We offer free, self-paced, and online instructor training three times per year. You can view this pageto learn more.
Student success: Help your students stand out from the crowd with an industry-aligned skills-to-jobs curriculum. 95% of NetAcad students shared that a Cisco certification course helped them get a job or further educational opportunity.
Community: In becoming an Academy, you become a part of the Cisco Networking Academy community. As well as getting support from a dedicated Academy Support Centre, we run an Instructor Facebook Page for instructors to expand their network and share best practices, and events hosted by Cisco and NetAcad Partners.
Connecting to an Academy Support Centre
As outlined above, becoming a Cisco Academy presents a range of benefits. An additional benefit is access to local support from Wales' dedicated Academy Support Centre (ASC): the University of Wales Trinity St David. The University of Wales Trinity St David is here to provide broad community support as well as access to an extensive knowledge base.
This offer is open to schools, colleges, apprenticeship training providers, universities, and education focussed charities. In other words, as long as your organisation is not-for-profit; it should be eligible.
To register you organisation to become a Cisco Academy you can follow this simple process:
Apply via https://www.netacad.com/become-an-academy.
Once your application has been approved, please follow the instructions within the email. These are to sign a membership agreement and to select an ASC.
We will then set up a call to help you get your Academy up and running.
