FORWARD
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Education Futures
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Learning Design and Human Capability

Designing learning and assessment that demonstrably transfers, for schools, ministries, employers and training providers.

BEd (Hons)Hybrid4 years (incl. co-op)Intake August 2027
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Employment thesis

What this programme is designed to produce

Forward publishes the destination of every programme before you enrol. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed and, where necessary, retired. Next review: 2031.

Roles

  • Learning designer
  • Assessment specialist
  • Curriculum and standards officer
  • Corporate capability lead

Employer types

  • School networks and ministries
  • Education technology companies
  • Employer training and academies
  • Development programmes

Target outcomes we hold ourselves to

  • 80% in a named role within 6 months
  • Every graduate ships one assessed learning programme with measured transfer
  • 100% completing 12 months paid co-op

Compulsory · The Forward Core

How the Core works →

Every Forward programme, including this one, carries the same five cross-cutting requirements. They are graded, not optional.

  • AI Fluency
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Ethics and African Context
  • Human-Advantage Skills
  • Enterprise

Includes 12 months paid work-integrated learning

Placement across one school system and one employer training function. Read the co-op commitment

Am I eligible?

Check yourself against the published requirements

7 questions written specifically for Learning Design and Human Capability. Every answer is checked against a requirement Forward has published, and the result tells you which page that requirement comes from. Indicative only, the admissions office decides on your full file.

Question 1 of 70%

What is the highest qualification you hold or are completing?

Requirement tested: A completed upper-secondary qualification (UACE, A-level, IB, high-school diploma or recognised equivalent), or a post-secondary award.

Structure

How the 4 years run

  1. 01

    Year 1

    Foundations and Forward Core

    • Learning science
    • Measurement and statistics
    • Forward Core
  2. 02

    Year 2

    Design and assessment

    • Instructional design
    • Assessment validity
    • Education technology
  3. 03

    Year 3

    Co-op

    • 12 months paid work-integrated learning
    • Classroom and workplace practice
    • Assessed employer review
  4. 04

    Year 4

    Capstone and enterprise

    • Programme design capstone with transfer data
    • Systems and policy
    • Forward Core: enterprise