The School for Change Agents is back with a bang for it’s tenth anniversary!
We’re so excited to bring you a new run of school that’s packed full of new content – so if you’re joining for the first time or if you’ve joined us every year for the last 10 years – there’s new learning for everyone.
This course is all about teaching you how to be a Change Agent. A Change Agent is someone who can see that things could be different, they have the passion and skills to make change happen. The school will help you to:
- Unleash the power within yourself and your teams.
- Learn from real-world examples of Change Agents who’ve made a real impact.
- And explore how to ‘rock the boat’ without falling out!
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The School for Change Agents Celebration Report!
We are delighted to share the #S4CA celebration report 2022: Celebrating 9 years of a social movement.
Discover the global impact of the School and hear from the Alumni who were inspired
What you will learn
The School for Change Agents by NHS Horizons is a free, online, self-paced course designed for health and care staff at any level to build the confidence and community to unleash their inner change agent!
The School for Change Agents takes place on FutureLearn. There are five interactive sessions to complete.
Each session includes a range of articles and videos that feature people like you talking about their own experiences of creating change.
How to take part
School is free to join, and to take part in. All you need is an internet connection. The sessions are arranged into ‘bite-sized’ chunks so that you can complete them in your own time, and in your own way. You can take part on a computer, tablet or mobile device. Join us now!
How to Upgrade
We are delighted to offer NHS or social care workers a free upgrade thanks to our partnership with NHS England and Futurelearn!
This means that you get unlimited access to complete the School and will receive a digital CPD certificate on your course completion.
Everyone taking part in the School has five weeks from when they start to complete the sessions. If you’d like to extend your access, you can upgrade for a small fee.
Once again, if you work for the NHS or in social care, you can get an upgrade at no cost to you thanks to a partnership we have with FutureLearn.
To upgrade you need to:
- Check you meet the eligibility criteria
- Visit: https://verify.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/ to verify your account and receive the upgrade.
- If you have already registered on FutureLearn, you will need to register on the verify service with the same email address to enable us to match your account.
- To make the process easier, use your NHS or work email so the system can identify you for your free upgrade.
We strongly recommend that you do this before or as you start School on FutureLearn. You must do this before your access to School expires (which is five weeks after you first access the School).
This offer is available on a select number of courses offered by the NHS on FutureLearn. It does not entitle you to free upgrades on any other course.
We are no longer able to offer upgrade for people who took part in the previous School runs from 2022 and those who missed their upgrade deadline from November 2023. If you have an issue with a failed upgrade please contact: support@futurelearn.com
The School is free for everyone to participate. If you are not eligible for an upgrade but want to take part free of charge, when registering for the course ensure you select the limited access option. This will give you 5 weeks to complete the course from the time you registered:
Engagement Pack:
We’ve created a one stop shop for everything you need to help promote and spread the word about the School for Change Agents! For images, newsletter copy, and social media assets check out our engagement pack.
Build your network
The lively community of fellow learners on FutureLearn (as well as on Twitter, and in the Facebook group) means that you not only gain a wealth of useful knowledge, you can also build your networks and learn from each other as you reflect on how you can use the skills you’ve gained to take action.
Live sessions
Alongside the FutureLearn sessions, we held three live webinars. These were optional and were a way to interact with concepts and themes covered in the FutureLearn sessions. They have been recorded and you can watch them via YouTube on the link below.
Listen to our podcast
If you enjoyed School, you may also appreciate our podcast, which goes “behind the scenes” with the team who are responsible for School. You can also access transcripts of the podcast.