Short Courses (multiple titles)

About this course

What are they?

ASDAN Short Courses are flexible, portfolio-based programmes designed to accredit up to 60 hours of activity and skills development across a range of topics and curriculum areas.

Who are they for?

Short Courses are widely used in formal and non-formal settings, mainly by 13-19 year olds. Because they are multi-level, the focus is on completing challenges and skills development according to individual ability, rather than attainment at a specific level.

Facts and Figures

Flexible, multi-level award.
Internally moderated.
Accredits 10-60 hours of activities.
Can count as up to 3 of the credits needed to achieve the Personal Development Programmes.
Can count as up to 6 of the credits needed to achieve the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness.
Also offers progression to Award of Personal Effectiveness and Wider Key Skills.

E-portfolio option

All ASDAN Short Courses are available online via the ASDAN e-portfolio system. This online platform allows learners to complete their chosen Short Courses online by completing challenges, recording skills development and uploading evidence.

Tutors can log in to assign challenges, view learner progress, assess portfolios and request certificates for their learners.

Costs

All costs shown below are per candidate, unless otherwise stated. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

Item	Price
Student Book	£9.00
Certificate	£2.35

There are more than 30 programmes to choose from:

Careers and Experiencing Work Short Course
Enterprise Short Course
Leadership Short Course
Volunteering Short Course

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Products

Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Courses student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Courses. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Courses comprise six modules:

Activities – creative
Activities – sport
Activities – anything goes!
Peer tutoring – one-to-one support
Peer tutoring – supporting a group
Peer tutoring – supporting a group with development work

Stock code: AAASWB

£9.00

Adventure and Residential Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Adventure and Residential Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Adventure and Residential Short Course comprises four modules:

Off on a trip – planning and going
Aspects of trips and visits
Museums, galleries and heritage
Evaluation

Stock code: ARASWB

£9.00

Animal Care Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Animal Care Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Animal Care Short Course comprises seven modules:

Animal investigation
Safety around animals
Looking after animals
Animals in trouble
Animals in the media
Animals and the law
Careers in working with animals

Stock code: ACSWB

£9.00

Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Courses student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Courses. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Courses comprise six modules:

Activities – creative
Activities – sport
Activities – anything goes!
Peer tutoring – one-to-one support
Peer tutoring – supporting a group
Peer tutoring – supporting a group with development work

Stock code: AAASWB

£9.00

Adventure and Residential Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Adventure and Residential Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Adventure and Residential Short Course comprises four modules:

Off on a trip – planning and going
Aspects of trips and visits
Museums, galleries and heritage
Evaluation

Stock code: ARASWB

£9.00

Animal Care Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Animal Care Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Animal Care Short Course comprises seven modules:

Animal investigation
Safety around animals
Looking after animals
Animals in trouble
Animals in the media
Animals and the law
Careers in working with animals

Stock code: ACSWB

£9.00

Beliefs and Values Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Beliefs and Values Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Beliefs and Values Short Course comprises six modules:

Values, beliefs and decision-making
Environment
Crime and punishment
Peace and conflict
Beliefs and practice
Inspiration

£9.00

Careers and Experiencing Work Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Careers and Experiencing Work Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Careers and Experiencing Work Short Course comprises seven modules:

Self-development
Career exploration
Career management
Considering Higher Education
Considering apprenticeships
Preparing for the workplace
Being at work

£9.00

Citizenship Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Citizenship Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Citizenship Short Course comprises six modules:

Rights and responsibilities
Community and volunteering
Government and democracy
Law and order
Finance
Global citizenship

£9.00

Computing Vocational Taster student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Computing Vocational Taster. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Computing Vocational Taster contains modules in:

Infrastructure
Digital Media and Content
Web Development
Programming
Health and Safety in Computing
Careers in Computing

£9.00

Construction Vocational Taster student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Construction Vocational Taster. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Construction Vocational Taster contains modules in:

General Construction Operations
Bricklaying
Carpentry and Joinery
Painting and Decorative Finishing
Health and Safety in the Construction Sector
Careers in the Construction Sector

£9.00

English Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the English Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The English Short Course comprises six modules:

Developing communication skills
Speaking and listening
Reading and writing styles
Reading for pleasure
Writing for a purpose
Reading for a purpose

£9.00

Enterprise Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Enterprise Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Enterprise Short Course comprises six modules:

Your entrepreneurial skills
Generating enterprising ideas
Enterprise planning
Enterprise and business
Your enterprise in action
Your enterprise evaluation

Stock code: UBEWBC

£9.00

Environmental Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Environmental Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Environmental Short Course comprises six modules:

My environment – review and awareness raising
The atmospheric environment
The built environment
The natural environment
The wider environment
My environment – managing and monitoring

£9.00

Expressive Arts Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Expressive Arts Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Short Course contains five modules:

Explore
Experiment
Develop
Reflect
Careers in the arts

£9.00

FoodWise Short Course student book

This student book contains the curriculum for the FoodWise Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Short Course contains seven modules:

Healthy eating
Basic food safety
Food preparation and presentation
Cooking on a budget
Entertaining
The food industry
Practical cooking skills

£9.00

Football Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Football Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Football Short Course comprises seven modules:

Football participation
Health, fitness and nutrition
Researching football
Football in the community
Coaching and officiating
The environment
Working in football

£9.00

Gardening Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Gardening Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Gardening Short Course comprises eight modules:

Planting in the garden
Growing food on the allotment
Working under cover
Wildlife in the garden
Using your produce in the kitchen
Construction in the garden
Art in the garden
Careers in gardening

Stock code: GARSWB

£9.00

Geography Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Geography Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Geography Short Course comprises nine modules:

My place
Food, energy, waste
Physical processes
Sport and leisure
Holidays
Global interdependence
The BRICS
Big issues
Why do people move?

Stock code: GSWB

£9.00

Hair and Beauty Vocational Taster student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Hair and Beauty Vocational Taster. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Hair and Beauty Vocational Taster contains modules in:

Customer Service
Nail Services
Basic Hairdressing Techniques
Basic Facial Treatments
Health and Safety in Hair and Beauty
Careers in Hair and Beauty

£9.00

History Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the History Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The History Short Course comprises six modules:

Local history
British history – our island stories
Britain, the empire and the world
History from below
European history
History in the world

Stock code: HSWB

£9.00

Hospitality Vocational Taster student book

The Hospitality Vocational Taster contains modules in:

Hospitality Services
Food and Beverage Service
Housekeeping and Front Office Services
Events
Food Safety and Health and Safety in Hospitality
Careers in Hospitality

Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

£9.00

Land-based Sector Vocational Taster student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Land-based Vocational Taster. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Land-based Sector Vocational Taster contains modules in:

Agriculture
Animal Care
Horticulture
Environment and Land Management
Health and Safety in the Land-based Sector
Careers in the Land-based Sector

£9.00

Languages Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Languages Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Languages Short Course comprises six modules:

It's my life (my world and the world about me)
Just getting in touch (communication and interaction)
The perfect host (hosts, visitors and local knowledge)
What's it like over there? (lifestyles)
My language (sounds, spelling, pronunciation and intonation)
What's going on? (contemporary culture)
Imagine (creativity and open topics)

Stock code: LANSWB

£9.00

Leadership Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Leadership Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Short Course contains four modules:

Develop leadership skills
Be a leader
Review your leadership
Support new leaders

Please note: this Short Course has been updated for 2019

If you wish to order copies of the previous version (dated 2015), please state this in the special instructions box when ordering.

Stock code: LSWB

£9.00

Living Independently Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Living Independently Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Living Independently Short Course comprises nine modules:

Earning and spending money
Keeping track of your money
Making financial choices
A place of your own
Health and wellbeing
Cooking on a budget
Practical cooking skills
Career management
Preparing for the world of work

Stock code: LIVSWB

£9.00

Manufacturing Vocational Taster student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Manufacturing Vocational Taster. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Manufacturing Vocational Taster contains 6 modules:

Understanding Manufacturing
Product Design
Manufacturing Logistics
Making Stuff
Health and Safety in the Manufacturing Sector
Careers in the Manufacturing Sector

£9.00

Mathematics Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Mathematics Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Mathematics Short Course comprises six modules:

Probability and statistics
Money
Number
Geometry and measure
Algebra
Mathematical discovery

Stock code: MA2SWB

£9.00

Peer Mentoring Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Peer Mentoring Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Peer Mentoring Short Course comprises four modules:

Peer mentoring training
Peer mentoring practice
Peer mentoring review
Peer mentoring leadership

Stock code: PMASWB

£9.00

Personal Finance Short Course student book

The student book contains the curriculum for the Personal Finance Short Course. Each learner will need their own copy of the student book.

The Personal Finance Short Course comprises four modules:

Money in and money out
Keeping track
Looking ahead
Choices, choices
From the local to the global

Stock code: PFWBC

£9.00

PSHE resource folder with dividers

£8.25

PSHE Short Course resource pack: full

The PSHE Short Course tutor resource pack enables the delivery of high quality PSHE lessons and supports non-specialist teachers. The resource includes detailed session plans and supporting resources (eg worksheets, PowerPoints, information sheets). The resource pack is presented in a ringbinder with tabbed dividers.