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Every program starts from work you already do and ends with something you can show. Filter by where you are, not by what sounds impressive.

All programs

Every program starts from work you already do and ends with something you can show. Filter by where you are, not by what sounds impressive.

11 programs

  • foundationsOpen for interest

    AI 101

    Foundational AI literacy: what modern systems can and cannot do, how to use them safely, and how to apply them to everyday work.

    Audience
    Anyone starting from zero — no technical background required
    • Explain how modern AI systems actually produce their output
    • Judge when a task suits AI and when it does not
    • Use AI safely on real work without exposing private information
  • foundationsOpen for interest

    Beyond the Prompt

    Move from one-off prompts to context, reusable workflows and effective collaboration with an AI assistant over long pieces of work.

    Audience
    Working professionals who already use AI tools occasionally
    • Build reusable prompt and context patterns for recurring work
    • Structure a long task so an AI assistant stays on track
    • Review and correct AI output against your own standards
  • advancedOpen for interest

    Intro to Agentic AI

    Understand how AI agents plan, use tools, exchange context and complete multi-step work — and where a human has to stay in the loop.

    Audience
    Professionals and operators evaluating agentic tools
    • Describe how an agent plans and calls tools to finish a task
    • Identify which multi-step work is safe to delegate
    • Design human checkpoints into an automated workflow
  • creatorsOpen for interest

    iCreate

    Use AI across writing, design, audio and video while keeping authorship, judgement and creative standards firmly with you.

    Audience
    Creators, marketers, storytellers and independent media makers
    • Produce finished work across text, image, audio and video
    • Keep a recognisable creative voice while using AI tools
    • Disclose and document AI use in professional creative work
  • athletesOpen for interest

    Beyond the Game with AI

    Help athletes translate discipline, leadership and personal brand into AI-enabled career and business opportunity after competition.

    Audience
    Student, collegiate, professional and former athletes
    • Name and evidence the transferable strengths built in sport
    • Apply AI to career search, personal brand and business ideas
    • Build a portfolio that reads to employers outside sport
  • youthOpen for interest

    AI for Kids & Teens

    Age-appropriate AI literacy built around safety, curiosity, critical thinking and making things rather than consuming them.

    Audience
    Learners aged roughly 10–17, with educator and parent guidance
    • Recognise AI-generated content and question what it claims
    • Use AI tools within clear safety and privacy boundaries
    • Build and present a small project of their own
  • businessOpen for interest

    AI for Small Businesses

    Apply AI to marketing, operations, customer service, research and everyday decision support inside a business that has no IT department.

    Audience
    Owners, operators and small teams
    • Pick the two or three tasks where AI pays back fastest
    • Set up practical tooling without new headcount
    • Protect customer data while using AI day to day
  • advancedOpen for interest

    Growth & Automation

    Design advanced repeatable workflows, automations, measurement and governance for an organisation that is already growing.

    Audience
    Operations, growth and technology leads
    • Map a process and automate the parts that should be automated
    • Instrument the result so you can prove it worked
    • Put governance around AI use before it becomes a liability
  • youthIn development

    Virtual Homeschool with AI

    A structured at-home learning pathway for homeschool families, pairing AI literacy with core subject work under parent direction.

    Audience
    Homeschool families and co-operatives
    • Follow a structured at-home AI literacy sequence
    • Keep parents in control of pacing and subject coverage
    • Produce project work that evidences what was learned
  • advancedOpen for interest

    Human & Robotic Relations 101

    Move from observing automation to leading alongside it through practical work with robotics, spatial computing, agentic AI and Human-in-the-Loop systems.

    Audience
    Professionals, educators and workforce leaders preparing for human-machine collaboration
    • Audit legacy job roles and tasks for automation vulnerability
    • Design Human-in-the-Loop checkpoints for autonomous systems
    • Evaluate automation through safety, ethics and consumer-rights lenses
  • businessOpen for interest

    AI-Powered Business Development

    Turn manual prospecting into an AI-orchestrated growth system spanning account research, personalized outreach, qualification and closing.

    Audience
    Growth leaders, account executives, founders and business strategists
    • Use AI for deep account research and market intelligence
    • Build personalized multi-channel prospecting workflows
    • Shorten sales cycles while preserving high-touch relationships