01 / DEFINE
Start with the capability need.
Clarify the audience, strategic problem, desired capability and measurable outcomes.
ASTRAAL ACADEMY / CUSTOM ACADEMIES
Build the Academy
Your Organisation Needs.
Not every capability challenge belongs inside a standard programme catalogue. Astraal Custom Academies bring learning, applied experience, assessment, credentials, evidence and progression together around a defined audience, strategic mission or capability need.
DiscoverArchitect
CurateDeliver
DemonstrateRecognise
Progress
02 / DESIGN
Architect the journey.
Combine programmes, experiences, assessment and progression into a coherent pathway.
03 / ACTIVATE
Put capability into practice.
Move learners from structured learning into projects, workplace application and evidence.
04 / SCALE
Grow an ecosystem.
Extend the Academy as needs evolve across people, roles, cohorts, institutions or business units.
You bring the mission.
We architect the capability ecosystem.
We architect the capability ecosystem.
A Custom Academy is not simply a collection of courses under a new name. It is a designed operating model for developing capability around a defined context.
The architecture can connect what people need to learn, what they need to practise, what they need to demonstrate, how achievement is recognised and where that capability can lead next.
This makes the Academy adaptable without losing the clarity of a structured learner journey.
THE CUSTOM ACADEMY ARCHITECTURE
Design the whole journey, not just the content.
Each layer can be configured independently and then connected into one operating model.
01 / AUDIENCE
Who is the Academy for?
Define the people, roles, cohorts and progression stages the Academy is designed to serve.
ConfigureAudience → role/context → entry point → progression level
02 / CAPABILITY
What must they be able to do?
Translate strategic needs into capability areas, outcomes and development priorities.
ConfigureNeed → capability → outcome → evidence of capability
03 / LEARNING
How will capability be developed?
Curate programmes, workshops, masterclasses, bootcamps and other learning experiences.
ConfigureCapability → experience → sequence → pathway
04 / APPLICATION
Where will they apply it?
Build practical experiences that move beyond knowledge into execution, problem-solving and delivery.
ConfigureLearn → practise → build → demonstrate
05 / PROOF
How will achievement be recognised?
Connect assessment, evidence, credentials, badges and portfolios to the intended capability outcomes.
ConfigureAssess → verify → recognise → record
06 / PROGRESSION
What happens next?
Connect demonstrated capability to further learning, opportunities, roles, pathways or organisational priorities.
ConfigureProof → opportunity → progression → next capability
WHAT CAN BE CUSTOMISED?
Shape the Academy around the real context.
Customisation can happen at the audience, capability, experience, delivery, evidence and progression levels.
01 / PEOPLE & CONTEXT
Design for the people who will use it.
Different cohorts can have different entry points, depth, pace, experience and progression logic.
02 / CAPABILITY DOMAINS
Build around the capability problem.
Use the Academy ecosystem across technology, data, business, leadership, human and future capabilities, while allowing domain-specific architecture where the context demands it.
03 / EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Choose how people learn and apply.
Combine structured learning with applied experiences so the Academy is not dependent on a single format.
04 / RECOGNITION & PROGRESSION
Define what successful capability looks like.
Connect achievement to assessment, evidence, credentials, portfolios, readiness and next-step opportunities.
FROM BRIEF TO OPERATING ACADEMY
One architecture. Eight connected moves.
The Custom Academy process turns a capability requirement into a structured ecosystem that can be launched, measured and evolved.
01
Discover
Understand the mission, audience and capability problem.
02
Define
Set outcomes, capability areas and success conditions.
03
Architect
Design the pathways, experiences and progression logic.
04
Curate
Select or create the right learning and applied experiences.
05
Activate
Launch cohorts, pathways, projects and delivery environments.
06
Assess
Observe achievement through assessment and evidence.
07
Recognise
Issue appropriate recognition and build capability records.
08
Evolve
Use outcomes, gaps and changing needs to improve the Academy.
ACADEMY MODELS
Different contexts. One capability logic.
A Custom Academy can be configured for different environments without losing the underlying Learn → Build → Prove → Progress architecture.
Build an institution-wide capability ecosystem.
Connect student development, faculty capability, applied learning, credentials and progression around institutional priorities.
Build workforce capability around strategic priorities.
Align role-based development, upskilling, reskilling, leadership and applied business problems into a coherent Academy.
Build around a specialised capability mission.
Create a focused ecosystem for a particular sector, profession, transformation agenda, community or emerging capability need.
Build with multiple capability contributors.
Bring together Academy content, institutions, industry experts, employers and ecosystem partners around a shared pathway.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Purpose-built for different missions.
The same Custom Academy architecture can serve different stakeholders because the design begins with context rather than a fixed catalogue.
01 / EDUCATION
Students & early talent.
Create pathways that connect learning, projects, evidence, credentials and career progression.
02 / WORKFORCE
Professionals & teams.
Build capability around changing roles, technology adoption, productivity, transformation and skill gaps.
03 / LEADERSHIP
Managers & executives.
Develop leadership, strategic, digital and transformation capability through contextual experiences.
04 / ECOSYSTEMS
Institutions & partners.
Coordinate multiple stakeholders around shared capability outcomes and opportunity pathways.
KEEP THE BOUNDARIES CLEAR
Custom Academy is not just a custom programme.
The distinction matters because an Academy is an operating ecosystem, while a programme is one structured capability journey inside it.
PROGRAMME
A defined journey.
Designed to develop a specific set of capabilities through a structured sequence of learning and application.
BUILD EXPERIENCE
An application layer.
Designed to turn learning into practical work, evidence, demonstration and experience.
CUSTOM ACADEMY
The operating ecosystem.
Connects multiple pathways, audiences, experiences, proof mechanisms and progression routes around a defined mission.
SYMBIOS™
The delivery environment.
Provides the eventual learning, assessment, activity, evidence and capability-data environment behind the Academy journey.
ACADEMY → SYMBIOS™ → SKILLSPHERE™
From designed Academy to living capability.
The Academy marketplace provides the architecture and entry point. SymbiOS™ can provide the learning and delivery environment, while SkillSphere™ can become part of the capability identity and progression layer.
ACADEMY
Architect & Discover
Define the Academy, publish pathways, connect offerings and give people a clear route into the capability ecosystem.
→
SYMBIOS™
Learn, Apply & Evidence
Deliver learning, activities, assessment and evidence while the learner progresses through the designed pathway.
EVIDENCE
Recognise & Record
Bring achievement, verification, evidence and portfolio outputs into a coherent capability story.
→
SKILLSPHERE™
Connect & Progress
Carry capability into opportunity, readiness, career pathways and the wider ecosystem.
WHAT THE ORGANISATION GETS
Not another content library. An operating capability layer.
A Custom Academy creates a reusable architecture that can evolve as the organisation's capability requirements change.
01
Clarity
A defined capability architecture instead of disconnected interventions.
02
Continuity
A journey that connects learning, application, evidence and progression.
03
Visibility
A clearer view of participation, achievement, evidence and capability development.
04
Adaptability
An Academy that can evolve without rebuilding the entire capability ecosystem.
ASTRAAL ACADEMY / CUSTOM ACADEMIES
Don't fit your mission into a catalogue.
Build the Academy around it.
Tell us the people, capability challenge, strategic outcome or ecosystem you are trying to build. We can translate that requirement into a structured Academy architecture — from learning and applied experience through proof, recognition and progression.