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Purpose
Define the strategic or developmental reason for the Academy.
Academy Design defines the purpose, population, capability mandate, operating model and governance that make an Academy coherent before programmes, experiences and credentials are configured.
A credible Academy starts with an explicit design brief. The design should explain why the Academy exists, who it serves, what capability matters and how success will be understood.
A structured design record prevents an Academy becoming an arbitrary collection of courses and activities.
Define the strategic or developmental reason for the Academy.
Define eligibility, learner contexts, organisational context and access model.
Define the capabilities the Academy exists to develop.
Configure LEARN → BUILD → OPPORTUNITIES → CREDENTIALS.
Define people, roles, partners, workflows and stewardship.
Define evidence, quality, privacy, access, assessment and recognition rules.
Each Academy should make its consequential decisions visible rather than burying them inside implementation.
Who can enter, under what conditions and with what identity assurance.
Which capabilities are in scope and how they relate.
Which BUILD experiences are appropriate to the mandate.
Which external or internal opportunity pathways are relevant.
What achievement is assessed, recognised and verified.
Which evidence and outcomes are used to understand progress.
A defined reason exists for the Academy.
The design reflects the actual population and context.
Capability definitions connect to learning and experience.
The four operating layers reinforce one another.
Roles, evidence and controls are defined.
The Academy can be activated and maintained.