Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Artificial Intelligence

This Level 2 Foundation Certificate in AI is ideal for building confidence with AI at work or in study. Some of the key course outcomes include:

• Confident, safe first use of AI for everyday work (email, notes, documents).
• Effective prompting habits (structure, context, iteration) with a reusable mini-prompt library.
• Time saved on routine tasks via drafting, tidying, summarising and simple transformations
• Quality assurance skills: checking outputs for accuracy, bias and harmful content before use.
• Data awareness and guardrails: knowing what you can/can’t share, plus simple escalation routes.
• A practical personal productivity workflow you can apply immediately in your role or studies.
• Live mini-project: plan and complete a small, real task that demonstrates measurable improvement.
• Portfolio artefacts: a short project write-up, prompts used, before/after examples, and basic impact metrics you can show to employers.
• Career positioning: guidance to present skills on your CV, LinkedIn and in interviews (skills summary, project bullets, evidence of value).
• Progression ready: Employer-verifiable digital credentials plus a clear baseline to step further into AI skills with reduced ramp-up time.

• AI foundations & mindset: plain language basics; strengths/limits; “AI-as-helper” approach
• Tools for everyday productivity: where different tools fit; picking the right one for the job
• Prompting skills: structure, context, iteration; build a simple prompt library
• Day-one tasks: draft, tidy and summarise content across common office scenarios
• Safety & ethics: privacy and data sensitivity, accuracy and bias checks, and appropriate use at work and at home
• Hands-on mini-project: plan and complete a small, real improvement; record before/after
• Career & signalling: how to present skills and project impact on CV and LinkedIn

Our self-paced eLearning option is designed to fit around busy work or study schedules. It typically takes around 8 hours to complete in total, but you can break this into short, flexible sessions and move through the content at your own pace.

You’ll follow a structured set of modules, so you always know what to do next, while keeping the freedom to pause and pick up again whenever it suits you.

Typical total time: ~8 hours (self-paced, in short sessions)

You won’t need to sit for a formal exam. Instead, you’ll complete short knowledge checks, practical activities, and a final quiz to confirm what you’ve learned and how you can apply it.

On successful completion, you’ll receive an employer-verifiable digital badge and certificate. You’ll also be able to add your achievement to your LinkedIn profile.

• Assessment format: Short checks, practical activities and final quiz
• On completion: Digital badge + certificate + LinkedIn shareable credential