what is badge the uk?
Badge the UK is a new project which aims to create a currency
for young people using Open Badges.
Badge The UK is a new project supported by Nominet Trust. It is a collaboration between innovative charities, teachers, awarding bodies, education hackers and employers. All the partners are united around one simple need for a new way to recognise all of a young peoples talents, not just the narrow measure of exam results.
Together we are working to define and recognise the skills young people need to flourish in life and work. We aim to create a new digital skills currency which raises the value of authentic learning and uses the web to connect young people to opportunities for education, jobs and fun!
We're recognising these skills with Mozilla Open Badges, a new open standard for rewarding achievement which is rapidly gaining international momentum.
They provide a new way for learners to gain recognition for skills and share them across the web. Find out more about Open Badges here.
We invite you to join the Badge The UK project. You can start by pledging your support for the project. You could, for example, provide a real-world brief from your business or event design and launch your own badge to our network of schools and after schools clubs.
START YOUR OPEN BADGE JOURNEY
BADGES YOU CAN EARN THROUGHOUT THE UK