Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) - Level 3

CoPE provides a framework for the development, assessment and accreditation of generic and wider key skills and wider activities, through a nationally recognised qualification at Level 3. The qualification offers imaginative ways of accrediting young people’s activities frequently undertaken as a central part of the post-16 experience. It promotes and allows students to record a wide range of personal qualities, abilities and achievements, as well as introducing them to new activities and challenges.

Structure

Students choose challenges from the following six modules:

• Active Citizenship
• Work Related Activities
• Career Planning
• Global Awareness
• Enrichment Activities
• Extended Project

Students gain credits for challenges completed with two credits awarded for 20 hours of activity, three credits for 30 hours and five credits for 50 hours. Students must gain a minimum of 15 credits to complete the full qualification, choosing challenges from at least three modules.

Students will be expected to develop increasing independence, taking control of the planning with guidance from the tutor to produce a portfolio of evidence, which should demonstrate competence in the Wider Key Skills (Working with Others, Improving Own Learning and Performance and Problem Solving) at Level 3 and the units Planning and Carrying Out Research, Communicating through Discussion and Planning and Giving an Oral Presentation at Level 3.

Status and Progression

CoPE at Level 3 has recognition from UCAS and is worth 70 UCAS points (roughly equivalent to an A grade at AS Level).