Cognassist plays a pivotal role in helping Estio support our learners to achieve successful outcomes. Their formalised and tailored approach means we can offer additional bespoke support to learners with differing individual needs, including identifying neurodivergent learners, who may otherwise not have been identified as quickly.
Our data shows that the attainment rates of Estio learners with SEND requirements are at the same level or higher as their mainstream peers, and it is because of Cognassist that we’ve been able to put the early intervention in place for those that need it.
Nichola Hay COO
Estio
As a relatively new partner of Cognassist, we have placed the software at the heart of our additional learning support offer. Providing our delivery team with a comprehensive assessment and support tool is one of the key reasons we invested in the system.
The service from the team at Cognassist has been excellent and already we are seeing really positive impacts for our apprentices.
Allan Milne Director of Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement
Salford City College
LDN Apprenticeships is an Ofsted Outstanding training provider, on a mission to create opportunities for diverse talent to realise their potential.
Cognassist has played an important role in our provision of world class support, offering the opportunity for all of our apprentices to access the assessment and for those who ‘match’ the system offers invaluable, innovative and extremely useful strategies that help them to cope with the challenges they face as they learn and build their careers.
The system has also enlightened our team of Skills Coaches, introducing them to the world of neurodiversity and helping them to support our learners to thrive in both their personal and professional lives.
We are proud to be working with Cognassist to raise awareness of neurodiversity and to support our neurodiverse learners.
Simon Bozzoli Founder & CEO
LDN Apprenticeships
Our mission at Acacia Training is to make education accessible for all. So many learners come to us feeling like they can't learn, our job is to show them that they just haven't been given the right tools for the job yet. Cognassist plays a huge part in this, it allows us to gain insight into each individual learner and support them in recognising their strengths and understanding why other tasks are more challenging. It's amazing to see learners light up when they gain their results and suddenly the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Cognassist builds confidence and supports development in a way that impacts all aspects of an individual's life, making learners more engaged with education and employment.
Our responsibility, and privilege, as educators is to help our learners gain all of the skills they need for life and work, now and for the future. If we don't give them the fundamental tools of understanding how they learn, how can we expect anyone to achieve their full potential?
Victoria Sylvester CEO
Acacia Training
Utilising a digital cognitive assessment enables Busy Bees Education and Training (BBET) to begin learners on their learning journey with insight into how they think and learn supporting a successful start to their educational journey.
By identifying neurodiverse challenges individual learners face it empowers BBET to collaborate with stakeholders, agreeing reasonable adjustments; supporting a 360-degree approach, maxamising distance travelled and a positive impact to learning.
BBET motivate all learners to engage in Cognassist strategies further championing their individual learning needs providing them with real life coping strategies within work, life and education aiding them to develop, learn and progress at their own individual pace.
Samantha Parker Head of Operations
Busy Bees Education and Training
Here at Just IT, we have found Cognassist to be of great benefit to our learners. The platform provides clear navigation through the learning journey and supports the tutors in planning and supporting learners who have matched with a neurodiverse learning need.
Of the learners who have undertaken their EPA while using the platform, 40% gained a distinction grade with Cognassist benefitting their learning and success in this area.
Simon Perriton Founder & Group CEO
JustIT
The implementation of Cognassist within our organisation has significantly impacted on our ability to ensure we are more inclusive in our delivery. As an independent training provider who have a commitment to learning to be "instinctively inclusive" by 2023.
Cognassist has enabled us to learn much more about celebrating individual differences, providing reasonable adjustments, making changes to our operations to allow for flexible and more bespoke delivery to meet needs and embedding a robust continuous professional development strategy for our team. This has improved staff engagement and satisfaction and learner satisfaction. Who knew that the Cognassist platform would help us initiate the start of our journey and give us the grounding to build upon.
Claire Gardner Managing Director
Dynamic Training
... and their learners!
I enjoy using Cognassist because the topics are very useful and relate well into a
working situation, e.g. how to present your information in a clear and concise way
or how to write emails in a professional way.
I can be quite a shy person so the strategies relating to conversations are a real big
help. Cognassist is suitable for anyone to help them achieve skills and handle
everyday situations better.
Lois
Youthforce Learner
I'm a very visual learner. With my apprenticeship, I'd struggle with new information. But with Cognassist, the information you get is broken down into short chunks and easy to understand.
My answers to questions got better and stronger and I'm a lot more confident in my knowledge of hospitality through the different skills I've learnt through Cognassist.
Lauren
RNN Apprentice
Cognassist's strategies help me in both my work as an apprentice and in my everyday life. I like that it's easy and simple to use and has everything I need to succeed. You pick things up and use them day to day.
Cognassist has been so useful to me. I'd recommend the platform to anyone who wants to improve their learning.
Adam
YMCA Apprentice
I’ve never used a platform like this before, but I have to say it’s really, really helped me. The best thing about Cognassist is that you’re learning and getting a quiz. Other platforms will just give you a topic to research on and then test you on it, Cognassist teaches you and then gives you a quiz to check you understood. Cognassist also has great takeaway resources, I keep every single one! These resources really, really help me a lot.
Khadija
Get Set Academy Learner
I like that it is very informative and how visual it is. It’s all very clearly explained, and it helps me easily understand my strategies. I also really like the “Take Action” section, I even print the resources and use them long after the module is completed.
Ewelina
SERCO Learner
I really have enjoyed Cognassist and I’m glad I get to do it every month. I love it so much that I wish I could even do some of the strategies and even the assessment with my own students. A lot of my students are going into doing apprenticeships and finishing secondary school, I always advise them that if they have a chance to do Cognassist, they should jump at the chance to do it. Cognassist really has helped me and changed how I approach situations.
Caroline
Train Together Learner
The strategies are short and sweet. It’s motivating to know that I don’t have to spend 10 hours watching videos to learn and complete a new strategy, it takes only a few minutes which isn’t much of my time at all. I also find them very informative and helpful.
Tadala
Paragon Skills Learner
Cognassist helps me self-evaluate a lot more and really take stock of situations.
Kelly
GP Strategies Learner
It did take me a while to see why Cognassist is important but now I really enjoy all the new things I learn. One of the things that stands out for me is that it’s in video formats which are also quite short which makes it easier for me to understand and learn.
Dave
Dove Nest Learner
At first, I was a little bit sceptical about Cognassist. But after getting into the strategies shared every month, I came to see the benefits I got from it. I especially appreciate the email reminders that I get because I’m usually so busy with other things.
Tawanda
GP Strategies Learner
Cognassist is probably one of the easiest things I’ve had to learn how to use. Initially, I thought Cognassist would be something extra to do on top of my course, but I came to realize that it isn’t additional work at all.
Georgina
Learning Curve Learner
I find Cognassist quite easy and very informative. It’s nice that the videos and tasks are very relatable to me.
Kausar
City Training Services Learner
The strategies that I've been given work and are helpful with my job. Sometimes I find myself struggling to do a task at work and will realise, it’s not coming to me easily because of this part of my brain. It just reinforces that the more I practise the skills, and are more mindful about them, it helps me.
Liesel
Train Together Learner
Cognassist has really helped me develop my organisation and timing skills. The modules that Cognassist have presented to me in the past year have helped me to learn about the best methods of keeping track of time when either in or outside of work and how to make the most of this time. These modules I believe will prove to be very beneficial should I do very well in later life like becoming a manager or starting my own company.
Louie
City of Bristol College Learner
I will always recommend Cognassist to other learners because they've got so many things to gain from it. I'll say, if there is any learner that hasn't been able to get assessed through Cognassist, I'm very sure that they are missing out and that their education is lacking. I’m not blowing the Cognassist trumpet, but it really has helped me tremendously.
Emmanuel
The Learning Enterprise Learner
Keeley talks to Dan
In this interview Keeley Makings, Continuous Improvement Manager at Ixion, speaks to Dan, a Level 4 Employability Apprentice. They discuss his challenges in education, struggling with math and how Cognassist has helped him.
As he says himself, “Cognassist is like the cement that holds bricks together in terms of learning”.