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Licensing

A licence to develop your people — without compromise.

A WRIA licence invites your organisation to adopt the work-applied learning model as its own way of developing people — delivered entirely online through WRIA’s platform and coordinated in-house by your own certified administrators, under the Institute’s standards and quality assurance.

An Alliance

A WRIA licence is an alliance — not a franchise, and not an off-the-shelf training package. It is an invitation to become a custodian of a proven change model, and a responsibility to offer it without compromise.

The Relationship

A three-party model

Each licence aligns three roles around a single standard of practice — clear ownership, clear accountability, consistent delivery.

01
Licensor

WRIA

Owns and refines the work-applied learning model
Hosts the online platform and reviews participants’ work centrally
Certifies your administrators and provides quality assurance
02
Licensee

Your Organisation

Holds the WRIA programme licence
Runs the programmes in-house on WRIA’s online platform, coordinated by its certified administrators
Operates under WRIA standards and quality assurance
03
Participants

Your Employees

Identify a real challenge in their own role
Undertake a work-based project through the WAL formula
Evidence their development through triangulated feedback
Eligibility

Four standards.
No exceptions.

Licences are granted to organisations with the standing and the seriousness to deliver the model as it is intended. Every licensee meets four standards.

01

Defined Organisational Focus

Licensees operate within established sectors — such as healthcare, finance, engineering, professional services or the public sector — with a clear context in which the model is applied.

02

Demonstrated Capability

A sustained track record with genuine operational depth and standing in the field. Licensing is an alliance with serious organisations, not an entry point for new operators.

03

Organisational Scale & Capacity

The infrastructure to run the programmes at scale, including the capacity to nominate and support internal administrators who will become WRIA-certified to coordinate delivery.

04

A Living Commitment to WAL

Licensees do not simply offer a programme — they adopt work-applied learning as the way their organisation develops its people, making it part of how the organisation changes.

The Process

From first conversation to active delivery

I

Initial Conversation

An exploratory discussion of fit — your organisation, your people, and how you develop capability today.

II

Eligibility Review

WRIA assesses the organisation against the four standards and confirms readiness to license.

III

Licensing Agreement

The licence is formalised, establishing scope, standards and the Institute’s ongoing support.

IV

Administrator Certification

Your nominated administrators are trained and certified by WRIA to coordinate delivery on the platform.

V

Active Delivery

Participants work through the programmes online, with WRIA central review and managers’ coaching — under WRIA monitoring and quality assurance.

What Licensees Receive

Everything required to deliver with confidence

The model and the platform

Full access to the WAL change model and its programme frameworks, delivered through WRIA’s online learning platform.

Administrator certification

A structured pathway to certify your administrators to coordinate delivery in-house.

Central review of participants’ work

WRIA reviews and assesses participants’ submissions centrally, applying the standard consistently across cohorts.

Programme advisory support

Ongoing guidance from WRIA on applying the model to your organisation’s context and challenges.

Quality assurance

Continued oversight against Institute standards so delivery stays true to the model.

The measurement framework

The triangulation framework — and, as it is released, the formal measurement instrument — for evidencing impact.

Ongoing monitoring

A continuing relationship throughout the licence, with review and support as your delivery matures.

Administrator Certification

Your coordinators, certified to run it

Programmes are delivered entirely online through WRIA’s platform. Your organisation nominates internal people who are trained and certified by WRIA as Programme Administrators — they coordinate enrolment, delivery and line-manager involvement, while WRIA reviews participants’ work centrally and managers provide coaching. Administrators do not teach or facilitate; they make the programme run smoothly, with the Institute’s continued support and quality assurance.

Begin the conversation.

Licensing begins with an exploratory conversation about fit. Tell us about your organisation and how you develop your people.