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Welcome to our virtual learning environment. You'll find a range of courses to help you create and manage better places.

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Understanding Place making: A facilitated 10-week course provides an excellent introduction to place making. Learn more
Cohesion learning programme: Skills check tool and short-course to fit into your lunch hour.
Carbon Management: Skills check tool and learning module to help you understand climate change mitigation in place making.
Guide to the HCA's VLE: a helpful guide that demonstrates the VLE to users.

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Guide to HCA's VLE
Welcome to the guide to the HCA's VLE.

Please enter the course and access the short tutorials that will show you how to navigate round the VLE and get the most from our courses and resources.
Rural Affordable Housing Module
Welcome to the Rural Affordable Housing Module. Please click here to enter the programme.
Cohesion Navigator and Understanding Cohesion
Cohesion Navigator: This quick and free tool tests you against seven distinct cohesion skills required in your role delivering cohesive communities and helps identify what learning you need to help build your skills. Take the test

Understanding Cohesion: The course considers the skills needed to bring about more cohesive communities, introducing you to the concept of cohesion by presenting different definitions and presenting case studies of good practice. Enter the course.
Carbon Navigator and Introductory Module to Understanding Carbon Management

Carbon Navigator: This free tool will help you assess you carbon management skills and knowledge. It will enable you to recognise your strengths and weaknesses, and direct you to the resources you need to bridge any skills gaps. Take the test

Understanding Carbon Management: The first module of this four module course is free and explores the meaning of climate change mitigation. Find out the skills and knowledge you need to consider carbon managment on a project. Enter the course
Understanding Carbon Management

Understanding Carbon Management: Modules 2, 3 and 4 will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to consider carbon management on a project, and enable you to work in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver real solutions. This course is now available!
Empty Homes Forum
This is for delegates attending the Empty Homes course. You will need an enrolment key to enter.
HCA Empty Homes Forum (Internal)
This is for internal staff who attended the Empty Homes course.

You will need an enrolment key to enter.
EH Working Group
This working group is for members only.
Admin Forum

This is a forum for people who manage, administrate or facilitate courses, resources and learners on the VLE. You will need an enrolment key to enter.
Development Viability Forum

This group is for HCA staff and invitees only. You will need an enrolment key to enter.
Information Security & Risk Awareness 2011
This is a course for HCA staff only. You will need an enrolment key to access it.
Understanding the Unified Performance Appraisal Scheme (UPAS)
This course is for HCA staff only. You will need an enrolment key from Laura Soden in Learning & Development to enter this course.
Understanding Place-making 21.11.11 Petra Vergunst's Group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 30.08.11 Petra Vergunst's Group
Understanding Place-making, an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 31.05.11 Petra Vergunst's Group
Understanding Place-making, an introduction to sustainable communities.
Understanding Place-making 28.02.11 Petra Vergunst's Group
Understanding Place-making, an introduction to sustainable communities.
Understanding Place-making 31.01.11 Petra Vergunst's Group
Understanding Place-making, an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making ILM Level 5 Award 15.12.10
An opportunity to gain the ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making)
Understanding Place-making 22.11.10 Colin McKee's course
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 22.11.10 Rachel Granger's Group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 25.10.10 Tony Linn's Group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place Making 13.09.10 Petra Vergunst's Group
Understanding Place Making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 16.08.10 David Wardle's course
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 16.08.10 Rachel Granger's group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 16.08.10 Reuben Flynn's group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 16.08.10 Hilary Burrage's group

Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place Making Tutor's Forum
This course is just for tutors. Here you can share ideas with each other and log queries.
Understanding Place-making 21.06.10 Brenda Emslie's Group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place-making 21.06.10 Hilary Burrage's Group

Understanding Place-making - an introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place-making 21.06.10 Tony Linn's Group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
Understanding Place-making 19.07.10 Eddy Graham's Group
Understanding Place-making an introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place-making 19.07.10 Hilary Burrage's Group
Understanding Place-making and introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place-making 19.07.10 Hugh McGhee's Group
Understanding Place-making an introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place-making 19.07.10 Tim Curtis's Group
Understanding Place-making and introduction to Sustainable Communities
Understanding Place-making 16.08.10 Matt Wilton's Group
Understanding Place-making - an introduction to sustainable communities
ILM Level 7 programmes - Strategic Project - December 2011 group
ILM Level 7 programmes - Strategic Project - December 2011 group
ILM Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making) - Sept 2011 group
ILM Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making) - Sept 2011 group
ILM Level 7 programmes - Research & Critical Thinking Skills module - Sept 11 group
ILM Level 7 programmes - Research & Critical Thinking Skills module - September 2011
ILM Level 7 programmes - Team & Partnership Working module - July 2011 group
ILM Level 7 programmes - Team & Partnership Working module - July 2011 group
ILM Level 7 programmes - Strategic Project (Tees Valley Group)

Level 7 programmes - Strategic Project (Tees Valley Group)
ILM Level 7 programmes - Research & Critical Thinking Skills (Tees Valley Group)

Research & Critical Thinking Skills
ILM Level 7 programmes - Leadership Module - April 2011 group
ILM Level 7 programmes - Leadership Module
ILM Level 7 programmes - Team & Partnership Working Module (Tees Valley Group)
Welcome to the ILM Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making) - Team & Partnership Working Module
ILM Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making) - February 2011 group
Welcome to the ILM Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making)
ILM Level 7 programmes - Leadership Module (Tees Valley Group)
Welcome to the ILM Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making) - Leadership Module
ILM Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Placemaking) - Tees Valley group
Welcome to the ILM Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership (Regeneration & Place-making)
Test groups course
This course is to test the groups functionality
An Introduction to Participating in and Managing Communities of Practice
This is a pilot programme aimed at developing participants' skills in managing on-line CoPs
HCA's VLE Guide Test Course
This course is used to demonstrate aspects of the VLE to users. You cannot enter without an enrolment key.
Graduate Programme 2010 Network
This is a closed discussion group. You will need an enrolment key to enter
Employment & Skills Forum
This is for internal HCA Staff only. You will need an enrolment key to gain access.
Local Investment Plan Practitioners Network

This is for HCA staff only to share best practice regarding Local Investment Plans. You will need an enrolment key to gain access.
Business Support Managers Forum
This is the Business Support Managers forum, you will need an enrolment key to enter.
Skills & Knowledge Network
This network is for HCA's Skills and Knowledge team. You will need an enrolment key to enter
HCA Design and Standards Staff Network
Welcome to the HCA's Design and Stabndards Staff Network. This is for HCA staff only. You will need the enrolment key to gain access.
Academy Group
Academy Skills Network. Invite only

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Welcome to our virtual learning environment. You'll find a range of courses to help you create and manage better places.

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This is for delegates attending the Empty Homes course. You will need an enrolment key to enter.

This is a forum for people who manage, administrate or facilitate courses, resources and learners on the VLE. You will need an enrolment key to enter.

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