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Give every student a reason to activate now
Put My World in their pocket. Touchstone helps them Stand Up. Cornerstone helps them Stand Out.
Give every learner lifelong access to My World - and an immediate reason to use it. Every activated learner can choose to complete STM010 Touchstone - Calibre Awareness in about one hour, then decide whether and how far to progress.
Discuss whole-population access University partnership detailsUniversity-managed Aspirant Access
The university administers the agreed student population through its IOWL Partner Portal, coordinates invitation and activation communications, and gives activated learners lifelong My World access with Touchstone currently included.
My World for life
A lifelong learner account and Aspirant Stratum access.
Touchstone included
A one-hour Calibre Awareness course currently included with Aspirant Access.
Stand Up - become Noticeable
Successful completion leads to a Statement of Calibre Awareness.
Currently included: Aspirant Access and Touchstone under the current access offer.
University partnership detailsPartner learners activate the account already created for them and continue through that personal My World account.
Population routeWhole agreed population
students and eligible alumni
students and eligible alumni
Learning accessLifelong Aspirant Stratum
after activation
after activation
ResourcesMy World resources
learner-facing and self-guided
learner-facing and self-guided
ProgressionIndividual and voluntary
certified pathways later
certified pathways later
University partnership view. The university administers whole-population Aspirant Access through its IOWL Partner Portal: manage the agreed population, upload learner data, complete IOWL validation where required, authorise personal invitation release, then reinforce activation through established university communications. Activated learners enter My World, receive the included STM010 Touchstone opportunity and can choose whether to progress further. View the direct learner version.
Activate My World. Stand Up. Then decide how far to go.
Whole-population Aspirant Access is administered by the university through its IOWL Partner Portal. Once the agreed population has been uploaded, validated where required and invited at the university's instruction, activation puts the My World environment into each learner's hands. Activated learners can then choose to take STM010 Touchstone - Calibre Awareness immediately: a light-touch, first-touch introduction that gives them a tangible reason to activate now rather than simply leaving the account unused.
Immediate student value
Each activated My World account opens the Aspirant Stratum and makes STM010 Touchstone available to activated learners. Touchstone is deliberately a light touch and a first touch: approximately one hour, six short chapters and a Knowledge Check that turns account activation into an immediate learning achievement.
Touchstone included Touchstone included Approx. 1 hour Lifelong My World accessWhy it matters institutionally
Qualifications and skills remain essential, and IOWL adds visibility to judgement, values, conduct and the human Calibre behind performance. My World provides the continuing utility; Touchstone provides the immediate activation driver and first common language of Calibre while fitting alongside existing academic programmes.
The institution can therefore give every eligible learner a simple proposition: activate, Stand Up and become Noticeable. Those who want to go further can Stand Out through Cornerstone, Step Out through Basal or Bedrock where appropriate, and Jump Out through professionally assessed PVL pathways.
AdministerThe university manages its agreed learner population through the IOWL Partner Portal, uploads the required data and completes any IOWL validation step.
Invite & ActivateThe university authorises personal invitation release through the IOWL system and reinforces activation through planned pre-communication and parallel communications using established student channels.
Stand UpTake STM010 Touchstone: about one hour, six short chapters and a Knowledge Check. Successful learners become Calibre Aware and Noticeable.
Stand OutCornerstone is the natural recommended development bridge from awareness into deliberate Calibre development and intent.
Step OutBasal and Bedrock provide deeper early routes through aspiration and intent where appropriate.
Jump OutFoundation, Keystone and Capstone provide professionally assessed development and Calibre Credits™ where requirements are passed.
Institutional starting point: the university administers whole-population Aspirant Access through its Partner Portal, coordinates the student invitation and communication process, and monitors activation. Touchstone then gives every eligible activated learner something immediate to do with that access. Administer - Invite - Activate My World - Stand Up - become Noticeable. Deeper progression remains voluntary.
Put My World in every learner's pocket - then give them a reason to use it
These Aspirant-facing resources make My World a continuing utility for study, career, work and lifelong development. Touchstone sits alongside that utility as the immediate first learning action: the learner activates, explores the toolkit and can Stand Up through Calibre Awareness straight away.
Enhanced identifies resources for which university-onboarded learners receive unrestricted Aspirant access rather than the throttled or restricted access applied to the equivalent direct Aspirant route.
The My World multi-tool
Put a lifelong utility tool in every student's pocket
Think of My World like a digital Swiss Army knife for study, career, work and lifelong development. The value is in putting the toolkit in every student's hands from the outset, so that as circumstances, ambitions and careers change they can return to My World and use the resource most relevant at that moment.
Whole-population Aspirant Access puts the utility tool in the learner's pocket. STM010 Touchstone gives them an immediate reason to open it: a light-touch, first-touch Calibre experience that can lead to their first Statement of Calibre Awareness.
Accelerate
My Positive Value Leadership™
Core framework familiarisation
Begin becoming familiar with the values, principles and language that sit behind formal IOWL Positive Value Leadership pathways.
Advantage
My Emergency Button
When life changes suddenly
Use a calm starting point when work or life changes suddenly: redundancy, a new role, a difficult decision or a current crisis that needs structured judgement.
Accelerate
My Career Accelerator
Career readiness
Frame your development for interviews, progression, workplace contribution and the transition from capability to trusted performance.
Advantage
My Performance Partner
Action and performance
Connect reflection with performance by considering how values-led leadership becomes visible through purposeful action.
Enhanced Boost
My Student Insights
For students
Explore guidance that helps students connect academic study with calibre, judgement, employability and personal agency.
Enhanced Boost
My Graduate Insights
For graduates and alumni
Use graduate-focused insights to think beyond qualifications and evidence judgement, conduct and values-led potential.
Boost
My LeaderChips™
Recognition of active engagement
Become familiar with IOWL LeaderChips™ as a way of recognising positive leadership activity, contribution and continuing engagement.
Advantage
My Leadership Network
Connection and community
Start building your leadership network around shared Positive Value Leadership™ language, values and development intent.
Advantage
My Events
Events and opportunities
See IOWL events and opportunities that can support awareness, participation and continuing leadership development.
Enhanced Boost
My Leadership Insights
Fresh leadership thinking
Use short insights and applied reflections to keep values-led leadership visible in everyday study, work and decision-making.
Advantage
My Leadership Library
Reference and orientation
Use the leadership library as a developing point of reference for Positive Value Leadership™ and associated concepts.
Enhanced Boost
My Deep Reads
Longer-form learning
Access deeper reading that supports reflection, judgement, context and broader understanding of leadership in practice.
Enhanced Boost
My Knowledge Roost
Knowledge support
Use Knowledge Roost as an entry point into IOWL ideas, explanations and continuing learning prompts.
Enhanced Boost
My Catalyst Magazine
Applied leadership perspective
Read accessible leadership and calibre content intended to prompt reflection, discussion and positive action.
PCD
My Learning & PCD
Perpetual Calibre Development™
See the longer journey: learning, reflection and continuing development before and after any certified course route.
Included with Aspirant Access | Stand Up
Touchstone - a light touch, a first touch with Calibre
STM010 Touchstone - Calibre Awareness is deliberately short enough to remove the usual barrier of "I will do it later", while substantial enough to give the learner a genuine first achievement. In approximately one hour, across six short chapters, the learner is introduced to Calibre, understands how it differs from Capability and Competency, explores why it matters to judgement, employability, workplace performance and responsible participation, and completes a Knowledge Check.
Approx. 1 hour
6 short chapters
Knowledge Check
Statement of Calibre Awareness
Currently included
Successful completion demonstrates introductory understanding and creates the first recognised touchpoint with the Calibre framework. Formal assessed Calibre recognition and Calibre Credits™ begin on eligible professional pathways. Its purpose is to create the first recognised touchpoint with the Calibre framework and move the learner from having access to actually engaging with it.
Stand Up - become Noticeable.
Touchstone is currently included with Aspirant Access. Access creates the opportunity, and each individual chooses how far to engage and progress.
Touchstone is currently included with Aspirant Access. Access creates the opportunity, and each individual chooses how far to engage and progress.
Recognition Statement
Employer and HR guide
Recommended next development step | Stand Out
Cornerstone - move from awareness into deliberate development
Touchstone helps the learner Stand Up. CAD001 Cornerstone is the natural next development bridge for learners who want to Stand Out: approximately three hours that move from introductory awareness into deliberate Calibre development, employability application and development intent.
Approx. 3 hours
On demand
Recognised Statement
Successful completion of the Cornerstone Recognition Assessment leads to the Statement of Calibre Awareness and Development Intent™. It gives learners an early way to explain the difference between what they know, what they can do, and how they intend to develop the way they exercise judgement and responsibility.
The Statement is supported by an employer and HR guide explaining what the recognition means, how it should be interpreted, and how it differs from the stronger assessed Calibre Credits™ recognition.
Stand Out is recommended, not compulsory: Cornerstone is a separate progression decision after Touchstone. An individual may self-select Cornerstone, while a university, employer or other organisation may also support it where agreed. My World may suggest a higher substantive PVL pathway where the learner's experience supports that route. The Statement records awareness and development intent; formal assessed Calibre recognition and Calibre Credits™ begin on eligible professional pathways.
Stand Up. Stand Out. Step Out. Jump Out.
IOWL defines employability as the evolving capacity of an individual to obtain opportunity, perform effectively, remain relevant, progress and contribute increasing value within work.
Aspirant Access
Activate
My World and lifelong Aspirant access are opened. Activation is the access point; recognition follows through the applicable awareness or assessed pathway.
Touchstone
Stand Up - Noticeable
The learner demonstrates introductory understanding of Calibre through a light-touch, first-touch course and Knowledge Check.
Cornerstone
Stand Out - Preferable
The learner moves into deliberate Calibre development and records an intention to continue developing it.
Basal + Bedrock
Step Out - Valuable
The learner develops increasingly substantive aspiration, intent and values-led development.
Foundation + Keystone + Capstone
Jump Out - Indispensable
Professionally assessed Calibre development provides stronger external evidence as responsibility and employer reliance increase.
Capability, Competency and Calibre remain complementary throughout the progression. "Indispensable" expresses a high-value contribution and retention ambition. It describes the ambition that an individual becomes increasingly trusted, relied upon and selected for greater responsibility.
Touchstone turns access into an immediate first opportunity for recognised awareness. Cornerstone then provides the recommended Stand Out development bridge, Basal and Bedrock the Step Out routes, and the professional pathways the Jump Out stage. Individuals choose how far to progress; institutions can support deeper routes where appropriate.
Touchstone turns access into an immediate first opportunity for recognised awareness. Cornerstone then provides the recommended Stand Out development bridge, Basal and Bedrock the Step Out routes, and the professional pathways the Jump Out stage. Individuals choose how far to progress; institutions can support deeper routes where appropriate.
These are learner-facing resources rather than a separate institutional portal. Availability, naming and emphasis may evolve as IOWL expands the Aspirant Stratum; the My World account remains the foundation from which learners can later choose certified pathways.
Who benefits from Aspirant access?
The value begins with the learner, but the whole-population model also gives the university a common foundation for student calibre, employability and later voluntary progression.
Current students
Students can begin connecting academic study with judgement, employability, confidence and values-led participation before entering the labour market.
The account gives them a practical environment in which to explore leadership as awareness, action and reflection, not merely position or title.
Graduates and alumni
Lifelong Aspirant access preserves a development connection after graduation and provides a bridge between academic achievement, career readiness and future PVL progression.
The learner retains the account even after leaving the university.
The university
Whole-population access creates a scalable, subject-agnostic foundation for student Calibre that fits alongside the university's existing programmes and delivery model.
It gives later pilots, certified participation and employability evidence a much stronger starting point.
What each activated student receives
Each activated learner receives a My World account with lifelong Aspirant Stratum access. Eligible partner learners can also take STM010 Touchstone - Calibre Awareness as the included Stand Up step, creating an immediate first achievement before any later paid or professionally assessed pathway decision.
My World for life
The learner activates the My World account already created through the partnership and gains a continuing utility for resources, insight, orientation and Perpetual Calibre Development.
Touchstone - Stand Up
Eligible partner learners can immediately take the approximately one-hour STM010 Touchstone course and Knowledge Check, with a Statement of Calibre Awareness after successful completion.
Clear progression
Cornerstone is the recommended Stand Out bridge. Basal and Bedrock provide Step Out routes, while professionally assessed pathways provide the Jump Out route when the learner is ready.
University Partner Benefit
Reduced course fees when you choose to progress
University-onboarded learners can receive partner course offers that reduce the published fee on eligible IOWL pathways. These offers are allocated to the individual learner through their account and applied to the relevant registration; they are not a general discount available to people who create a direct Aspirant account independently.
How the student access route works
Under the partnership route, IOWL creates learner accounts from the agreed population record. Each learner activates their existing account, gains lifelong Aspirant Stratum access and, where eligible, can immediately take STM010 Touchstone. This creates a defined Stand Up achievement before any separate decision about Cornerstone or a substantive PVL pathway.
What learners need
Open to anyone beginning their IOWL journey. This is a no-fee, non-certified learner access route. It provides access to introductory My World resources and does not require tutorials, examination or formal assessment. It does not award Calibre Credits, professional standing or post-nominals.
Readiness checklist
- Access to a device suitable for using My World and reading introductory resources.
- A working email address and accurate mobile details for account access and password recovery.
- Willingness to explore IOWL, Positive Value Leadership, calibre and integrity before selecting a formal pathway.
- Readiness to become familiar with the Aspirant Stratum before deciding whether to progress to a formal PVL pathway.
Partner access model
The university administers whole-population Aspirant Access through its IOWL Partner Portal. The model is designed to sit alongside other institution-provided digital services: the university controls the agreed population and invitation timing, while IOWL provides the platform, data validation where required, learner access and support.
University Partner PortalThe university manages the agreed student population and onboarding process
Population uploadThe university uploads the agreed learner data; IOWL validates the data where required before release
Invitation releaseThe university authorises the IOWL system to issue personal invitations to the validated population
Activation communicationsPersonal invitations are supported by planned pre-communication and parallel university communications through established student channels, methods and media
Stand UpActivated learners can take STM010 Touchstone - approximately one hour, six chapters and a Knowledge Check
Further progressionStand Out, Step Out or Jump Out when the learner chooses to progress
Whole-population Aspirant Access is the institutional starting point: universal account provision and activation first, followed by the included Touchstone Stand Up opportunity for activated learners, then voluntary deeper progression. Partner learners activate the account already created for them rather than creating a duplicate direct account.
Recognition
No-fee My World learner access
Foundation for Calibre Credits™
Aspirant Access gives learners the common starting foundation from which future assessed professional pathways can be chosen and Calibre Credits™ can later be earned through Foundation, Keystone or Capstone.
My World
Each activated partner learner uses My World to access Aspirant resources, awareness content, LeaderChips™ orientation and the continuing PCD journey before any formal course choice.
Frequently asked questions
Key points for universities about whole-population account creation, activation, included Touchstone learning, lifelong Aspirant Stratum access and later voluntary pathway choice.
Each activated learner receives an IOWL My World account with lifelong Aspirant Stratum access. Eligible partner learners can also complete STM010 Touchstone as the included Stand Up step and, after successful learning and Knowledge Check, receive a Statement of Calibre Awareness. Later paid or professionally assessed pathway progression remains voluntary.
Aspirant Access creates the common starting foundation. Touchstone then gives activated learners a first recognised Calibre-awareness opportunity, with Calibre Credits™ becoming available through deeper assessed professional pathways. Cornerstone, Basal and Bedrock deepen early development; Calibre Credits™ become available only through assessed professional pathways such as Foundation, Keystone and Capstone after successful assessment.
IOWL Positive Value Leadership courses are delivered online as a structured, personal journey of self-propelled learning, reflection and transformation. The Smartboard provides the curriculum, guided learning, reflective activities and coursework that learners are expected to study, consider and apply to their own context.
Live, interactive virtual tutorials then bring that independent learning to life. They are designed for conversation, questioning, experience, challenge, reflection and application rather than for repeating the curriculum as a lecture.
Where the pathway includes scheduled live tutorials, learners use them to explore key ideas, discuss experiences, ask questions, test understanding and reflect with the live session lead and other learners. The emphasis is participation and application rather than passive attendance.
Positive Value Leadership is designed as a transformative developmental journey. Transformation develops over time through honest reflection, purposeful action and the practical application of learning across the full course experience.
Before and during the course, learners receive induction, clear instructions, important dates, advance guidance and reminders. Each learner is then expected to familiarise themselves with the platform, follow the instructions provided, manage their own progress and navigate to the appropriate learning activities and live events.
This approach reflects the principle of “Integrous Agency” at the heart of Positive Value Leadership: taking personal responsibility for one’s own development, acting purposefully and approaching the course with a “can-do” attitude and, ideally, an “it’s done” attitude.
Aspirant Stratum access and STM010 Touchstone are currently included as part of the access offer; the university partnership adds whole-population onboarding and institutional support. Later paid pathways have separate registration and funding arrangements.
Under the partnership route, IOWL first creates the learner accounts for the agreed population. Each learner then receives a personal activation invitation. My World and Aspirant resources become available through the activated account, and each activated learner can choose to begin STM010 Touchstone immediately. Later paid or professionally assessed pathways retain their own registration arrangements.
Account activation opens Aspirant Stratum access and makes STM010 Touchstone available as the included Stand Up course. Paid and professionally assessed pathways remain later progression choices. After Touchstone, each learner decides whether and when to progress to Cornerstone, Basal, Bedrock, Foundation, Keystone or Capstone.
Give every learner a reason to activate - and a reason to Stand Up
IOWL can create My World accounts across your agreed population, give each activated learner lifelong Aspirant Stratum access and make STM010 Touchstone available as the immediate first Calibre-awareness opportunity. From there, learners can Stand Out, Step Out or Jump Out as far as their ambition and circumstances take them.
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