The Innovation Literacy Programme – Empowering you to innovate, influence, and inspire change in the workplace.

An Accredited Course

Our Innovation Literacy Course is accredited by OCN London and counts towards Off The Job Hours if you’re an apprentice,

Face To Face Delivery

Learn in person, collaborate with others, and build real skills through hands-on activity

Available Across Greater Manchester

Sessions run across Greater Manchester through our college network, and UK-wide through employer and college delivery. There’s bound to be an option for you.

About The Programme

Uniquely mapped to the innovation skills framework, The Innovation Literacy Programme gives people the language, tools, and confidence to generate ideas, solve problems, and contribute to a culture of innovation in their organisation.

Originally developed with Innovate UK funding through the Greater Manchester Further Education Innovation Programme, the programme has now been completed by over 600 learners across 23 UK colleges — and is open to anyone from apprenticeship Level 3 upwards, including degree-level learners, graduates, leaders and managers and is suitable for any sector.

Over four modules, participants work through the full innovation journey — from generating their first ideas to building a business case and pitching it to stakeholders. Everything is practical, facilitated in person, and built around real challenges.

Testimonials

I walked away from this course inspired, motivated, and ready to be part of what’s next.

Apprentice, Southampton General Hospital

This training session was very useful for getting us to think and opening our eyes to a lot of things we take for granted whilst promoting a very positive environment. I highly recommend.

AAT level 4 apprentice

Learning and experiencing how great it is to work in a team allowed for so much more creativity.

Business Administration Apprentice,

Very useful to apply to my work role and I am already applying this daily when doing the course.

Leader in Adult Care, Blackpool Council

What You’ll Learn

4 modules each with two sessions covering everything you need to get started on your innovation journey

Foundations of Innovation

What is innovation? Where do ideas come from? Learn how to generate new ideas and understand why failure is part of the process.

Prototyping and Problem Solving

Take a real brief and build a solution. This module is hands-on from the start — you’ll prototype, test, and evaluate your ideas using creative and analytical tools.

Strategic Thinking and Proposal Development

What does it take to get an idea off the ground? Use frameworks including PESTLE analysis to understand context and build a compelling proposal.What do you need to know to get an idea off the ground?