What counts as evidence for DofE?
What evidence do I need to show I have completed a Section? The minimum is a complete Assessor’s Report. This can be handwritten on the form in your Welcome Pack (by your Assessor) and uploaded as a photo, or the Assessor can enter it directly into www.edofe.org/assessor.
What are the three sections of DofE?
There are four main sections of a DofE programme; Volunteering, Physical, Skills, and Expedition. At Gold participants will also complete a Residential section. Below, find the requirements for each section, including information on what activities count and how long to do them. Volunteering is simple.
How do you get a Duke of Edinburgh Award?
To join a group and get your adventure started, please register using the enrolment form. You’ll need to decide which level of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award you are going to sign up to, either Bronze, Silver or Gold and make the appropriate payment to complete the registration.
What is DofE good for?
Confidence, resilience, team working – just some of the skills young people get through their DofE that help them in life and improve their chances of moving forward in education or getting a job.
Can parents be assessors for DofE?
They must be independent. Therefore, they cannot be a member of your family. An Assessor can be anyone who is interested in helping you to achieve, has some knowledge of the activity you are doing and can be available over the time you’re doing it.
Can you backdate Duke of Ed?
4. Once the DofE gives their approval you will be informed of the successful completion of your Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Now await your DofE certificate, badge and details of the ‘Achievement Pack’. The system allows you to backdate one section per Award for up to 3 months.
What do you do for D of E Bronze?
A Bronze DofE programme has four sections: Volunteering, Physical, Skills and Expedition. You must do a minimum of three months activity for each of the Volunteering, Physical and Skills sections, and plan, train for and do a two-day, one-night Expedition.
Is Duke of Edinburgh award a qualification?
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is widely recognised by employers and education providers as the definitive qualification for demonstrating self-reliance, commitment and dedication.
Is DofE good for CV?
You can learn lots of new skills, improve your fitness and take part in expeditions and adventure activities. A DofE Award also looks good on your CV and can be useful when applying for educational courses and jobs.
Do universities care about DofE?
So, yes, universities do like to see a Duke of Edinburgh Award on your UCAS form, but only insofar as it tells them something about you. They don’t care about it per se.
What counts as life skills on the DofE?
While the activity still needs to be in the participant’s own time, developing work skills through optional unpaid work experience or training would count for this section as life skills. This is a good way for participants to use the DofE to help them bridge the gap between education and employment.
Do paid work and core curriculum count as DofE?
No, paid work and core curriculum rarely count, as DofE activities need to be in a participant’s own time. DofE activities can still be linked to their structured time activities to further develop these. Skills activities can include formal training courses and can be certificated.
Is eReading a DofE activity?
Reading is generally an activity undertaken in a variety of environments and settings so as a DofE activity it needs to build upon that young person’s ability, interest and existing reading history.