McDonald’s Australia has launched the national roll out of ‘Archways to Opportunity’, an innovative new program offering more than 20,000 of their employees nationwide the opportunity to transform workplace skills into university credits with some of Australia’s leading universities.
McDonald’s Crew Coaches and Managers can earn up to eight verified and transferrable micro-credentials by completing on-the-job learning, face-to-face training and workplace experience in areas like communication, problem-solving and leadership. They can then take these micro-credentials to any university nationwide and apply for recognition of prior learning that could give them credit toward a university degree in courses including Business, Commerce, Management, HR, Technology and IT.
Each micro-credential counts for up to one subject credit in an undergraduate degree. Stacked together, they can also ladder up to direct entry into a Master of Business Administration.
McDonald’s has partnered with 11 universities across Australia to provide a seamless pathway towards university credits. In some cases, this offers savings of more than $20,000 in fees and could shave up to one year off the total study time required to complete a bachelor’s degree.
McDonald's is the first organisation in Australia to have its internal training and on-the-job experience -certified and recognised by multiple universities nationwide.
