On the 10th of April 2024, we were delighted to hear that we had been awarded the Certificate of Assurance from Cyber Essentials. This was subsequently followed up on the 16th of April with a Certificate of Assurance award from Cyber Essentials Plus. The achievement of these certifications demonstrates our commitment to implementing essential cybersecurity controls to protect our systems and data from common online threats. Additionally, these recognitions provide our customers with added confidence that we take data protection seriously and continuously work to safeguard their information against evolving cyber risks.

What is Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials is a government backed security scheme that was created to protect organisations from all kinds of cyber attacks. It includes a self-assessment process which addresses many of the most common online threats that organisations should be aware of.

More About Our Accreditations

Visit our accreditations page to view our other certificates and awards, including internationally recognised standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 27001 for information security. You’ll also find details of recent industry awards that reflect our commitment to excellence, security, and innovation.

The post Cyber Essentials Award appeared first on Axia Digital.

We’re delighted to share that the ACCA Practical Experience Requirement (PER) team has been recognised internally with a Top Hat Award. This award is presented annually to individuals and teams whose work aligns with the association’s core values and makes a meaningful contribution to the business. The PER team’s win is a testament to their excellent work.

At Axia Digital, we take pride in building digital solutions that have real impact. While we’re always pleased to receive industry recognition ourselves, it’s just as rewarding to see the teams we collaborate with celebrated for their work. This recognition from ACCA is a perfect example.

Streamlining the Practical Experience Requirement

In summer 2023, we worked closely with the PER team to enhance the system, bringing in changes to help streamline the process and ensure the rigour of the ACCA qualification. Most notably, sustainability has been embedded into the performance objectives, encouraging users to reflect on and document their contribution to sustainable finance. Additionally, the PER recording tool received a streamlined refresh, simplifying navigation and making it faster and more intuitive to log and manage practical experience entries.

These updates not only support ACCA’s commitment to real-world relevance, but also make the system easier to use, helping trainees focus on meaningful insights and progress. More details about these changes can be found here.

Development Team Leader, Dawid Hetmanczyk

Reflecting on this, Axia Digital’s Managing Director, Richard Etheridge, shared:

“When we won the tender for the development of the PER tool in 2015, we were both delighted and to a degree overawed by the scale and complexity of the task we had been contracted to deliver. It was by far the largest project we had ever worked on in terms of scale and the amount of data we were processing. There are now over a million trainee accountants using the site from across the world.”

As part of the internal celebrations, members of the ACCA PER team received a symbolic addition to their staff lanyards: a miniature top hat. Fittingly, our own Development Team Leader, who led the project from Axia’s side, was also gifted a real top hat in recognition of the collaborative achievement. Congratulations again to the PER team. We’re proud to have played a role in supporting your success.

Learn more about our work with ACCA here.

The post ACCA Top Hat Awards appeared first on Axia Digital.

Last night (April 27th, 2023), the prestigious Irish National Education Awards in Dublin recognised Axia Digital’s collaborative work with the Department of Nursing at Atlantic Technological University in Donegal. These awards recognise excellence in the third level education sector in Ireland, from both State and privately-funded institutions.

The Department of Nursing ATU Donegal, HSE, and Axia Digital (Ireland) received the Best Industry/Business-Academic Collaboration Award for implementing the first digital version of the National Competency Assessment Document for Nurses.

The panel described the entry for the award as “An excellent example of collaboration between academia and industry, taking innovative approach to a practical problem facing many students in placements, whether it be clinical or other. The collaboration has resulted in an innovative and efficient response.”

Collaborative Development of The MyCAD E-portfolio

This collaboration has brought together academic and industry partners to develop a cutting-edge nursing education programme. It has leveraged the strengths of each partner to create a web-based version of the assessment document. The site is accessed by students, practice-based Preceptors who assess students’ work, and the Community Practice Co-ordinators who support nurses when they are on placement. Additionally, tutors and other University staff responsible for quality assurance within the assessment process can access it remotely.

Challenges Faced

While it is generally accepted that the digital path is the way forward, the practicalities, both real and perceived, posed challenges that had hindered its adoption until now. The project began at a time when the cyber-attack at the HSE had left health professionals doubting the safety and reliability of digital systems. On top of that, the Covid-19 pandemic was still causing significant pressures for Hospitals and community health teams. The location of the project area was also unhelpful. The site was not accessed from major cities like Dublin, but rather from smaller hospitals and community settings across Donegal.

Final Thoughts

The project was lead by Chris Peat, chair of Axia Digital (Ireland), and Max Jordan, the company’s Senior Developer with Specialism in Assessment Systems.

Dr Louise McBride, Head of Nursing and Healthcare at ATU, commented:

“The MyCAD E-portfolio project collaboration brings together academic, industry and our HSE clinical nursing partners to develop a cutting-edge online access dashboard for nursing students and staff for a competence assessment e-portfolio in our nursing education programmes. We’re delighted to see our efforts being acknowledged and these nominations are a testament of collaboration, commitment and success of ATU with HSE North West Nursing and Axia Digital.”

Chris Peat added:

“Our technology platform has been developed over 20 years and it enables us to transform paper based assessment processes into digital ones. This transformation brings many benefits and crucially enables health professionals to focus on what matters, which is the practice development and assessment of nurses by streamlining the administration of the process. We’re delighted to have collaborated with ATU Donegal so that it has become the first University in Ireland where nurses are using an assessment document that they can access from their mobile phone.”

Learn more about our work with ATU here.

Announcement of The Award

Please see the video below which captures the announcement, as well as representatives of The Department of Nursing ATU Donegal, HSE, and Axia Digital receiving the award.

The post Axia Digital Wins Prestigious Irish Education Award appeared first on Axia Digital.