Course Fee: £799 · Duration: 12 months, or 6 months progressing from Silver · Format: Online · Level: Gold · Age requirement: Age 16+
Gold participants must have reached their 16th birthday before starting. All Award sections must be completed before the participant’s 25th birthday.
An advanced 12 month online DofE Skills pathway for participants ready to lead a long-term project — applying responsible AI, measuring impact, engaging stakeholders and leaving a legacy.
Gold is the most ambitious pathway in the programme. Across a minimum of 12 months — or six months if you are progressing from Silver — you'll combine everything from Bronze and Silver with advanced AI integration, responsible innovation, structured impact measurement and community engagement — building a Skills section project that stands out on UCAS, apprenticeship and early-career applications.
You'll take real ethical decisions about how AI should and shouldn't be used in your venture, define an impact framework you can measure honestly, engage genuine stakeholders or community members, and finish with a Gold showcase including a leadership legacy resource for future participants.
This course is designed to support DofE Gold Skills section participants aged 16–24. Education Direct Worldwide Ltd is a UK provider operating in scope Life Skills, Science and Technology.
Education Direct Worldwide is a UK-licensed Duke of Edinburgh's Award Approved Activity Provider for the Skills section. The programme supports participants in completing their Skills section. Participants remain registered through their DofE Licensed Organisation, which manages the overall programme and final Award approval.
Yes — designed to support Gold Skills section participants. Upload evidence to eDofE for Assessor sign-off.
Twelve months minimum for direct entrants, or six months minimum when progressing from Silver, at around one hour per week.
Gold adds advanced AI integration, responsible innovation, ethics and bias reflection, an impact measurement framework, stakeholder engagement and a leadership legacy resource.
Thinking carefully about where AI helps, where it could cause harm, how to protect privacy and how to be transparent about what is AI-generated.
The Gold DofE Skills course fee is £799 for the full Gold pathway.