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Organisation partnerships · Professional development · Accreditation

Build an AI-ready
organisation.

Support for your employees, recognition for your organisation, and a lasting connection to the people shaping AI. Partnering with the Institute of AI, the UK's professional body for AI, brings learning, mentoring, events, and professional development into your organisation.

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— The partnership —

Develop your people,
recognise their expertise.

Discounted Accreditation pathways and ongoing support, shaped around your organisation. Your partnership builds on the free membership and learning resources already available to every employee.

For your people

Employee Accreditation

Recognise the AI expertise within your team through discounted assessment and Accreditation rates. Employees apply at the level their experience supports, with a credential employers and clients can verify.

For your organisation

Organisation Accreditation

Access partner terms for an independent assessment of your AI maturity across the Five Pillars. Accreditation recognises the level your evidence supports and provides a public record of that achievement.

Throughout the partnership

Partnership support

A named contact to help your employees get started, coordinate activities, and agree Accreditation pathways that fit your priorities. Free membership connects your people with the wider IoAI community.

— For your employees —

Learn, connect,
and contribute.

An ongoing partnership gives employees opportunities to develop their skills, meet people working across AI, and bring their own knowledge to the wider community.

Learning and exploration

Help employees build AI knowledge with free lessons and resources on Learn AI, and explore practical concepts through the tools, games, and experiences on Get AI.

Events and networking

Meet practitioners, researchers, and peers through IoAI events. Exchange experience, explore developments in AI, and build connections across organisations and sectors.

Talks and workshops

Bring AI practice into your organisation through practitioner Q&As, talks, and practical workshops, arranged around the interests and development needs of your team.

Mentoring and development

Connect employees with experienced practitioners for guidance on developing AI capabilities, preparing Accreditation evidence, and progressing in their careers.

Professional community

Give your people a community beyond their own organisation, where they can exchange knowledge, discuss professional practice, and learn from others working across AI.

Opportunities to contribute

Share your team's practical experience through talks, contributions to Learn AI, and community activities. Help others learn from the people applying AI in your organisation.

— Choose your route —

Partner, accredit,
or sign the Charter.

Build an ongoing partnership, seek independent recognition, or make a public commitment to AI readiness. Each route is available in its own right.

— Partnership

Develop your people with IoAI.

An ongoing relationship with the professional body for AI, shaped around your employees and your organisation.

  • Discounted employee Accreditation rates
  • Partner terms for organisation Accreditation
  • Learning, mentoring, events, and professional connections
Discuss a partnership
— Accreditation

Get accredited across five pillars.

An independent, evidence-based assessment of your AI maturity. Standard fees are £99.99 for assessment and £499.99 once accredited, valid for 2 years. Partner terms are agreed separately.

  • Assessed across the Five Pillars
  • One of five maturity levels
  • A public verification page
Begin Accreditation
— The Charter

Sign the AI Readiness Charter.

A public commitment to getting your organisation ready for AI. Free to sign, with no assessment required.

  • Five plain-English pledges, sign at least three
  • A public verification page for your signature
  • Open independently of partnership or Accreditation
Read the Charter
— Organisation Accreditation —

Five pillars.
One standard.

Recognise your organisation's AI maturity through an independent assessment of strategy, governance, skills, implementation, and impact.

Strategy

A board-level AI direction, owned, with a roadmap that ships.

Governance

Policy, risk and oversight you can put in front of a regulator.

Skills

The capability to use, build and govern AI across the organisation.

Implementation

AI in live operations, not pilots that never leave the lab. We look at what is actually running, who owns it, and how it holds up under load.

Impact

Measurable outcomes, evidenced and independently reviewed. Not a deck of ambitions, but the difference the work has made and how you know.

— The maturity ladder —

Five levels,
earned not claimed.

Level 01

AI-Aware

Getting started.

Exploratory projects and pilot teams, with a declared strategic interest in AI.

Apply today
Level 02

AI-Enabled

AI in use.

AI actively in use across products, services or operations, with measurable outcomes.

Apply today
Level 03

AI-Integrated

Embedded across the organisation.

AI embedded across multiple functions and workflows, backed by internal talent.

Apply today
Level 04

AI-Driven

Core to the business.

AI core to the business model, with governance and a track record of deployment.

Apply today
Level 05

AI-Leading

Setting the standard.

Recognised sector leadership that publishes findings and shapes industry standards.

Apply today

Your Accreditation level reflects the evidence of your organisation's AI maturity. Partner rates apply to fees, while the assessment criteria remain the same.

— Separate, and free —

Put your name tothe Charter.

A public commitment to getting your organisation ready for AI, in five plain-English pledges, and you choose at least three. Free to sign, and entirely separate from Accreditation.

— How the partnership works —

Three steps,
at your pace.

Start with one team or bring several departments together. We shape the partnership around your people and your organisation's priorities.

Step 01

A conversation

Talk to us about your organisation, the people working with AI, and the capabilities you want to develop.

Step 02

Shape the partnership

We agree employee Accreditation rates, organisation Accreditation terms, and the activities and support that fit your priorities.

Step 03

Get your people started

Your partnership contact helps employees join, access learning and events, and prepare for their Accreditation pathways.

— Common questions —

What organisation teams ask before they begin.

What does an organisation partnership include?+
Discounted employee Accreditation rates, partner terms for organisation Accreditation, and a named contact to coordinate your participation. We agree relevant learning, mentoring, events, talks, and workshops around your team's needs.
Who can take part?+
Employees across your organisation can join the community and use the learning resources. Accreditation applicants choose the level their knowledge and experience supports, from Student and Associate through to Professional and Fellow.
Does partnership automatically confer Accreditation?+
Employees and organisations earn Accreditation through evidence-based assessment against published criteria. Partnership gives access to discounted rates and support; applicants must meet the criteria for the level awarded.
Can we seek organisation Accreditation without a partnership?+
Yes. Organisation Accreditation is available independently. The standard assessment fee is £99.99, followed by an Accreditation fee of £499.99 if awarded, valid for 2 years. You can also discuss partner terms with us.
How much time does our team need to commit?+
We agree activities and Accreditation pathways around your team's availability. Employees can use the learning resources at their own pace, and we help applicants understand the evidence needed before they prepare an application.
Do we need to sign the AI Readiness Charter?+
No. The Charter is a separate, free public commitment. You can sign it alongside a partnership or Accreditation, or on its own. Signing does not require an assessment and does not confer Accreditation.

Bring the professional body
into your organisation.

Talk to us about your employees, your AI priorities, and the Accreditation, learning, and connections a partnership can bring.