Enrol learners faster with Bud

From application to active learner in five steps

Digital enrolment with Bud removes friction for learners, reduces admin burden on your team and builds you a compliance-ready evidence trail from day one.

Learner enrolment

Integrate with your CRM via our API suite, import a CSV, or create learners directly in Bud

Learner application

Learners complete a mobile-friendly digital application form, anytime, anywhere

ID & eligibility checks

Automated ID verification and funding eligibility checks ensure compliance from the start

Agreements & assessments

Capture digital signatures and complete connected initial assessments

Automated ILR generation

The ILR is automatically created, evidence stored and learner is now active on programme

Capture applications your way

Bud allows you to create learner records in a way that works for you. Whether you're integrating with your existing CRM, uploading bulk data via CSV, or adding learners individually, you have full flexibility from the start.

Configure enrolment questions by programme or funding stream, so every learner record captures exactly what your team needs.

All data feeds directly into Bud – no duplication, no rework.

Complete and compliant learner information you can trust

Bud’s mobile-first application process guides learners through self-registration at a time and place that suits them.

Validation rules and required fields prevent missing or incorrect information and reduce back-and-forth with learners and employers.

Your team can trust that every record is complete, consistent, and ready for the next stage.

"With Bud, my managers only need to log into one place to see everything they need. Administrative time is reduced for managers and trainers because our learners are now completing their own enrolment, filling in their own forms, providing this crucial data once. This means the data is more likely to be correct from the outset. Bud is now driving our compliance, and its workflows are reducing administrative error."

- Janette Healey, Director of Operations, Raise the Bar

Verify eligibility and funding criteria early

Automate key checks and identify any eligibility issues before they become problems.

Capture and validate evidence against funding rules, with clear visibility of learner status and outstanding requirements. Verify learner ID face-to-face or remote, with evidence captured and stored securely against the learner's record.

Reduce compliance risk, secure your paper trail and avoid delays later in the learner journey.

Confirm agreements and prior learning in one place

Collect learner agreements, employer sign-off, and prior learning information in one place.

Digital signatures and structured data capture remove the need for paper-based processes and manual follow-up.

Assess an applicant’s prior learning and identify the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours required for the apprenticeship standard or programme framework.

Direct BKSB and Century integrations bring assessment results into the learner record, and Additional Learning Support needs can be identified via Bud's Cognassist integration, capturing and evidencing ALS screening and profiling.

"[Before Bud], we found it hard to track enrolments and couldn’t easily tell what stage learners were at using our old systems. [With Bud], learners get logins and access to the system before their start date which helps to build engagement. Bud has given us visibility of the whole enrolment process so that we can now accurately forecast, and we can see if learners get stuck at any stage and offer help to speed up the process. With Bud, learners have access to the platform before they’ve started on programme which is fantastic.”

- Jamie Crinigan, Managing Director at Skills4Pharmacy

Start delivering, no delays

Once enrolment is complete, Bud auto-generates the learner's ILR.

No manual data entry, no separate submission process and no risk of information being lost.

Learners move straight into delivery with the required data, evidence, and documentation already in place.

Bud configures the learner's programme based on the details set at enrolment such as planned end date, off-the-job training, funding band and any adjustments for prior learning.