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    • TAP® Trainers on Payroll

      The Training Foundation | Coventry, UK |

      Sarah Walker, Head of Training Services for Northgate HR explains why ongoing investment in the development of trainer skills is a key element in their business strategy.

    • V&A opts for ICE

      InTuition | London |

      After many years of keeping its staff's skills and learning records on a specially constructed database, the V&A family of museums is trialing a learning management system (LMS). The LMS - known as the In Tuition Customer Extranet (ICE) - has been designed by In Tuition and is being supplied on a trial basis free of charge to selected clients.

    • TAP® takes flight for Aviation Training

      The Training Foundation |

      Aviation Training International Limited (ATIL) delivers a Training Service for the Apache Attack Helicopter to the British Army as a Public Finance Initiative. The organisation trains Aircrew, Ground crew and Maintenance Technicians using a combination of Instructor led training and advanced synthetic devices such as Full Mission Simulators and Part Task Trainers. At the outset ATIL employed instructors originally trained by the UK Armed Services. However it soon became clear to Mike Crabbe, the Maintenance Training manager, that the teaching techniques the instructors required and the assessment strategy in use did not give his instructors the best skill-base for the training tools procured for this project.

    • Maximise value from business systems. Interquad and Touchstone - a new alliance

      QA |

      Slough, 22 October 2004. InterQuad Learning announce a new alliance with Touchstone Group. To get the most out of any business system, organisations need to ensure that their people have the necessary skills in all three areas - infrastructure, productivity tools, and the particular business application involved.

    • Major award for TATA Interactive Systems

      MPS Interactive Systems | London |

      TATA Interactive Systems (TIS), a global leader in e-learning, has been awarded the Brandon Hall Award of Excellence in Learning 2004 (Silver Award) for its GSK College Training Programme on Business Improvement & Planning.

    • Expansion: InterQuad opens in Edinburgh

      QA | Slough |

      InterQuad Learning, Training company of the year 2004, as voted by the Institute of IT Training, today announced the opening of its newest training centre in the heart of Edinburgh.

    • Risk assessment update for small and medium sized enterprises

      MPS Interactive Systems |

      Safe and Healthy Working (SHW), an occupational health and safety service for all employees and employers in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland and part of NHS Health Scotland, is using expertise from TATA Interactive Systems (TIS), to make its website more 'interactive' and so motivate more people to learn and apply the vital office-based health and safety advice it contains.

    • A Day of Insights: Tata Learning Forum 2004

      MPS Interactive Systems |

      Thanks to the support of some of its most significant clients, Tata Interactive Systems organized Tata Learning Forum 2004, a meeting of minds like never before.

    • Airbus chooses BroadSkill for UK training

      Bray Leino Learning |

      BroadSkill, the UK's largest supplier of freelance IT trainers, and Elliott Computer Training of Bristol have been selected to provide all IT user training for around 12,000 UK employees at Airbus. BroadSkill was approached directly by the aircraft manufacturing company following positive experience from the use of BroadSkill trainers on earlier contracts.

    • BroadSkill delivers accessibility training with Eliesha Training

      Bray Leino Learning |

      BroadSkill, the UK's largest supplier of freelance IT trainers, today announced that it was fast becoming a significant force in the highly specialised world of accessibility training. In particular, Broadskill is providing trainers to Eliesha Training, a major provider of personal and management development training, to develop skills in special IT support packages amongst those with a visual or other physical impairment at the Department for Work and Pensions.

    • TATA Interactive Systems expands into the mainland European market

      MPS Interactive Systems |

      TATA Interactive Systems (TIS)'s recent winning of contracts to develop custom-built e-learning programmes for companies based in mainland Europe - including peripherals producer Hewlett-Packard and food products producer Nestle, along with UNICEF, in Geneva - has prompted the global designer and developer of e-learning materials to expand its operations by opening an office in Zurich, Switzerland, to serve central Europe.

    • InterQuad Learning appointed preferred supplier to Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Exise

      QA |

      InterQuad Learning is delighted to announce that it has been appointed, along with five other suppliers, as a preferred supplier for IT training services to the Inland Revenue, the UK's second largest Government department and Her Majesty's Customs & Excise. The framework contract, which commences on 1st July, enables IT training to be delivered to users across both Departments. The framework is also open to other Government Departments.

    • The Virtual Trainer – In a class of their own?

      The Training Foundation |

      A virtual classroom (VC) system is a learning environment where a course leader and participants in different locations interact with one another, much as they would in a physical classroom, but remotely via web technology. The unique demands of this environment place a great deal of stress on course leaders and structured skills development is usually needed before they feel truly comfortable in this role. With this in mind The Training Foundation has developed a specialist certificated course entitled The Virtual Trainer, delivered entirely on-line under the auspices of the Certified e-Learning Professional (CeLP) programme.

    • CompTIA honors excellence in IT training at Strategies event in New Orleans

      Comptia |

      CompTIA presented three Awards of Excellence in IT training at the CompTIA Strategies conference in New Orleans, June 10. CompTIA Strategies is part of a unique process in North America that engages leaders in IT training including commercial training providers, corporate training managers, high school and post-secondary IT instructors and representatives from government and not-for-profit organizations.

    • e2train and Mencap work together to enable young people with learning disabilities to fulfil their dreams

      Kallidus |

      e2train the Cirencester based e-learning company have recently started working with Mencap the UK's leading learning disability organisation. e2train are producing an effective and easy to use Youth Participation Toolkit aimed at young adults with learning difficulties. The Toolkit is designed to help them find clubs and activities in their community, as often they can feel overwhelmed by this task. It is the first time e-learning has been used in this way, in this particular market.

    • NetDimensions ships Enterprise Knowledge Platform 3.2.2

      PeopleFluent |

      NetDimensions (www.netdimensions.com) has released version 3.2.2 of the Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP) learning management system. Substantial new enhancements and features have been added to meet the requirements of global enterprises. EKP 3.2.2 tracks and manages all popular training types including online and instructor-led courses and supports the prevailing SCORM 1.2 and AICC specifications.

    • BroadSkill and Alopeto complete successful Nestlé training roll-out

      Bray Leino Learning |

      BroadSkill, the UK's largest supplier of freelance IT trainers, and Alopeto, a learning solutions provider based in Glasgow, today reported on the successful completion of a European roll-out of desktop training for Nestlé Purina. The challenging project involved training around 3,500 staff in their local language at mainly rural locations spread right across Europe.

    • e-GIF Accreditation Authority Programme awarded to the Institute of IT Training and National Computing Centre

      Learning and Performance Institute |

      The Office of the e-Envoy has awarded the contract to establish and operate the e-GIF Accreditation Authority Programme to the National Computing Centre (NCC) and the Institute of IT Training (IITT). Ensuring adherence to the Government's standards for IT interoperability, the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF), has become more realistic with the establishment of the e-GIF Accreditation Authority.

    • Institute accredits Kent & Medway Learndirect

      Learning and Performance Institute |

      Garrie Owens, executive manager of the Kent and Medway learndirect hub, has secured external accreditation - from the Institute of IT Training (IITT) - for some 20 of his learndirect centres, following a pilot project, begun in August last year, which was jointly funded by Learning Skills Council (LSC) and University for Industry (UfI).

    • BroadSkill wins major training administration contract

      Bray Leino Learning |

      BroadSkill, the UK's largest supplier of freelance IT trainers, has been awarded a major outsourcing contract by Atos Origin to handle all training administration for the company in the UK. Using software from Enterprise Study and in-house resources experienced in managing large training projects, BroadSkill will work with Atos Origin to automate processes and manage around 5,000 course bookings per year.

    • Chelsea’s European Victory

      The Training Foundation |

      Gareth Harris who works for the Chelsea Building Society recently became the first person in the UK to scoop a European Diploma in the field of e-Learning.

    • Snowden comes to Coventry

      Learning and Performance Institute |

      Dave Snowden, director of IBM's Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity, gives the keynote presentation at this year's Institute of IT Training (IITT)'s National Trainers' Conference, which takes place on Tuesday 18th May at the Royal Court Hotel, Coventry.

    • New media in training boost for Leeds & Holbeck Building Society

      Kallidus |

      Over 900 employees of Leeds & Holbeck Building Society throughout the UK can now benefit from the introduction of the new Intranet based e-learning facility. The facility is available throughout its 58 branch network and Head Office departments

    • Alliance & Leicester Selects QA for Managed Training Service

      QA |

      QA, the UK’s largest independent provider of IT training and consulting, has been awarded a three-year contract by Alliance & Leicester, one of the UK’s major financial services groups, for the delivery and administration of technology and end-user desktop training to Alliance & Leicester employees throughout the UK.

    • TATA Interactive Systems breaks the 600 barriers

      MPS Interactive Systems |

      TATA Interactive Systems (TIS), which has completed some 600 custom-built e-learning projects since becoming established in the UK some six years ago, has strengthened its claims to be one of the world's largest teams for the design and development of custom-built e-learning solutions by enlarging its workforce to over 600 in recent weeks.

    • The Training Foundation standardises on Centra

      The Training Foundation |

      Centra Software has announced that The Training Foundation has selected their virtual classroom application to enhance the Certified eLearning Professional Programme(CeLP).

    • BUPA chooses BrightWave

      Brightwave Group |

      BUPA UK Membership, the global health and care organisation, and BrightWave, the e-learning design specialists, are to develop a blended induction programme for all new staff members joining contact centres across the UK.

    • Learning to avoid food poisoning

      Brightwave Group |

      How important is it for you to wash your hands before handling food? A simple question perhaps, but in fact a major challenge for University College London Hospital (UCLH), when tackling the issue of food hygiene.

    • Colgate Palmolive turns to Tata Interactive Systems' e-learning

      MPS Interactive Systems |

      When Colgate Palmolive (CP), an organisation with operations in 60 countries around the globe, wanted to roll out a new corporate strategy - called GtMS (Go to Market Strategy) - it turned to e-learning and e-learning developer Tata Interactive Systems (TIS).

    • 500th NHS trainer receives TAP Certificate

      The Training Foundation |

      Over the course of the last three years a quiet revolution in the development and certification of training delivery skills has been taking place within the National Health Service. Gary Turnbull of Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust recently completed the three-day TAP Delivery Skills Refresher (DSR) programme operated by The Training Foundation, thereby becoming the 500th NHS trainer to be awarded a certificate within the Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP) since the turn of the millennium.

    • The Training Foundation |

      The Training Foundation and the Institute of IT Training have today entered into a formal five-year Agreement to extend the successful relationship through which best-in-class training programmes are provided to IITT members.

    • MOD launches career planning tool from QA

      QA |

      The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has launched the use of Career Paths, an innovative tool from QA, the UK’s leading provider of training and consulting, to effectively plan and manage training and enhance career development.

    • British Airways chooses Tata Interactive Systems

      MPS Interactive Systems |

      British Airways (BA) has named Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) as one of only three 'preferred suppliers' of custom built e-learning materials for the company's 50,000 or so staff. BA made this announcement after carrying out an extensive and rigorous selection process over several months.

    • Intuition to provide clients with on-line trainer resourcing using ESP

      Bray Leino Learning |

      9 May 2003: Intuition, the UK's primary supplier of freelance IT trainers, has teamed up with Enterprise Study, providers of the ESP training business administration platform, to offer a radical new service. The new internet-based capability will provide clients with the ability to locate the right trainer with the right skills in the right location from Intuition's substantial database of freelance trainers. Training managers will be provided with a huge resource that is as easy (and sometimes easier) to use in scheduling events as their own internal instructors.

    • Procter & Gamble use BrightWave

      Brightwave Group |

      Procter & Gamble have used BrightWave, the UK's fastest growing bespoke e-Learning developer, to produce an online training programme in just 11 days.

    • BT chooses BrightWave.

      Brightwave Group |

      BT is working with e-Learning developers BrightWave, to provide training for staff on their Network Fault Management (NFM) system.

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