Shortlist announced for IT Training Awards 2003
Record number of entries - standards continue to rise.
Today, the Institute of IT Training has announced the shortlisted entries for the 2003 IT Training Awards, which take place on 6th February at the Dorchester in London.
Chief executive of the Institute, Colin Steed, announced that this year's entries were at an all-time high - topping the 100 mark for the first time - and the average number of entries per award was 14.
"We are delighted with the number of organisations and individuals entering the awards this year," he said. "It goes to prove that both the awards have really come of age and are regarded as the most prestigious accolade and recognition that a corporate training department, a training provider or an individual trainer can achieve. They truly are most sought after awards."
Steed also explained that he is heartened by the outstanding quality and standards achieved by the entrants. "Training professionals tend to keep things to themselves, but I can tell you that I would be very proud to be associated with every one of the projects entered. Having been involved with the awards since their inception I am delighted to see the continual raising of standards in all levels of IT training in the UK and I would like to think that the Institute can take a lot of the credit for this."
There are nine awards to be presented on the IT Training Awards night. The shortlisted entries are:
IT TRAINING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by Centra)
Electric Paper
Happy Computers
NETg
Parity Training
QA
Spring IT Training
TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by Spring)
Belfast City Council
BUPA
Centrica
HBOS
National Grid Transco
Norwich Union
IT TRAINER OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by OCR)
David Aiken, Xpertise Training
Dominic Betts, Parity Training
Kate Greaves, QA
Christine Le Penuizic, DACG
Jit Palmer, Informatics Group
Claire Towney, AON
IT TRAINING MANAGER OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by Consensus)
Jane Edwards, HBOS
Peter Ford, ITNET
Duncan Harkins, SPS College
Eleni Latridis, DACG
Richard Malam, Centrica
Simon Withers, DHL
TRAINING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (INTERNAL)
(Sponsored by Parity Solutions)
Abbey National
Belfast City Council
DLA
National Grid Transco
Norwich Union
Sussex Police
TRAINING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (EXTERNAL)
(Sponsored by Learning & Skills Council)
DACG/Alstom Power
Electric Paper/Learndirect
MicroComputerWorld/Compass Group
Parity Training
Spring IT Training/British Airways
Stehle Associates/Charles Stanley
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by CompTIA)
Electric Paper
Happy Computers/PADEAP
PTC
Skillsoft/Elsevier Science
E-LEARNING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by UfI Learndirect)
AdVal/Rank Gaming
Centra/Accenture
DACG/Diageo
LearnFish/CMS Cameron McKenna
National Grid Transco
Skillsoft/NHS
EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION OF THE YEAR
(Sponsored by DfES)
The Grid Club
Anthony Abbey
David Watts
Andrew Foster
Judging takes place - through a series of presentations before a panel of independent judges - during November and December.