Shortlist announced for 2006 IT Training Awards
Forty one organisations and 16 individuals have been named on the shortlist for this year's Institute of IT Training IT Training Awards 2006.
The Award winners will be announced at a ceremony hosted by international TV personality Lucy Alexander, at The Dorchester, in Park Lane, London, on 2nd February next year.
The full list of those shortlisted for each category are as follows:
Training Company of the year
sponsored by Hewlett Packard
- Parity Training
- QA
- Training Camp
- Interquad Learning
- Happy Computers
- Xpertise
Training Department of the year
sponsored by Spring
- Belfast City Council
- Centrica
- Gala Group
- Portsmouth City Council
- Lincolnshire NHS
- News International
Internal Training Project of the year
sponsored by Computeach
- National Grid
- East Sussex County Council
- Lovells
- News International
- Belfast City Council
- Rolls Royce
External Training Project of the year
sponsored by NCC
- QA, Skillsoft & Nestle
- Upco & William Hill
- Parity & The Cabinet Office
- Dynamic Business Services & Asda
- Spring/Computacenter & ODPM & Dept of Transport
- DACG & CR Baird
e-Learning Project of the year
sponsored by EMC
- Academy Internet & IDeA
- Tata & Zurich Financial Services
- DACG & Thorn Lighting
- Walkgrove
- NHS & Intuition
- Skillsoft & Alpha Airports Group
Staff Development Strategy of the year
sponsored by
- Staffordshire County Council
- Fujitsu
- BP
- DACG
- EMC Global Education
- Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland
Learning Centre of the year
sponsored by Learndirect
- to be announced
Training Manager of the year
sponsored by Parity
- to be announced
Freelance Trainer of the year
sponsored by Broadskill
- Huw Griffiths
- Jayne Fraser
- Julia Emelogu
- Peter Thorne
- Gary Griffiths
Trainer of the year
sponsored by OCR
- Julia Scotland, Taylor Vintners
- Gary Uffendell, QA
- Michelle Mook, Matrix 42
- Andrew Driver, Parity
- Carolyn Harvey, Sussex Police
- Bob Simms, Xpertise
In addition, one person who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the IT training industry will receive the The Colin Corder award at the Awards' ceremony.
"Once again, not only has the standard of entries in all categories increased but the number of entries has risen," commented Colin Steed, the IITT's chief executive. "I am sure that the judges who will now determine the award winners will have a very difficult time again this year.
Further information on the IT Training Awards on www.ittrainingawards.com