Shortlist announced for IT Training Awards 2009
Today, the Institute of IT Training has announced the shortlisted entries for the 2009 IT Training Awards, which take place on 5th 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 considering the current economic gloom.
"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 professional 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 thirteen awards to be presented on the IT Training Awards night, which is sponsored by the British Computer Society. The shortlisted entries are:
TRAINING COMPANY OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Prometric)
Afiniti
Firebrand
Fox IT
Happy Computers
National IT Learning Centre
Verridian
TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by IBM)
Atkins
EMC Education Services
Espresso Group
FDM Group
Scottish Court Services
TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR - Public Sector
Belfast City Council - ISB
Cheshire ICT Service
Houses of Parliament, Parliamentary ICT
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
St Dunstan's
University of Southampton, Coaching & Training Services
TRAINER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by OCR)
Jerome Henry, Fast Lane Consulting
Chris Hughes, Warburtons
Ed Lepre, Happy Computers
Eike Maechold, EMC Deutschland
Michelle Sinclair, Afiniti
Freek van Wijk, Ricoh Group
FREELANCE TRAINER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Capital Training)
Marilyn Bennett
Ray Chandler
Julia Emelogu
Stuart Latham
TRAINING MANAGER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by HP)
Anne Grubb, Scottish Court Services
Denise Hudson-Lawson, Houses of Parliament
Stephen Morgan/Karen Kerr, Belfast City Council
Graeme Phillips, Firebrand
INTERNAL TRAINING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by SAS)
AXA UK
Cheshire ICT Service
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
EMC Education Services
EXTERNAL TRAINING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Ricoh)
Afiniti/Remploy
Contrast Training/Sunguard
INPS Training Services/Aston Healthcare
Verridian/Carphone Warehouse
John Wiley & Sons/University of Bedfordshire
Wood MacKenzie/Pertamina
STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR
HSBC, HTS Global Banking & Markets
IBM United Kingdom
Ricoh Germany
John Wiley & Sons
Telus Simulation
BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by EMC)
Acuma Solutions/Astrazeneca
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Purple Media/O2 Mobile Broadband
LEARNING FACILITIES OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by 2E2)
Etc Venues
Firebrand
Happy Computers
The Moller Centre
NTI in Birmingham
INNOVATION IN TRAINING SERVICES (Sponsored by itSMF UK)
e-Learning for Healthcare
Toolwire
The Ultimate People Company
John Wiley & Sons
COLIN CORDER AWARD (Sponsored by Pearson Vue)
This award has nominations from the industry.
Judging takes place - through a series of presentations before a panel of independent judges - over the next six weeks.