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CompTIA sponsors Apprenticeship Programme of the Year at the 2017 Learning Awards

UKLearning NewsLPI (Learning and Performance Institute)

Supporting new talent programmes in the learning sector

The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) is pleased to announce the support of CompTIA as exclusive sponsor of the Apprenticeship Programme of the Year award. This award celebrates the very best programmes implemented by a public or private sector organisation that show demonstrable capability development for that organisation. Previous winners of the award have included South West Water, Wm Morrison Supermarkets, QA & Capgemini.

Graham Hunter, Vice President, Skills Certification - Europe and Middle East, CompTIA, said: "Investing in skills and training is essential to the future of the IT Industry and the wider economy.  CompTIA is incredibly passionate about apprenticeships and the role they play in encouraging more people into the workforce by building confidence through hands on understanding and experience.  We know first-hand how valuable an apprentice can be and that is why CompTIA is delighted to be sponsoring this year’s Apprenticeship award."

Edmund Monk, Managing Director, LPI, said, "With an attendance of over 400 people and significant media coverage, the Learning Awards offers sponsors a highly visible platform upon which to demonstrate their association with the very best acheivements in workplace learning. We are extremely pleased to have CompTIA as a sponsor for the Apprenticeship Programme of the Year award."

With the 20th Learning Awards having taken place in February 2016, finalists and winners are still enjoying the recognition of their achievements and entries for the 21st Awards are pouring in. 

The 21st annual Learning Awards ceremony takes place on 2nd February 2017 at the prestigious Dorchester hotel on London’s Park Lane. Celebrating the most outstanding examples of best practice, innovation and excellence in learning and development, the awards is widely regarded as the high-point of the workplace learning calendar and attracts entries from across the globe.

Submissions for the 2017 awards are now being accepted at the Learning Awards website