Quality and innovation come together to create leading learning experience: UK's largest training company relaunches as QA-IQ
QA InterQuad today announces the relaunch of the company as QA-IQ, the largest training provider in the UK. The result of the merger of QA and InterQuad in June of this year, the new business combines the strengths of both organisations to offer an unrivalled range of services to help organisations enhance the skills and capabilities of their people and deliver real business benefits.
Offering over 600 courses, QA-IQ has boosted its range of own-brand training as well as strengthening key relationships with leading technology vendors to ensure that its portfolio is aligned directly to the needs of its clients. As an Oracle Approved Education Centre, QA-IQ is delighted to expand its range of approved Oracle curriculum to a broader customer base, and new management and personal development courses have also been added to an already extensive range of business skills training.
"QA-IQ is about three things: reliability, innovation and quality. For our customers, this means that we are a financially stable, experienced learning partner that continuously invests in our business to develop appropriate and effective solutions," explains Managing Director of QA-IQ, John Kauffman. "We provide our customers with an accessible route to learning, from single courses to large, complex innovative learning programmes for hundreds of people. At QA-IQ we are passionate about developing skills and this is evidenced through the quality of our people, solutions and service to customers."
Abby Ewen, IT Director at Simmons & Simmons, a customer of QA-IQ, adds: "Our organisation is going through a major transformation project that will deliver the systems, processes and service capability required to remain at the forefront of our market.
"QA-IQ has already delivered strong benefits in support of this strategic initiative. They are uniquely positioned to offer the multi-faceted approach to learning that is required to develop the technical, cultural and communication skills of our people in line with business objectives. With QA-IQ, we have access to a broader range of courses and solutions and a team of learning consultants and technical experts who have added real value to a large, highly visible project."
QA-IQ will be offering new learning opportunities with the launch of its innovative Experience Packs providing hands-on practice using Microsoft technologies. Allowing delegates to improve their ability to apply their technical knowledge to day-to-day tasks, the Experience Packs will include a certificate to prove the experience gained.
IT professionals using the Experience Packs will have 'as live' access to new technologies, allowing them to practice the skills learnt on a course in a safe environment where learning actual experience will not disrupt critical business processes. This approach can be used to fine-tune existing skills, to provide additional practice for new skills, or to refresh learnt skills before a critical project.
Providing the knowledge and skills to support the learning needs of customers is QA-IQ's team of permanent instructors, who regularly deliver the latest training courses across the country. The company's senior instructors and Principal Technologists will be leading the development of QA-IQ's own-brand courses to complement the vendor courses offered. For customers for whom a tailored delivery is required, QA-IQ consultants have the expertise and business understanding to work quickly and effectively to create programmes that will transform their people.
The new organisation supports the broadest of learning requirements, through its experienced learning solutions team. Providing advice and guidance on the implementation of specific projects, programmes and methodologies, the team work closely with QA-IQ's customers to establish their needs, allowing the development and delivery of programmes tailored specifically to the customer's unique needs. Specialising in Business Systems Development, Project Management solutions, technical projects, Service Management, and developing structured graduate training programmes the team can also support implementation.
To find out more about QA-IQ and its approach to learning, visit qa-iq.com, email [email protected] or call 0870 90 600 90