News from QA

• 01 May 2019

  • QA Partners with Microsoft to launch latest Impact Academy: Microsoft Azure

    QA | 2019-05-01

    QA is pleased to announce, in partnership with Microsoft, the launch of the latest Impact Academy: Microsoft Azure.

• 11 Mar 2019

  • QA is teaching the nation to code in a series of coding workshops

    QA | 2019-03-11

    Workshops hosted at Northumbria University were opened by Chi Onwurah MP who supports initiative that seeks to address tech diversity and the skills gap in Tyne and Wear. Teach the Nation to Code is a coding workshop run by QA aimed at career changers and graduates to inspire careers in tech and software development.

• 08 Mar 2019

  • QA signs collaborative partnership with Women in Tech (WIT) Network

    QA | 2019-03-08

    QA is excited to announce a new partnership with the Women in Technology (WIT) Network – an organisation that is going from strength to strength and is predicted to be the largest network of women in technology in the world

  • QA celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with a reception in parliament

    QA | London, UK | 2019-03-08

    Brexit talks were set aside – in the grand Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons at least – on Tuesday 5th March as employers, apprentices and Parliamentarians gathered to celebrate the life-transforming power of apprenticeships for National Apprenticeships Week (NAW).

  • UK’s first female cyber security apprenticeship achiever earns highest possible grade

    QA | 2019-03-08

    QA cyber security apprentice Stephanie Haynes of HORIBA MIRA just became the first woman in the UK to successfully complete the Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 apprenticeship programme – and she knocked her end-point assessment out of the park with a Distinction, the highest possible grade achieved by only one other learner so far.

• 30 Jan 2019

  • QA Apprenticeships launches podcast series to help young people future-proof careers

    QA | London, UK | 2019-01-30

    QA Apprenticeships has launched a career podcast series helping young people just starting out in the world of work to “future-proof” their job prospects. The FutureProof Careers podcast assesses today’s job market, raises important career questions and helps young people set themselves up now for future career success.

• 16 Jan 2019

  • QA on a mission to boost tech diversity by signing Tech Talent Charter

    QA | London, UK | 2019-01-16

    QA has signed the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) as part of its ongoing commitment to break down career barriers, bridge the UK’s skills gap, promote a diverse workforce and support women in tech. Founded by employers across the recruitment, tech and social enterprise fields, the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) brings together industries and organisations to drive diversity and address gender imbalance in technology roles. The government supported the TTC in its UK Digital Strategy policy paper published in March 2017.

• 19 Dec 2018

  • 1,000 learners enroll on QA degree apprenticeship programmes

    QA | London, UK | 2018-12-19

    QA, the UK’s largest tech skills provider, celebrated a major milestone this month by placing its 1,000th learner in a degree apprenticeship role – changing the higher education game by offering new, socially mobile career routes into advanced and in-demand industries.

• 18 Dec 2018

  • QA boosts cyber security training portfolio with InfoSec Skills acquisition

    QA | 2018-12-18

    Acquisition means QA now offers the broadest range of cyber accreditations in the UK

• 08 Nov 2018

  • QA raises the bar of online training effectiveness with the launch of Impact Academies

    QA | United Kingdom | 2018-11-08

    QA is pleased to announce the launch of its new innovative online training programme, QA Impact Academies.

• 31 Oct 2018

  • Re-skilling the workforce

    QA | 2018-10-31

    Listen to QA's Director of Enterprise at this year's Learning Live event discuss the importance of investing in the workforce of the future.

• 26 Oct 2018

  • QA is pleased to announce a partnership with The AntiSocial Engineer Limited

    QA | 2018-10-26

    QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, is pleased to announce its partnership with The AntiSocial Engineer Limited.

• 11 Sep 2018

  • QA chosen to deliver Leadership Academy for Socitm

    QA | 2018-09-11

    Socitm, the professional association for digital leaders in local public services, has announced it will partner up with QA to offer its largest and most comprehensive approach to leadership development.

• 24 Aug 2018

  • QA becomes a CREST Approved Training Provider

    QA | 2018-08-24

    QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, is pleased to announce it is now a CREST approved training provider.

• 22 Aug 2018

  • QA has signed a partnership agreement with PECB United Kingdom

    QA | 2018-08-22

    QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership with PECB UK, to further establish PECB training courses in the UK market.

• 19 Jun 2018

  • QA announces partnership with Siker

    QA | 2018-06-19

    QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, is pleased to announce its partnership with Siker (part of the HS and TC Group), the leading Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security training company.

• 27 Apr 2018

  • How do organisations demonstrate accountability for GDPR compliance?

    QA | 2018-04-27

    QA Cyber Security Trainer, James Aguilan, outlines steps towards demonstrating compliance with the GDPR.

• 24 Apr 2018

  • Successful technology adoption - it's all about the user

    QA | 2018-04-24

    QA's Director of Digital Adoption, Tessa Swithenby, talks about the importance of user adoption in transformation projects and how it can be achieved.

• 19 Apr 2018

  • Cryptocurrency Mining: Does the reward outweigh the cost?

    QA | 2018-04-19

    QA Cyber Security Trainer, James Aguilan, looks at the practice of mining cryptocurrency.

• 11 Dec 2017

  • QA listed as 2017 Top 20 IT Training Company

    QA | United Kingdom | 2017-12-11

    Training Industry has announced its Top 20 IT Training Companies List, celebrating the best providers of IT training services in support of corporate learning and development. QA, the UK’s leading provider of professional training, has featured for a fifth consecutive year.

• 12 Sep 2017

  • QA awarded with Google Cloud Platform Premier Partnership status

    QA | United Kingdom | 2017-09-12

    QA, the UK’s leading provider of professional training has announced that they have become one of the first UK training organisations to be awarded with Premier Partnership status enabling them to deliver authorised Google Cloud Platform training and certifications.

• 19 Jun 2017

  • CVC Capital Partners Fund VI agrees to acquire QA Group

    QA | United Kingdom | 2017-06-19

    Bregal Investments ('Bregal') and CVC Capital Partners ('CVC') announced today that funds managed by Bregal Capital LLP and advised by EMK Capital LLP ('EMK') have agreed to sell QA, the UK's leading provider of IT education and skills, to CVC Fund VI.

• 28 Apr 2017

  • Google Cloud Training gives organisations more options in their journey to the Cloud

    QA | United Kingdom | 2017-04-28

    QA, the UK’s leading provider of professional training has announced today that they have become one of the first UK partner organisations to deliver Google Cloud Platform training and certifications.

• 23 Jan 2017

  • New insight reveals record number of university students dropped out of their course at Christmas to change route to a tech apprenticeship

    QA | UK | 2017-01-23

    During the Christmas period QA Apprenticeships saw a 25% increase in applications, compared to last year. Over 10,000 young people throughout the UK wanted to change direction, to take an apprenticeship rather than going back to University, after the Christmas break. Insight published in Nov 2016 proved tech apprenticeships can be worth more than a university degree – and uni students are taking note.

• 18 Jan 2017

  • QA Supports AWS re:Start to Boost Cloud Computing Training, Skills, and Employment in the UK

    QA | 2017-01-18

    QA Consulting to train 1000 young adults and military veterans in cloud computing technologies, working together with Amazon Web Services, The Prince's Trust and the Ministry of Defence (MoD)

• 15 Nov 2016

  • UK tech apprentice, 22, to get voice heard at European Parliament

    QA | UK | 2016-11-15

    UK tech apprentice Satveer Kaur-Singh, age 22, is called to present at the European Parliament in Brussels, to get her voice heard ...QA apprentice shares her experience to contribute to debate with European ministers and industry heads.

• 14 Nov 2016

  • QA Consulting strengthens IT process automation practice with senior appointment

    QA | UK | 2016-11-14

    QA's innovative tech consulting business, QA Consulting, hires Accenture's UK&I Director of Pega Practice.

• 04 Nov 2016

  • QA Announces the Acquisition of The Training Foundation Limited

    QA | UK | 2016-11-04

    QA announces the acquisition of The Training Foundation Limited, provider of one of the UK’s leading training accreditation programmes, The Training Accreditation Programme (TAP).

• 03 Nov 2016

  • QA opens new consultancy delivery centre in Telford

    QA | UK | 2016-11-03

    Tech consulting innovators, QA Consulting, have ventured into Shropshire creating 50 local jobs, as they help to bridge the local digital skills gap.

• 12 May 2016

  • A new way in digital learning: QA Online ITIL Academy

    QA | London | 2016-05-12

    QA, the UK leader in IT and business skills training, has launched an Online ITIL® Academy, as part of a planned series including: Project Management, Cyber Security, Business Systems Development and App and Web Development.

• 10 May 2016

  • QA backs UK freelancers to help fill the skills gap by sponsoring the IPSE-QA Freelancer Awards 2016

    QA | London | 2016-05-10

    QA is pleased to announce its’ headline sponsorship of this year’s IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, annual Freelancer Awards which recognise the UK’s best independent professionals.

• 11 Apr 2016

  • QA Launches Cyber Training Lab

    QA | London | 2016-04-11

    Custom-Built Facility Enables Enterprises to Simulate a Cyber-Attack and Learn to Practice Defending their Systems and Data

• 07 Apr 2016

  • QA warns we’re operating in the cyber security stone age when it comes to the Internet of Things

    QA | London | 2016-04-07

    Fifth Annual Internet of Things Day, April 9th 2016. As the technology industry prepares to celebrate technical achievements in connecting objects together, the UK’s largest training provider, QA, warns that from a security perspective, the IoT is broken.

• 30 Mar 2016

  • QA warns on over-reliance on technology by UK firms on World Backup Day

    QA | London | 2016-03-30

    'True data protection, and true data security, starts with training your people' says QA Technical Director. Many backup vendors have been touting their wares ahead of World Backup Day (March 31, 2016). In response, the UK’s largest training provider, QA, is warning firms not to try and solve the problem by simply buying more technology. Instead, QA is counselling a more holistic approach to backup and data protection – one that gives training and education of staff equal billing to technology investment.

• 17 Mar 2016

  • QA receives Director’s Award from Red Hat

    QA | London, United Kingdom | 2016-03-17

    QA, the UK leader in IT and business skills training, has been presented with a Director’s Award from Red Hat. Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, gives one Director's Award a year to partners that go the extra-mile in their work with Red Hat.

• 16 Mar 2016

  • QA receives Hortonworks EMEA Training Partner of the Year Award

    QA | London, United Kingdom | 2016-03-16

    QA, the UK leader in IT and business skills training, has been presented with the EMEA Training Partner of the Year Award from Hortonworks.

• 26 Nov 2015

  • Survey from QA Reveals How UK Businesses Plan to Tackle Cyber Security Threats in 2016

    QA | London | 2015-11-26

    Despite eight out of ten IT decision makers experiencing a data or cyber security breach in their organisation in 2015, less than one-third plan to invest in cyber security technologies in 2016.

• 10 Sep 2015

  • QA strengthens its ability to provide IT Talent for UK plc and the Public Sector by acquiring NETbuilder Academy

    QA | London | 2015-09-10

    QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, has acquired NETbuilder Academy, a leading provider of STEM-graduate consultants providing specialist IT skills into Clients.

• 28 Nov 2014

  • QA Information Security course now accredited by CESG

    QA | London | 2014-11-28

    QA shows commitment to providing high quality cyber security training with CESG-accredited course.

• 24 Nov 2014

  • QA listed as 2014 Top 20 IT Training Company

    QA | London | 2014-11-24

    TrainingIndustry.com globally recognises QA Learning as a top IT training provider

• 30 Oct 2014

  • QA provides training for the recently-launched Tech Partnership Training Fund

    QA | Slough | 2014-10-30

    QA supports the Tech Partnership Training Fund, a government-funded scheme for employers to invest more heavily in IT training.

• 14 Oct 2014

  • QA to boost graduate employability with the ‘QA Gateway Programme’

    QA | London | 2014-10-14

    Named the ‘QA Gateway Programme’ it is designed to improve employability for thousands of high-calibre graduates looking to enter the increasingly diverse world of IT. Through the programme QA aims to become one of the UKs leading graduate employers – fast tracking the careers of young people into the increasingly competitive IT market.

• 15 Aug 2014

  • 3D Printing Partnership between QA Limited and ObjectForm

    QA | London | 2014-08-15

    With the demand for 3D Printing technology growing rapidly and a thirst from business to know how this technology will impact processes and markets globally, today has seen a new partnership formed between QA, one of the UK’s leading learning companies and ObjectForm, a tech start-up specialising in 3D Printing.

• 14 Aug 2014

  • Number of school leavers demanding IT apprenticeships doubles

    QA | London | 2014-08-14

    Not going to uni - applications for IT apprenticeships at an all-time high in the lead-up to A Level results day 2014, says top apprenticeship firm

• 13 Aug 2014

  • QA shortlisted for Personnel Today HR Supplier Partnership Award

    QA | London | 2014-08-13

    QA has been shortlisted for a HR Supplier Partnership Award, the category that recognises the achievements of suppliers of products and services in relation to a HR client.

• 14 Jul 2014

  • QA partners with Tour de France Hub 2014 to train 10,000 Volunteers

    QA | London | 2014-07-14

    QA selected to provide training to largest volunteer programme for the Tour de France.

• 25 Jun 2014

  • QA Apprentice, Alex Small, named Microsoft Apprentice of 2014

    QA | Slough, UK | 2014-06-25

    IT Apprentice at London-based Penman IT wins over judges at Microsoft’s parliamentary award ceremony – one of six awards given to QA Apprenticeships partners on the day.

• 07 May 2014

  • QA Apprenticeships leads the pack to take Tech Industry Gold accreditation

    QA | London | 2014-05-07

    QA Apprenticeships has become the first provider in the UK to be licensed to offer Tech Industry Gold apprenticeships – the employer-designed programmes that equip young people with the skills for a career in technology.

• 14 Apr 2014

  • QA partners with Computing Magazine for Securing Talent Initiative

    QA | London | 2014-04-14

    QA and Computing team up to combat cyber security skills gap.

• 02 Apr 2014

  • QA launches substantial recruitment drive due to high customer demand

    QA | London | 2014-04-02

    QA, the education and skills group which encompasses QA Learning, QA Apprenticeships, QA Higher Education and QA Executive Masters, today announced a significant and immediate sales and relationship management recruitment programme which will result in more than 50 new jobs across the UK.

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