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ITIL Foundation Qualifications at Reed Learning

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Reed Learning, one of the UK's most respected learning solutions providers, is to start running ITIL® Foundation courses and qualifications accredited by BCS. These will take the form of open courses run from their learning centre in central London as well as in-company courses for clients across the UK and Europe.

Reed Learning accredited by BCS
Reed Learning accredited by BCS 

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the hugely popular ITIL® qualification: ITIL® has helped to develop standards in IT service management so that IT businesses and departments can deliver better quality services to customers. Last year over 260,000 people sat the ITIL® Foundation exam.

As an Accredited Training Organisation approved by BCS, Reed Learning will work to deliver high quality ITIL training with a view to expanding the market for ITIL® beyond its traditional target audience.

“Reed Learning’s ITIL Foundation course is run by trainers with a huge amount of experience of the ITIL Framework in the real world, in IT service delivery and management. The course is suitable for all those who require a fundamental understanding of the ITIL Framework and how it enhances IT service management quality,” explains Ben Waldman, Head of Product Development, Reed Learning.

“At the same time, organisations are starting to recognise that ITIL practices can be applied to those who work in non-IT specialist service management roles and to other functions such as Facilities Management, HR and Finance. There is nothing comparable to the ITIL framework outside of IT; ITIL’s flexible and customisable nature lends itself perfectly to a wide range of business areas”.

“ITIL is a strong fit for Reed Learning’s portfolio, bridging the gap between our existing Best Practice offering and our professional and personal development programmes. Combine the tried and tested ITIL framework with the soft skills necessary to make it work and you have everything in place to support the modern service delivery professional.

For staff throughout an IT or service delivery team, Reed Learning offers a comprehensive set of courses covering both the professional skills and soft skills needed, including:

“Becoming a BCS Accredited Training Organisation and adding ITIL Foundation courses to our portfolio will help to promote ITIL to an even wider audience and we will look to expand our range of IT service management courses even further in the future,” added Waldman.

Reed Learning’s first three-day ITIL® Foundation course takes place on November 19-21 at its London training centre and is scheduled regularly thereafter.

About the ITIL® Foundation course

The ITIL® Foundation course covers ITIL®’s five interrelated “lifecycle” phases:

  • Service Strategy – understanding organisational and customer needs, and objectives
  • Service Design – turning strategies for services into a detailed business service plan
  • Service Transition – building, delivering and developing capability for introducing new services to organisations and customers
  • Service Operations – day-to-day management of services
  • Continual Service Improvement – selecting and managing incremental service improvements

Learners also get to take the one hour ITIL® Foundation examination during the course.

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