Archive for the ‘Education & Skills’ Category

MCT Summit comes to York in August

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The IT Academy in York is hosting this year’s Microsoft Certified Trainers Summit – MCT Live – from 25th to 27th August.
Some 200 trainers are expected to attend the event, which will include various session tracks, including keynotes, IT Pro, developer, Microsoft Office and information worker, BI, SQL, security, IT Academy/MOAC, soft skills and more.
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Social Media in Education – a report from “LearnPod 10″

Monday, July 26th, 2010

June 30th and July 1st saw a first for the Yorkshire & Humber region, when renowned social media expert Chris Brogan flew from Boston, Massachusetts, to Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to be part of the region’s first “Podcamp” exploring the use of social media in education and training.

Chris is a self-effacing man, and just as personable [...]

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Getting the right skills for the creative sector

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Whether you are an employer, employee or freelancer working within the creative and digital industries, this is your opportunity to help shape the future of digital skills training.

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FITS now available in Yorkshire & Humberside

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

FITS is an International Standard Framework for ICT Technical Support (FITS) in education. It provides the framework and tools required to implement, manage and maintain IT operations in a school environment to an internationally recognised standard.
FITS is a tailored best practice framework designed specifically for IT teams providing service to the school sector. Two courses are now [...]

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Savings available on PRINCE2 training

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Nti Leeds is running a funded PRINCE2 course at Sheffield Hallam University 2nd – 6th of August.
PRINCE2 is a structured project management method that has become an effective standard for organising, managing and controlling all types of projects. Its reputation as a highly effective, process-based approach to project delivery is widespread across public and private sectors both [...]

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