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MCT Summit comes to York in August

Mel Kanarek — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:09:57 +0000

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.

For full programme details and registration, go to www.mctsummit.eu .

FITS now available in Yorkshire & Humberside

Nick Jeans — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:14:51 +0000

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 available and are open for booking for August dates:

FITS – ICT Support in Education – Practitioner £510 + VAT

Content:-Service desk; incident and problem handling; security, change release, patch management and configuration management.

Duration: Two day course. This comprises one and a half days of teaching followed by an examination which takes place at the end of the second day.

This unit will benefit individuals involved in ICT technical support in schools, colleges and universities and may include teaching assistants, technicians, management and supporting consultants.

This course provides 2 credits towards NVQ level 4.

FITS – ICT Support in Education: Advanced/ Managers £710 + VAT

Content: Service level management, service continuity management, availability and capacity management, performance monitoring, preventative maintenance, print & output management, energy conservation, storage management, directory services administration and financial management.

Duration: Three day course. This comprises two and a half days of teaching followed by an examination which takes place at the end of the third day.

This unit will benefit individuals involved in ICT technical support in schools, colleges and universities and may include senior technicians, management, head teachers and supporting consultants.

This course provides 2 credits towards NVQ level 5.

Location and dates:

Leeds City Learning Centre: 2^nd August and 16^th August

To register on one of the above courses contact WSLIT on 07791 306837 or email wsl.margaret@rocketmail.com to book your place.

Savings available on PRINCE2 training

Mel Kanarek — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:53:55 +0000

Nti Leeds is running a funded PRINCE2 course at Sheffield Hallam University 2^nd – 6^th 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 in the UK and further a field.

For full details of the course content please visit www.ntileeds.co.uk.

The full cost of the course is £1295 p/p, which includes lunch, refreshments, all course materials and the Foundation and Practitioner exams. Nti currently has funding available which brings the cost down to just £520. To find out if you qualify or for more information in general please contact brigitte@ntileeds.co.uk or call 0113 81 21724 / 07826 876 636.