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Shortlist Announced for IT Training Awards 2010

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The Institute of IT Training is pleased to announce the shortlisted entrants for its IT Training Awards 2010. The awards will take place on Thursday 4th February at The Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.

Chief Executive of the Institute, Colin Steed, announced that the quality of this year's entries were at an all-time high considering the current economic gloom.

"We are delighted with the number of organisations and individuals entering the awards this year," he said. "It goes to prove that both the awards have really come of age and are regarded as the most prestigious accolade and recognition that a corporate training department, a training provider or an individual trainer can achieve. They truly are most sought after awards."

Steed also explained that he is heartened by the outstanding quality and standards achieved by the entrants. "Training professional tend to keep things to themselves, but I can tell you that I would be very proud to be associated with every one of the projects entered. Having been involved with the awards since their inception I am delighted to see the continual raising of standards in all levels of IT training in the UK and I would like to think that the Institute can take a lot of the credit for this."

There are fourteen awards to be presented on the IT Training Awards night, which is sponsored by BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT. The shortlisted entries are:

TRAINING COMPANY
Afiniti
Bray Leino
Global Knowledge
Happy Computers
Saffron Interactive
Verridian

TRAINING DEPARTMENT
Boots
Brewin Dolphin
British Gas (Centrica)
FDM Group
IBM
Ricoh Netherlands

TRAINING DEPARTMENT (PUBLIC SECTOR)
Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Cheshire ICT Service
Scottish Courts
University of Salford
University of West of England
Warwickshire County Council

EXTERNAL TRAINING PROJECT
2e2 & BAA
Afiniti & Network Rail
Epic & Cabinet Office
Global Knowledge & Aspect
Globaltech & Deloitte
QA/Computacenter & Department for Transport

INTERNAL TRAINING PROJECT
Bupa Business Technology Training
British Gas (Centrica)
Network Rail
Ricoh Deutschland
Warwickshire County Council
Worcestershire County Council

TRAINER
Mariel Blom, Ricoh Netherlands
Peter Clark, Verridian
Chris Dillon, SAS
Paula Jones, Sixth Level
Solene Kremer, Assima
Sheena Morris, Happy Computers

FREELANCE TRAINER
Stuart Latham
Kathy Robertson
Niall Shanahan
Dennis Silverlock

INNOVATION IN TRAINING SERVICES
Global Knowledge
Ideal
London Underground Management Information
SAS UK

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
Stephanie Dedhar, Saffron Interactive
Ruth Haddon, Epic
Neil Lasher, Trainer 1

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES SOLUTION
Assima & Xerox
Digital Publishing
Epic & Cabinet Office
IMC (UK) Learning & Testing Solutions Group
London Underground Information Management
Phoenix AV Solutions & The Charnwood Group

STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Cheshire ICT Service
IBM UK
Ricoh Deutschland
The Insolvency Service

TRAINING MANAGER
Nicole Crawley, Atkins
Anne Grubb, Scottish Court Services
Tim Hunnybun, University of Leeds
Julie Wedgwood, Cheshire ICT Service

TRAINING VENUE
Barnett Hill, Sundial Group
Maple House, Etc Venues
The Moller Centre

COLIN CORDER AWARD
This award has nominations from the industry.

Judging takes place - through a series of presentations before a panel of independent judges - over the next six weeks.

Press Contacts
Sarah Falconer - sfalconer@iitt.org.uk
Institute of IT Training

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