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IT Trainers Newswire - Issue 45
July 2002
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/zones/it
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REFERENCE: New! IT Resource pack
NEWS and FEATURES: A trawl through the archives
COMMUNITY FEATURES: Bumper IT questions!
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Editor's Note
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It's finally here! TrainingZONE launches its first ever
Professional Interest Group (or PIG!) this week, especially
created for those working in the IT training field.
If you previously registered your interest in getting involved,
you'll have already had the chance to try out the new area and
share your views with other IT training professionals. If not,
you can join the group free of charge by simply going to
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/zones/it/pig
Stephanie Phillips
Editor, TrainingZONE
TrainingZONE's dedicated IT Training pages can be found at
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/zones/it
Send your IT news to us at mailto:editor@trainingzone.co.uk
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REFERENCE
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IT Training resources
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Lynne Callister and Sue Parr have developed an 80-page series of
light-hearted quizzes, word searches, website addresses, case
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NEWS AND FEATURES
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Latest IT training news from TrainingZone:
IT skills provide best career opportunities
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A new survey carried out for the DTI and Engineering Council UK
shows that information technology, electronics and communications
(ITEC) graduates have high employment and pay levels and the best
career opportunities compared to other graduates as a whole. It
also reveals that women do better when choosing ITEC careers.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85281
Topical features
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This month: A couple of popular picks from the Topical Briefings
archive. We've trawled through the archive this month to bring
you the best of our IT features so far in 2002.
January: Of ILAs and national IT skills needs
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James O'Brien, managing director of Pitman Training, talked to
TrainingZone about ILAs, about the new industry body Association
of Computer Trainers, and about national IT skills needs.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/68297
February: IT careers for women?
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In an exclusive interview for TrainingZONE, Anne Cantelo of the
E-skills NTO told us how the NTO was working to combat the
serious gender imbalance in the IT industry.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/71574
March: Finding a common language for IT skills
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TrainingZONE talked to Terry Watts of the e-skills NTO about the
Skills Framework for the Information Age, which aimed to solve
the problem of assessing IT skills.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/73501
And finally, one from further down the archives:
Back in November 2000, a correspondent asked, 'Are companies
paying too much for IT training?'. A lot has happened since that
article was published, but do you agree with the sentiment? Let
us know...
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/29818
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COMMUNITY FEATURES
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Any Answers
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This month, there's been a bumper batch of IT-related questions
on the site. Can you provide the answers?
- I need to assess familiarity and fluency with Windows/Mouse
etc for a large user population across the country. They won't
necessarily have web access so a web tool isn't a solution. What
I need is a small simulation or test that can be sent out on
floppy and self-administered. Has anybody seen anything like
this? Thanks!
Neil Barrett
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85898/743
- Can anyone recommend anywhere where I can take a Hotmetal Pro
6 course in the UK? I am based in Poole, Dorset.
Irene Richards
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85579/743
- I have recently been looking for a training venue and I notice
that it appears to be the norm to pay anything from 600 GBP + for
a training venues in the London area. Someone suggested I buy my
own PCs and just rent the venue which would be cheaper in some
cases. However, I would also have to buy a bigger car to
transport the PCs and I do not have anywhere to store 6-8 PCs in
my house. How do other trainers transport their PCs and store
them at the end of the day?
Sade Awolola
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85318/743
- Does anybody know where I can access - preferably on-line -
training on Act! Contact Management software? Or can you
recommend any (cost-effective) one-day training sessions in the
North West?
Phill White
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/85207/743
To answer any of these questions, or add your own, see
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/zones/it/anyanswers.html
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