Over 400 people attended the 5th annual Institute of IT Training - IT Training Awards 2001 ceremony that was held at the Dorchester Hotel in London on the 1 February. TrainingZONE were pleased to participate in the judging of such a prestigious event that involved a high calibre of finalists from which to make a decision on.

The awards were hosted and presented by television broadcaster Fiona Armstrong and had people in attendance from the US, Singapore, South Africa, Ireland and throughout the UK.

The award winners are listed as follows:

Training Company of the Year
Winner - Happy Computers
Silver - Parity Training
Bronze - Smartforce

Trainer of the Year
Winner - Anna Robinson - Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Silver - Mary Berridge - Happy Computers
Bronze - Lisa Jones - Stehle Associates

Training Department of the Year
Winner - News International Newspapers
Silver - Halifax
Bronze - Scottish Prison Service

Internal Training Project of the Year
Winner - Bradford & Bingley
Silver - Centrica
Bronze - Forensic Science Service

External Training Project of the Year
Winner - Happy Computers & Yellow Pages
Silver - Task Accelerator Corp & Willis Group
Bronze - Parity Training & Save&Prosper

International Project of the Year
Winner - Smartforce
Silver - DACG

Education Contribution of the Year
Winner - Bacons College
Silver - Ballyclare High Grammar School/Learning Schools Programme
Bronze - Delta Institute

Live Course of the Year
Winner - Informatics CTEC
Silver - Scottish Prison Service
Bronze - Happy Computers

Online Course of the Year
Winner - Knowledgepool
Silver - NETg & Smartforce (joint)

The Colin Corder Award for services to IT Training
Winner - Adrian Collett