Nearly 40 organisations and 17 individuals have been named on the shortlist for this year's Institute of IT Training IT Training Awards.
Award winners will be announced at a ceremony at The Dorchester, London, on 3 February next year.
Colin Steed, IITT chief executive, said that entries have risen by a quarter this year.
Among the categories are training manager of the year, freelance trainer, trainer, training company, training department and project of the year.
The shortlist includes:
Training Manager of the year
- Marie-Pierre Gouaux, ATOS Origin
- Jens Gemmel, Norfolk County Council
- Richard Malam, Centrica
- John Salt, DLA IT Learning
- Gareth Jones, Hertfordshire County Council
- O'Bryan Grandison, West Midlands Police
Freelance Trainer of the year
- Ravinder Basra
- Doune Sinclair
- Huw Griffiths
- Doug Fisher
- Kevin Tarry
Trainer of the year
- Lisa Jones, Stehle Associates
- Stuart Lawson, Gala Group
- Karen Condon, Belfast City Council,
- John Connolly, QA
- Nicky Stone, Happy Computers
- Emma Griffiths, Parity
Training Company of the year
- Parity Training
- QA
- Spring IT Training
- Learning Tree International
- Happy Computers
- SAS Education
Training Department of the year
- Belfast City Council
- Centrica
- GVA Grimley
- DLA IT Learning
- Surrey County Council
- News International Newspapers
Internal Training Project of the year
- Sussex Police
- DLA IT Training
- Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
- West Bromwich Building Society
- News International Newspapers
- BBC
External Training Project of the year
- Xpertise & ATOS Origin
- Afiniti & Network Rail
- QA & Barclays
- Azlan Training UK & Cisco
- Parity & Department for Employment and Learning
- Learn IT & Roche
e-Learning Project of the year
- Learn IT
- Whitbread Group
- Marconi Corporation
- Brightwave
- The GMB Learning Hub
- Creative Learning Media
Staff Development Strategy of the year
- Fujitsu Services
- Sunderland Health Community
- Belfast City Council
- Mallon Associates International
- Siemens Communications
Learning Centre of the year
- Lincolnshire NHS Shared Services
- Centrica
- London Borough of Newham
- Scottish Prison Service College
