Apologies for cross-posting - please respond to Hamid Momtahan if interested.
FREE on-line Computer Courses
Courtesy of Thames Valley University and
European Social Fund
If you are working for a company in London with less than 50 members of
staff and are prepared to participate in our pilot programme, Future Focus
is offering 300 places on an on-line computer course, free. Courses such
as Office 97, HTML, C++ and Java are on offer, some courses lead to a
recognised qualification. An introductory session on how to navigate
through the on-line courses will be given at both Ealing and Slough Campuses.
Thames Valley University in collaboration with Knowledge Pool (ICL), NetG
and sponsored by the Government Office of the South East (GOSE), provide
training to the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) user via the Internet
(FutureFocus). With Over 240 courses available ranging from basic to
advanced ICT skills and Business Management courses. Another 40 Courses in
ICT and 75 courses in Business Management by Jan 2000.
On 6th Oct 99, Future Focus Project won the award for the Top IT training
initiative of the year at the Grovesnor House Computing Awards for
Excellence event. The event was attended by 900 people from the IT Industry
and is regarded as the most important annual event for the industry in the
UK.
"This is a significant endorsement from the IT Industry for what we are
doing and reflects the encouragement we have received from other sources,
both public and private. What won the award was the combination of
partnership between public and private sectors as well as the innovative
nature of the FutureFocus project which provides on-line IT training with
24-hour on-line support, targeting especially SMEs." Hamid Momtahan Project
Director, European Social Fund.
To learn more about FutureFocus, please visit:
<http://www.futurefocus.tvu.ac.uk/> or email: [log in to unmask], Lisa Morris
tel: 01753 69 7977. An information pack will be sent to you.
Best wishes
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Hamid Momtahan, Head of CITADEL
Centre for International Technology Aided
Distance Education and Learning
Thames Valley University, Commercial Development
Unit 8, University House
Ealing Green, London,
W5 5ED, UK
Direct line: +44 (0) 181 231 2430
Fax: +44 (0) 181 231 2782
Email: [log in to unmask]
WWW: <http://www.tvu.ac.uk/citadel/>
ISDN: +44 (0) 181 810 1347, +44 (0) 181 810 1348
+44 (0) 181 810 1349
Daring ideas are like chessman moved forward.
They may be beaten, but they might start a winning game.
Goethe
Sheila Dixon
Assistant Information Officer, CTI Modern Languages
University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1482 465872, Fax: +44 (0)1482 473816
Email: [log in to unmask] <http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti>
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