Posts Tagged ‘Northern Technology Institute’

The nti Works scheme has been praised by the Yorkshire Post as it featured last week on Thursday 25th March, as an article in the jobs section of the newspaper. If you missed it, keep reading below:

Graduates at Leeds Metropolitan University and its Northern Technology Institute (NTI) are receiving a helping hand as a scheme designed to help them into work has received extra funding.

Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward has backed the scheme that helps digital and creative graduates access training and gain business skills needed to set up their own businesses. By the time the project finished in June, the number of Yorkshire and Humber graduates involved in the training will have reached 60. The NTI Works programme, which provides advice, training, guidance and mentoring to recent graduates, has proved popular since its launch in 2009.

Linda Broughton, Head of the Northern Technology Institute, said “Being part of the co-working community here at Old Broadcasting House offers a unique opportunity for the graduates to learn from other s who have been through the same experience.”

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The Northern Technology Institute (nti) Leeds provides specialist training for digital professionals.  We’re proud to be part of Leeds Metropolitan University, and of how far we’ve come since setting up in 2003.  Our move to the lovely  Old Broadcasting House in 2003 enabled us to grow our training offer, and also to establish Leeds’  first, and still best, coworking space. This means we’re lucky enough work with innovative and creative people every day.

We believe in fostering innovation through training, collaboration and shared ideas. And as part of Leeds Met, we also want to build skills in the region, and we do this by using the very best trainers, enabling businesses to invest in their most valuable asset, their people.  Because we’re passionate about learning,  we also  support  grass roots groups in the sector by welcoming them to Old Broadcasting House for their meetups, unconferences and get-togethers.

nti Leeds is the Apple Authorised Training Centre for the Yorkshire, Humber and North East region and we’re also authorised training partners for Adobe, Zend, Apple and PRIPRINCE2® . We run regular courses in mobile apps development - Android and iPhone and iPad, as well as the Adobe Suite, Apple’s Pro Apps and Mac OSX authorised courses, Zend PHP, Linux, Agile, Wordpress ….and more, in fact too many to mention here! Our training page has our full list, although if you cant see what you’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you, and do our very very best to help you find what you’re looking for.

We offer:

Quality accredited training courses by leading trainers ,  tailored for your requirements

Scheduled dates for our most popular training courses at our Leeds city centre venue

A fantastic learning environment

Wide-ranging events including talks and seminars with industry speakers, unconferences, exhibitions and meetups

Amazing coworking facilities for start-ups and independent workers

A great venue that’s  used by groups and organisations across the sector

Visit the latest news and forthcoming events for more about what we’re up to, or read about our trainers here. You are welcome to visit us at Old Broadcasting House, 148 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9EN.

Thanks to event information in the Leeds Guide, Alison Sheppard, otherwise known as blogger THEGOODDR paid a visit to the Evening with Dan Meth event at our very own Old Broadcasting House on 20th August 2009. (more…)

Northern Technology Institute (NTI) has been recently nominated in the UK Trade and Investment™s Innovator 09 Awards run by Yorkshire Forward.

NTI has been shortlisted to the final 3 in the Innovation Catalyst category in recognition of the region™s first coworking space, home to digital entrepreneurs, fledging businesses and those thinking of starting business. It is listed as one of 18 organisations based in the Yorkshire and Humberside region to be short-listed as a finalist at the awards, in the bid to win £3,000. (more…)