Posts Tagged ‘Training’

Get the knowledge and practical know-how to give your web site a serious performance makeover.

You’ve set up your web site, and its up and working. So now you need to invest some of your time and energy to make your site visible to web browsers, so they can visit your site, and buy your products.

Our three one-day courses will show you just how to do this - and more. Learn from experienced practitioners on these intensive workshops,  and leave each course with a clear picture of the actions you can take to make measurable improvements, which have real impact on your business.

Course One -  Search Engine Optimisation

Course Two - Google Adwords Training

Course Three - Google Analytics

Priced separately, the total cost of these course comes to £850.

Book all three together, as a package, for £725 - giving you a saving of £125

We’ve got a number of dates scheduled for each course; choose those that suit your plans.

This two day HTML & CSS course provides a comprehensive introduction to building web pages. This is a practical training course, using examples and hands-on exercises to enable you to develop fast, accessible and optimised web pages.

By the end of the course you will have gained the skills to build a website from scratch. You will also  understand accessibility, search engine optimisation, HTML email, forms, and presentational techniques using CSS.

We’re pleased to be supporting this exciting event from Screen Yorkshire on the topical subject of Mobile Apps, which is being held at Barnsley’s Digital Media Centre on Wednesday 21st July.  We all love to use apps,  and with the growth of mobile web there are many key questions facing businesses -  such as:  are business models for apps working; how do I exploit apps to promote my business, and how do I get started?

This event is for developers, agencies, brands and individuals, and aims to help provide some of the answers to these questions, and many more, by putting you in touch with industry experts - both global players, and regional businesses who will share their experiences of developing apps.

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nti Leeds is hosting a new Introduction and Advanced DNS and BIND training course as part of the Open Source for Business (OS4B) project this week.

This highly technical training course has brought delegates together from all over the world. Attendees include technical system officers like Ejaz Ahmad, who works for Erricson in Reading. Managing the IP design and 3G connection, Ejaz gives his opinion on the course: “It has been a really useful and knowledgeable course that has looked at the common pitfalls surrounding DNS, and how to avoid financial lose in business.” (more…)

Are you bowled over by some of the talent you have seen in the Yorkshire Digital and Creative sector? The Yorkshire Digital & Technology Awards are now open for entries to projects you think deserve some wider attention.

Perhaps it is a project you are working on at the moment, or a piece of technology you are currently developing in the sector itself. Maybe you have seen a mind-blowing website that you think has established a new benchmark in quality, or a new digital equipment you think could really make a difference to our lives or the way we do business? (more…)

Open Source for Business (OS4B) is the exciting joint venture from Yorkshire Forward and nti Leeds, designed to help regional businesses make the most of open source technology to benefit from cost effective IT solutions. Open source Zend and PHP training courses benefit your business solution to provide you with the skills for doing business better.

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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.

As technology companies look to reduce cost, investment in new IT systems are becoming a no go area. Yorkshire Business Insider, David Casey, has today written about how companies can make their technology work more effectively when money is tight and features an interview with Head of nti, Linda Broughton. (more…)

Working in partnership with the Train to Gain Enhancement Fund we will soon be offering heavily subsidised training courses to support a wide range of businesses through the current economic challenges. We will be submitting bids in the areas of Project Management, Creative Technology (e.g. Adobe & Apple products) and Open Source amongst others. Talk to us on 0845 122 1555 or info@ntileeds.co.uk about how your organisation can benefit from accredited training at less than half the price!