Accreditations
As the UK’s leading training company, it’s no surprise to find that QA provides accredited courses from most leading providers and accrediting bodies, with our training centres and instructors certified to the highest level.
Best Practice User Group
Best Practice User Group (BPUG®) is the official user group for the UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Programme, Project and Risk Management best practice methods. QA are proud to be a supporter of BPUG®
Government Procurement Service
QA is accredited by the Government Procurement Service under the Learning & Development and E-Learning Solutions Framework, for the following areas: information technology, programme management, project management and customer service. This framework provides a quick and efficient route to procurement and enables organisations to buy training, through pre-tendered arrangements, with the confidence that they are compliant with EU procurement legislation.
Cisco
QA is a Cisco Partner – Learning Associate training company and delivers the full range of Cisco courses and certification. QA is one of the largest providers of Cisco training in the UK.
Citrix
QA is a Citrix Authorised Learning Centre (CALC) – authorised to deliver all Citrix courses which lead to professional certification. In 2008 QA won CALC of the Year award. This includes the industry-leading Citrix Access Suite, Presentation Server and Password Manager.
CompTIA
QA is an Authorised CompTIA Partner, for the delivery of all CompTIA courses and training programmes which lead to professional certification. These include A+ and Network+.
EC Council
QA is accredited to provide EC Council certification training in Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Security, (CSA) and Network Security (NSA).
IBM
QA is an IBM Authorised Education Centre, providing accredited training on IBM AIX, HACMP and Tivoli products.
International Institute of Business Analysis
IIBA® is the independent non-profit professional association serving the growing field of Business Analysis. QA is an endorsed education provider of IIBA.
Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)
ILM offers a wide range of qualifications covering all aspects of leadership and management, along with specialist programmes in coaching and mentoring, HR and enterprise. QA provides ILM approved training.
ISEB – Information Systems Examinations Board
QA is accredited by ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board), which is the examining board of the BCS (British Computing Society), to deliver ITIL foundation and manager courses in IT service management.
ISO 9001
Combines the three standards 9001, 9002 and 9003 into one and is designed to help organisations achieve greater customer satisfaction, by using consistent products and services. QA is an ISO 9001:2008 certified organisation.
ITIL
QA is accredited by ISEB (The Information Systems Examinations Board) for the provision of foundation and management-level service management training – helping organisations to provide more effective and efficient services to internal and external customers.
itSMF – IT Service Management Forum
The IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) is an independent body for the service management industry. QA has been assessed and accredited to provide ITIL service management training – and is one of the UK’s leading ITIL training organisations.
Learning & Performance Institute
QA is an authorised Learning & Performance Institute qualification and assessment centre.
Microsoft
QA is one of the leading providers of Microsoft training in the UK. We have the highest level of accreditation (Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions) and have been selected three times as Microsoft’s leading learning solutions provider across Western Europe.
Management of Portfolios (MoP™)
QA is authorised by the APMG International for the delivery of Management of Portfolios (MoP) training courses and certification programmes. QA is a recognised leader in project management training.
M_o_R®
QA is authorised by the APMG International for the delivery of MoR training courses and certification programmes. QA is a recognised leader in project management training.
Managing Successful Programmes®
QA is an Approved Training Provider for Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), a management tool for bringing together people, activities and information to achieve a business goal. All MSP Approved Training Providers must meet standards in accordance with BS EN 45011.
Novell
QA has a long association with Novell, and is proud to be a Novell Platinum Training Partner. In addition, in 2008 we were awarded Novell’s prestigious Training Partner of the Year award as the leading training company across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Oracle
QA works in close partnership with Oracle, as extension of the company’s own Oracle university – and has been providing Oracle training for almost a decade. QA is the largest Oracle Approved Education Centre in the UK.
P3O®
QA is authorised by the APMG International for the delivery of P3O training courses and certification programmes. QA is a recognised leader in project management training.
Pearson Vue
Many of QA’s training centres are Approved Pearson Vue Testing Centres, allowing all of our delegates to take their examinations in the same surrounding as their training courses.
Project Management Institute (PMI)
QA is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Registered Education Provider (REP). Twenty-five QA project management courses have been approved by PMI® for the award of Professional Development Units (PDUs) which are needed by project managers to maintain their PMP® status.
PRINCE2®
QA is authorised by the APMG International for the delivery of PRINCE2 training courses and certification programmes. QA is the largest provider of PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner training globally.
Prometric
Many of QA’s training centres are Authorised Prometric Testing Centres, allowing all of our delegates to take their examinations in the same surrounding as their training courses.
Red Hat
A leader in Unix and Linux training, QA is authorised to deliver Red Hat training courses at both QA and Red Hat training centres, helping organisations to install and manage one of the most popular corporate Linux distributions.
SAP Education
QA works in partnership with SAP and delivers a number of courses exclusively within the UK.
Service Desk Institute (SDI)
The Service Desk Institute is an internationally acclaimed service desk certification which demonstrates that the service desk support function is truly dedicated and committed to providing enhanced IT service and support in line with best practice industry standards.
SFIA Foundation
SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) provides a common reference model to help identify the skills needed to develop and use effective information systems and information & communications technology. QA is an accredited partner of the SFIA Foundation, with two SFIA Accredited Consultants and is represented on the SFIA User Council.
Symantec
QA works in close partnership with Symantec, as extension of the company’s own training schedule throughout the UK. QA is an Symantec Authorised Education Delivery Partner
The Association for Project Management
The Association for Project Management (APM) is the largest independent professional body of its kind in Europe. The APM has 17,500 individual and 500 corporate members throughout the UK and abroad. Their aim is to develop and promote project management across all sectors of industry and beyond. QA is proud to be a corporate member of the APM.
The Open Group
The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, whose vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™ will enable access to integrated information, within and among enterprises, based on open standards and global interoperability. QA is an approved TOGAF® training provider.
VMware
QA is an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC). In 2009 we were awarded the VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) of the Year award for EMEA 2009. All our VMware instructors are certified, and one of our instructors won the VMware Best VCI Newcomer award for EMEA in 2008.