Brand new industry-designed IT postgrad programme has spaces available

There are places available on a pioneering postgraduate programme that has been designed to fast-track professionals into highly-skilled IT roles. The e-skills Professional Programme has been designed by e-skills UK (the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology) and leading employers.

The e-skills Professional programme is delivered by The Open University and Lancaster University Management School, and it is open to anyone in work. The programme is ideally suited to people who are recent entrants to an IT professional role from any background.

This new programme, which has 50% subsidies for a limited number of places, leads to a Post Graduate Certificate as well as offering higher education credits which can contribute towards a Masters qualification.

Centrica Head of IS Graduate Programme Jim Heard says, 'The e-skills Professional Programme is a key part of our graduate programme which will benefit our business in a number of ways.  It will enable our professionals to better appreciate the contribution technology can make to achieving business goals, and to understand the value and importance of robust business cases to support IT change.'

National Grid Global IS Programme Director Derek Parsons adds, 'The e-skills Professional Programme will accelerate our IT professionals’ development into more highly skilled roles by providing them with industry-recognised academic learning that is immediately applicable to the workplace.'

Current student Nicola Percy from British Airways says, 'I really enjoy the course’s diversity. Coming from a non-technical background, it’s given me the business knowledge to back up the projects I’m working on, as well as the opportunity to network with different people.'

Click here for more information or email professionalprogramme@e-skills.com.

Find out more at www.e-skills.com.

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Content added on 11th November 2010.

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