Overview
StayAhead Training Limited was formed in 1992. As an independent software training specialist the company has gained has gained a reputation for providing high quality value for money training. StayAhead Training deliver a schedule of over 70 courses in 4 training centres, London Bristol Birmingham and Manchester. Areas of specialist training include; ORACLE, Microsoft Office, UNIX, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Programming and Support. Approximately 60% of our training activity is dedicated to tailored or on-site courses, both here in the UK and abroad.

Our London training centre is based near the Barbican and has 6 fully equipped training suites, our Manchester Bristol and Birmingham facilities are equipped to conduct a range of Microsoft, Oracle and UNIX courses.

We enjoy year on year growth and are perceived by many in the industry as one of the fastest growing, quality training organisations in the UK.

Industry Partnerships
StayAhead Training enjoy partnerships with two leading manufacturers, IBM Education and the Hewlett Packard Computer Users Association (HPCUA). Our partnership with IBM Education involved our trainers developing a UNIX to AIX Conversion training course to be delivered world-wide. This workshop forms part of the IBM Certified Specialist System Administrator.

The Hewlett Packard Computer Users Association (HPCUA) will only recommend StayAhead Training for independent training to its members. We are completely independent from HPCUA yet enjoy sole provider status. Again, this partnership is on going and unique to StayAhead Training.

Market Position
With a formidable reputation for quality and expertise StayAhead Training enjoy an enviable position amongst the top IT and Technical training organisations in the UK. Our position as a leading IT training provider can be demonstrated by our list of both local authority and blue chip clients and the high levels of repeat business we enjoy. Our scope and breadth of courses further galvanises our position as we are able to deliver a range of courses via a public schedule or, delivering highly tailored training events. StayAhead Training are currently involved in a number of on going training projects involving training needs analysis, course development and workshop delivery.

Key Differentiators

• Guaranteed small class sizes
• Guaranteed workstations for each delegate
• Partnerships with IBM Education & HPCUA
• Hardware & software supplied for on-site training
• Specialists rather than general IT trainers

OUR APPROACH TO TRAINING AND STYLE OF DELIVERY

The core activity of StayAhead Training has always been training. We do not sell hardware, software or recruitment services. This policy has certainly served our business well with year on year growth and our clients well with very high levels of repeat business. This is because we dedicate all our expertise to one end...

Training For Excellence

Our style of delivery is designed to foster the development of learning. Instructor led tutorials are followed by practical exercises. The style is experiential allowing our delegates to take ownership and solve problems for themselves. We have found that the pace of learning is greatly accelerated when our delegates are shown how to solve their problems rather than just why they should.

When considering on-site training courses we are mindful to propose the right training team rather than simply providing trainers.