Parity moves
to enhance learning experiences with the launch of Parity e-Books
Released
on: November 1, 2007, 9:34 am
Press
Release Author: Parity Group plc
Industry:
Education
Press
Release Summary: Parity is making available to its delegates, a
unique learning support library across 178 of its top courses
Press
Release Body: Parity is making available to its
delegates access to a unique learning support library across 178
of its top courses to provide unique added value learning support
material from leading international authors and publishers. The
Parity e-Books, which are powered by Books24X7,
will give unique subscription access to five book shelves, covering
30 books per shelf to all delegates as part of their learning support
material.
The
Parity subscription lasts one
year and provides additional e-reference content across broader
aspects of the subjects aimed at furthering development and understanding.
This will provide significant benefits to learners, in supporting
further learning and reinforcement in the work place, and also for
budget holders who will benefit from an added value learning package
free of charge.
“This
is a really exciting initiative which adds enormous value to learning”,
said Rick Firth, Managing Director of Parity Training.
“At Parity we believe that attending an IT training
course is only a part of an overall effective learning process,
and also given time is limited with what can be covered during accredited
courses such as ITIL
PRINCE and PMI courses. It’s only when delegates get back
to the workplace and start to apply principles that true learning
and understanding starts to happen. That is when people most need
additional support. As a leading training provider we have a duty
to ensure that delegates attending our courses get the most from
the financial and time investment being made, Parity
e-Books are one of the ways in which we help learners
and individuals achieve this.”
The
reference libraries mean that delegates can enhance their understanding
of what they have learnt in the classroom with a selection of 30
e-books valued at £450. The books offered are all current
editions and from leading publishers such as Harvard Business School,
John Wiley, Kogan Page, Project Management Institute and AMACOM.
“We
have seen a huge increase in demand over the past few years for
IT business management training. Partly this is driven from government
mandates and promotion in OGC methodologies and frameworks, but
also driven by the real need to raise standards in business management.
From a training perspective we often see employees literally being
pushed through courses in the shortest time possible because that’s
what organisations and individuals are able to afford in terms of
time investment, but its no good if they pass exams but don’t
have a real understanding of how to use what they have learnt in
the work place”, said Firth. “What we want
to facilitate is real skill and competency improvements for individuals
that can be applied and which can deliver organisational benefits,
rather than being just another training provider who can get people
through an examination”, continued Firth.
Whilst
Firth is critical of the effectiveness and limitation of
much of the current training provision given pricing and time pressures,
he remains optimistic that training providers and training buyers
can make a difference in their approach to learning. “I
am encouraged by the fact that we recently won a big public sector
contract, under competitive tender, not for being the cheapest,
but by being able to provide the greatest value when it comes to
learning and this makes me even more convinced that providing better
support and continuing education is worth it”, says Firth.
Parity
e-Books incorporating over 150 books are now available
to all delegates on eligible courses.
About
Parity Group plc
Parity a leading IT Business services organisation
delivering technical, recruitment and training solutions to the
UK and Irish markets.
They
focus on the key areas of project, programme and IT service management.
Parity's Training business educates client's own staff in these
skill areas; their Resources business recruits highly skilled short
term, interim and permanent staff; and their Solutions
business takes total delivery responsibility for IT projects
and programmes as well as the ongoing delivery of IT applications
and business processes.
Parity
has deep industry knowledge and expertise in Finance, Utilities,
Telecoms and the Public Sector delivering people, skills and concepts
for IT projects and programmes throughout the UK. Parity have provided
these services to a range of notable clients, including Hewlett
Packard, IBM, Ministry of Defence, Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern
Ireland Electricity, Siemens and GlaxoSmithKline.
Contact
details:
Gina Cannon
Parity Group plc
Wimbledon Bridge House
1 Hartfield Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 3RU
0845 873 6945
http://www.parity.net/
Web
Site: http://www.parity.net/
Contact
Details: Gina Cannon
Parity Group plc
Wimbledon
Bridge House
1 Hartfield Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 3RU
0845 873 6945
http://www.parity.net/
enquiries@pr-sending.co.uk
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