{"id":265,"date":"2012-10-02T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2012-10-02T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:50:11","slug":"its-been-quite-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/blog\/its-been-quite-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been quite a while!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. It&#8217;s been a while since our last blog.<br \/>\nThis always happens at this time of the year.<br \/>\nThe new academic year means new syllabuses.<br \/>\nNew courses added to the portfolio.<br \/>\nNew material to be written.<br \/>\nNew trainers to induct.<br \/>\nAnd so we have had our hands completely full.<br \/>\nPressure is beginning to ease so you can expect that normal blogging duty will resume soon.<\/p>\n<p>New things to look out for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>CeMAP 2012\/13 Academic year material now completed. So for those looking to do <a title=\"CeMAP Home Study\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cemap123.co.uk\/homestudy\/\" target=\"_blank\">CeMAP distance learning<\/a> can rest assured we will only be sending them current material.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"dipfa coursework training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dipfa-training.co.uk\/content.html#cwa\" target=\"_blank\">DipFA Coursework<\/a> and <a title=\"dipfa factfind workshop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dipfa-training.co.uk\/content.html#afae\" target=\"_blank\">FactFind Training<\/a> has been going very well. We&#8217;ve been closely monitoring the success rates of our students and can only recollect a few that have not passed! We have our new tutor , Paul, to thank for that! He really cares about the students and provides them with a lot of aftercare support. The rave reviews he has been getting are extremely well deserved.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"stocks shares and investments training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/courses\/stock_market_training.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stocks, Shares and Investments courses<\/a> and our<a title=\"Forex Training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/courses\/forex_training.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Day Trading Forex programme<\/a> has been running smoothly under the management of Umar. He has brought a very practical slant to the courses and his post course mentoring is just first class. It&#8217;s no wonder people are queueing up to join his classes.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also been working hard on a <a title=\"Business Analysis Training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careertesters.com\/businessanalysis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Business Analysis course<\/a> which is scheduled to kick off October 28th. For this we have recruited the services of a very senior Business Analyst at Amazon. We get so many Software Testing Analysts looking for a career progression route&#8230;and for most &#8211; this is it!<\/p>\n<p>Our <a title=\"Software Testing Essentials Training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.careertesters.com\/softwaretesting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Software Testing Essentials<\/a> course has had some new additions to it. We&#8217;ve added an extra day on to the course thereby incorporating Test automation into the programme.<\/p>\n<p>We now have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/courses\/wordpress.html\" title=\"wordpress for beginners training\" target=\"_blank\">beginners<\/a> to <a title=\"advanced wordpress training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/courses\/wordpress_php.html\" target=\"_blank\">advanced WordPress courses<\/a> ranging from the basics (using WordPress.com) to intermediate and advanced levels using wordpress.org and all the benefits of flexibility to looking at how to build your own themes and understanding the php code that allows you to customise your wordpress site even more.<\/p>\n<p>We are also trialling the ACA qualification for those looking to gain Adobe accreditation in either Photoshop or Dreamweaver.<br \/>\nA goal for the Adobe Certified Associate certification is to address the real world, entry-level skill expectations for web communication, rich media communication, and visual communication.<\/p>\n<p>This certification is a credential that validates entry-level skills needed to plan, design, build, and maintain effective communications by using different forms of digital media.<\/p>\n<p>The qualification is open to anyone who takes our <a title=\"photoshop level 2 training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/courses\/photoshop_advanced.html\" target=\"_blank\">Adobe Photoshop Next Step Course <\/a>and <a title=\"dreamweaver level 2 training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/courses\/dreamweaver_advanced.html\" target=\"_blank\">Adobe Dreamweaver Next Step<\/a> course.<\/p>\n<p>So as you can see there&#8217;s lot&#8217;s to look forward to at Futuretrend this academic year.<\/p>\n<span id='mp-share-below-action'><\/span><ul class='mp-share-buttons'><li class='mp-share-buttons-fb'><div class='fb-like' data-href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.futuretrend.co.uk%2Fblog%2Fits-been-quite-a-while%2F' data-width='' data-layout='button' data-action='like' data-size='small' data-share='true'><\/div><\/li><li class='mp-share-buttons-tw'><a class='twitter-share-button' href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share'?url='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.futuretrend.co.uk%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D265' data-via='Futuretrend_'><\/a><\/li><li class='mp-share-buttons-li' style='margin-top:-10px !important;'><script type='in\/share' data-url='https:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/blog\/its-been-quite-a-while\/'><\/script><\/li><\/ul><div class='mp-share-clear-fix'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. It&#8217;s been a while since our last blog. This always happens at this time of the year. The new academic year means new syllabuses. New courses added to the portfolio. New material to be written. New trainers to induct. And so we have had our hands completely full. 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