SkillsTrain Reviews from Students

My partner has just had a baby and its been difficult with a new born around but I have been working really hard to try and catch up with my course over the last month or so, and I am really starting to enjoy the N+ course, probably because its all stuff that I dont know and that I WANT to learn it.

-David

I work in a convenient during the day and in a Restaurant in the evening. Yet I have achieved 100% on all of my TMA's. To get my break into the IT Industry I do free work on weekends at my local computer shop in Withington, Manchester. Yet I am still smiling and hope to complete this course for the rewards it offers.

-Usman

I have completed 4 TMA's so far this month plus one resubmitted, this is a massive achievement as I have been averaging only 1 or 2 a month. I also have an interview lined up to enter a BA Hons course.

-Carol

I have just completed section Two Part B. I have never done any payroll before. In my first tutor-assessed assignment 13 I just achieved a mark of 52% which is very low for me, because I did not understand it properly. So I revised the chapters again and studied harder. On my next assignment I achieved a mark of 95%. So studying harder helped me with understanding the payroll theory and achieving higher points.

-Tabbasum

I am originally from Botswana,Africa.I came to England to study business management.Then I came across a leaflet about skills train.I took a chance because as you might be aware in Africa the web is not used as much as it is here.I wanted to learn how web sites begin and what their real function and benefits are to say an organization.From the little time I have had reading and studying I have learnt a lot more than I knew before.Before I begun my course I was just surfing the web for information or buying things in America that we do not get in Africa like clothes etc.This course has opened up my mind and I want to start a web site developing company when I get home.I want to build web sites and do the after service of updating etc for them.I believe as is always the case we will catch up with the use of the world wide web.

-Modisaotsile

I have achieved 95% on my first attempt at TMA01 and feel great about it. I look forward to the next one.

-Andrew

I WORK NIGHTS AS A TRUCK DRIVER AND I AM ALSO WORKPLACE UNION REP WHICH MEANS I OFTEN HAVE TO ATTEND WORKPLACE AT ODD HOURS AND AT TIMES I WOULD NORMALLY BE SLEEPING, WHICH PLAYS HAVOC WITH BODY CLOCK, AS WELL AS BEING AN ACTIVE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR STUDYING FOR MY NEXT LICENSE UPGRADE AND ALSO LEARNING MORSE CODE...ALL THIS WHILST STUDYING FOR MSCA COURSE AND MAINTAINING QUITE GOOD RESULTS ON MY 8 TMAs SUBMITTED UP TO NOW, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES FINDING IT VERY HARD TO FIT EVERYTHING IN BUT I ENJOY IT ALL.

-Paul

I only recently started this coursework, and am in my 5th week of study. I am a single parent with three children under two. Although I was determined to complete the full set of coursework, exams and all, I worried about studying and retaining information so densely technical. I am proud to say that even with studying when I can, and late at night, I have averaged around 94% on my assignments!! I am really happy and encouraged by this result. I am looking forward to many more nights studying while the children are asleep.

-Amanda

Several months ago my wife and I moved to Belfast from South Africa, leaving all our friends and family behind. I managed to get a job after being here for a few weeks and felt my skills weren't good enough for the work standard out here. I enrolled for the course to try increase my knowledge and skills in IT. In the time I was studying through May and June I have been extremely home sick and battling to concentrate on anything other than missing everything from back home and my increasing work responsibilities. Despite all this I still managed to get upper 90% for the TMA's I did in June and I feel my base knowledge of the theory is really quite solid.

-Morne

I feel I have improved my knowledge of the i.t world within doing my first 2 tma's. I am working very hard and committing as much time as possible to really crack on with my work., the past 2 results I have achieved on my tma has made me proud of how much I have worked. It is just so fulfilling when I receive my reports on the assignments, that it has been acknowledged by my tutor team and also shows that the team does really want you to succeed. Overall I believe I have achieved a greater understanding of what level of work is needed to really be at the top of an i.t career. It May be quite funny really as I know I'm just into the course and to gain so much is quite rare. I really put that down to my enthusiasm and willingness to work hard and harder to make a real success of my fast growing knowledge.

-Hinashu