SkillsTrain Reviews from Students

I shall be 51 this year and have surprised myself at putting myself through this course which isn't all plain sailing. I have designed websites using WYSIWYG software without really understanding what happens behind the web pages, so the html and xhtml has been like another world to me.

I have been surprised also with my consistency this month being the first time I have scored less than 75% but as with other students it is the feeling of something well done when you get the high marks and the well dones from your tutor that gives you the incentive to cover that extra yard.

Web designer or manager who knows but one thing to come out of this will be the ability to write better sites if nothing else!!!

Watch this space..............

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I find that if you really want something in life then that should be enougth to inspire you to get it like wise I want a good job so I can look after my family rather than all ways using my overdraft each month and that as move me to think carefully of my future on what I really want. in life you got to believe you can and be determin to achieve whatever you set out to achieve in life let no body tell you can't or else you will become a failer which is not good for you dont look back down the years and say if I did know it will be too late then

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After a few stressful months of having to resubmit TMAs and lossing a close family member at a very young age and at chirstmas I am now trying to get my results back up to the grades I was achieving in section A and section B part 1 which was late 90's and even some 100%. My last TMA I got 80% so getting there.

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I feel that I should be considered for Student of the Month as with the exception of this month I feel that since I started the course I have achieved a fairly high and consistent percentage of high marks. Couple this with the fact that I lost 5/6 months study time through illness and being in and out of hospital and the fact I am asthmatic I think I have acheived so much in this space of time.

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After a completely crazy, hectic year and a half combining a full-time job, my wedding, moving house and doing the CIW course, last week I received the mark for my last exam: hurray! Although I will take a break before preparing for the exam to be CIW certified, I already have a job for a company doing websites and helping on the e-learning section (can I insert a smiley here ;>?). Today, I finished my first website for the company and I shall take my very patient friends out for a meal they very much deserve for being there every time I needed them.

I moved to the UK where my skills in my native language weren't of much use and I had to completely rethink my career: now I can work with the language of computers, which is common throughout the world. At the beginning the amount of information on the course seemed overwhelming – there was so much to learn! I felt lost and clumsy, but the way all the information is linked makes learning like completing a puzzle, where you start with a couple of pieces and can't even tell if they are upside down, to reach a global view of how everything works. I like the way it is light enough to make reading easy but also keeps pointing at all the areas that can be further investigated, specially the programming languages. The first months the hours seemed to shrink, and by the time I started to understand what I was reading, the alarm would go on to say that it was time to go to work, or to look for flats, or to check on the bridesmaids dresses! I was exhausted, and sitting in front of the book with the computer rather than crawling to the sofa didn't sound like a brilliant idea, but I wanted to have something to look forward after the wedding. The best present I could offer my husband was a more confident wife: I wanted to be able to contribute more to our future family. As soon as the course started with the interactive activities, where you can actually see how the code and the programming can make things happen, learning started to be much easier and very enjoyable, and I felt tempted to go down all the new paths the course was pointing at.

As a note, the wedding was fantastic (what can I say? we are in love!) and it was very rewarding seeing everyone we care for sharing that evening with us – although we still have some Thank You cards to write. We have also moved into the new flat: there are still some doors to sand and the kitchen and another room to paint, but it is starting to look like “home”. Today we are celebrating that the missed hours of sleep, the rushing and the weekends studying were very much worth the effort. To everyone that is still studying: you are almost there!

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I believe that this last month in particular has been one of great achievement for myself, I am studying this course whilst running a full time high street Travel business with my wife. This occupies six full days a week plus bookwork time at home, we do this whilst coping with a severly mentally disabled son who is 12 years old and a lot of hard work, subsequently most of my study is done between the hours of 10pm and 1am, I am partucularly proud of myself this last month as it is our busiest time of the year in the shop, I have stepped up my study time to make quicker progress and I have managed to achieve two 100% marks for assignments. Therefore, after coming into this from a completely non-computer literate background I am giving myself a bit of a pat on the back. And the great thing is, dispite the time of night that I start studying, I cannot wait to get on with the next bit....one word of warning though, never buy a holiday off me first thing in the morning!!

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I am still recovering from a serious illness, but have now managed to get into a routine studying and am really enjoying it. My second folder arrived at the end of the week and it looks as though I will be broadening my horizons. I have passed all my TMAs so far scoring between 90 and 100% each time. After my illness I thought I'd be scraping through on them, so I am so pleased. My sons' school has already asked me to go into the school to help some of the students with things I have learned re: websites/web design. I have also been asked if I would volunteer at a centre that teaches adults and children how to use computers and the internet. I wouldn't have been able to do anything like that without this course. Thank you so much. I now get up each day looking forward to learning more with your help.

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I`m a family man with a 6 months old baby, a permanant job in the armed forces and when I started this course, I knew absolutley nothing about IT except open up my e-mails. Considering my odds against the depthness of the course I really feel I have managed to excel well and within two months I have managed to finish 3 assignments with above average scores considering I am new to IT. What amazes me most is I have managed to do all that and learn quite a lot within a short period of time while fighting wars here in Afganistan. To say the least I think I have managed to even surprise myself.

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I was more or less an absoloute beginner with PC's at the beginning of this course, being a History and English graduate, I had little use for spreadsheets and only used a computer for typing essays. I have only completed my first section of the course, but I feel I know so much more about computing and have scored 100% for my last 2 assigments. I am studying in conjunction with working full time as a retail manager and being a Mum to a 4 year old son. I know it is early days yet, but now I have my own computer to work on, I feel there is no stopping me!

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In October I moved over to Northern Ireland and moved jobs, with the pressure of moving house and jobs AND also moving to a different country I still managed to consistently study and submit my TMA's.
I feel now that I am getting into a rythm with my studies and as soon as I have the results back from my TMA I am able to submit a new one, because I have continued to study whilst waiting for my results.
Also within this time I managed to advise my girlfirends mother on what laptop & broadband to go for, now she is very confident in both using the PC and broadband....she now buys her shopping online!
I hope you appreciate that moving house and job AND country can be very stressfull and distracting but even with this I still managed to continue with my studies.

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After struggling in life with a disability, I have finally found something I can feel happy and confident taking part in. I feel I am achieving to the best of my abilities, and it doesnt matter if I have an 'off' day because I know I can do as much as I am able and still have a great team at the end of the phone or webmail to help me if I need it.

I have just started on my second file and hope to improve my skills and test scores as I progress.

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I have recently been snowed under with work and family commitments and have found it increasingly difficult to study but I have been able to stick to my study routine and even submit another TMA within a time frame that I didnt think possible.

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I have always had an interest in computers because IT is becoming a critical factor in research and turning point in business growth. When you love what you're doing, you'll do well because you won't have to fight to motivate yourself. The CIW training has exposed me the global world of Information Management and Technology.

There is no gainsaying of the fact that, when I started the programme I was a bit sceptical if I would be able to scale through the course. But as time went by, I realised the lessons notes were very much straight forward, self-explanatory couple with the untiring efforts, assistance and encouragement of tutors which went a long way in motivating me to progress at a less-hassle pace. The practical nature of the program has really made it very interesting.

I appreciate my flexible working hours - I devote a lot of time reading my lessons notes. I feel that my greatest achievement has been taking up the Web Design training. I found it very much challenging and wanted to work in a challenging and exciting industry that has to do with Web Management and Internet Security. The technology is ever dynamic and there are always new projects coming up.

I am proud of my grades after completing the first section of my course despite the fact that I was once a novice when it has to do with computer. I learned more than I could have imagined on Section One and it was really rewarding because it opened my eyes to how IT relates to the real world of business.

The wonderful thing I have observed about the program is that it offers courses across all areas of my interest and the few areas I covered have exposed me to areas I have not previously experienced.

I'm looking forward to continuing working hard to get good grades and graduate in flying colours. I just cannot wait to put these skills into practice into any industry that might need my services.

Long Live Skill Train! And Best of Wishes to all Staff and Management.

Thank You.

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I already had developing an MIS System for Institute using ASP .Net, Java script and SQL Server. Now I am developing same using CGI. I have completed Admission part of this System. And I will continue to complete it using Perl.

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I started this course on the 3rd of Jan and I was so excited about the prospect of finishing early (I actually thought I could finish my foundations and do the exam on March31). This drove me to begin reading three chapters a week as I calculated that that would enable me finish sections A to C and revise. It was challenging but I was able to cover alot in January and understand the texts as my results show(I have not gotten below 90% and I don't hope to)

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It took some time to get started on my course with my regular job and my wife's visits to hospital in preparation for an operation but I am determined to get through this. I am now well on my way as being ready to send TMAs off before receiving results from previous TMAs. Can't wait to get to the end of this section and receive the next! Keep em coming!!

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I nearly gave up on this course I am doing, with work work getting me down and getting Married back in November last year, work and the marriage took a lot of my time since me and my new wife had to plan the wedding which was in south africa. after the wedding and the christmas rush at work, as I am a chef, I had no time to be able to study, if I wasn not working I was a sleep. after December in the beggining of the new year I decided to pick it up again and now I hope I have finished the second part of my course. I now know I will not give up, because when I pass and have the certificate in my hands it will be the begging of a new life for me and my wife who we both would like to start a family but are not in a position to do yet.

Just a note to anyone thinking of giving up DON`T, it is worth pursuing.

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Hi, so far I have managed to achieve 90%-100% on 7 TMAs out of 11. which I think is quite good. I have two very young boys that keep me busy (ages 2 & 4), sometimes its very hard to fit any coursework in. This month it has been extreamly difficult for me with both of my children having chickenpox (reflected in TMA 11 first submission).

I find it hard to pick out my good points. I feel that I have learnt alot in the past few months. I always look forward to the next part. My knowledge has increased.

When I started the course I thought that there was nothing much really to designing a web site and that it was a piece of cake, but I soon realised there is alot more to it then just adding pictures and text. Thanks for reading!

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I started my course in September 2006 and since then Ive changed jobs, moved home from rent to a MORTGAGE!, aswell as having to do up our home we have just introduced a little puppy to the clan and she does not want me to study (lol).
Im finally getting the time and effort (and I mean EFFORT) to sort my life out and get a career I deserve and my first TMA I got 100%

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I've just finished the 7th book of my course and am waiting for the last section of it. In fact it took me less than a month to read that book and doing all it's assignments, I think it was a very good achievement for me and now I believe that, I've gained a very good understanding of IT in general after being on this course for a while. I'm using my knowledge to help others and am very satisfied about whole things, I hope to complete my course in the near future and starting a new challenge. thanks

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I have managed to get into Section B of the foundation level, and I am half way through. I hope that I will be able to complete the section before the end of either next week or the beginning of the following week. Then I can get onto the C section. I have been on the course since October 2006.

I have been amazed at how much I have been able to help my company sort out a few issues with their website just by studying the xhtml lessons in section B. I am constantly helping clients out and the challenge is to make sure that I am ahead of the game. It is working so far. Thanks to the course work and the course is going really well, achieving high results.

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Hi, I started this course from May last year (I think). As a foreigner, my first goal was to make some money and improve my english. But thinking about my future, I know that money is not everything. One day, Ill go back with knowledge I had gained. I hope, that one of these achievement will be completed course of CIW. Im only in section 2-javascript basics.I know how much I have to study to complete all 4 sections, pass the final test and get work a dream about.After that, I dont have to work so hard and can spend more time with my girlfriend and 2 years old wee boy, enjoy life and be with them, cause they need me.

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