SkillsTrain Reviews from Students

After taking a few weeks off over the Christmas holidays, I have came roaring back to the scene with the last 3-4 passes within 3-4 weeks first time.
Submitting my final TMA Monday and looking forward to heading towars my field of interest. Learning more languages.

Thanks for all the help I have recieved and prompt delivery of resources...

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Worked hard and submitted TMAs timely, visited websites regularly, kept in touch with tutors when face difficulties and stuck in course work. Looking for a bright future with a better job in Web designing.

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EDUCATION HAS BEING MY GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, THOUGH I HAD MY PRELIMINARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA. I LOST MY DAD WHILE I WAS PREPARING FOR MY PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERT. EXAM, BUT INSPITE OF THE TENTION @ THAT TIME, I MANAGED TO SAT FOR THE EXAM AND EVENTUALLY I PASSED ALL MY PAPERS. I LATER GOT ADMISSION INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL WHEN MY RESULTS CAME OUT. AFTER ALL THESE EVENTS, THAT IS, WHEN I STARTED MY SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION I NOW BEGIN TO FEEL THE IMPACTS OF LOOSING ONES FATHER, NOT EVEN @ THE TENDER AGE OF 11 YRS OLD. INITIALLY, I WAS VERY ENCITED FOR THE JOY OF GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL, MEETING NEW FRIENDS AND FACING NEW SPHERE OF LIFE. FOR A WHILE I MANAGED TO COPE, BECAUSE I HAVE TO WALK A DISTANCE OF 3KM TO AND FRO BEFORE I GET TO MY NEW SCHOOL, SOMETIMES WITHOUT FOOD. AS TIME WENT ON I WAS DISCOURAGED BECUASE THERE WAS NOBODY TO TURN TO FOR HELP OR ADVICE, I WAS JUST ON MY OWN, USING MY OWN INITIATIVES TO MAKE DECISIONS. BUT @ THE LONG RUN I FINISHED MY SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION(SSE) WITH LITTLE OR NO HELP FROM ANYBODY EXCEPT MY MUM. HOWEVER, WHILE I WAS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL I HAD A VISION OF BECOMING A GREAT AND EDUCATED PERSON IN LIFE. WHEN I FINISHED MY SSE IN 1994, I HAVE TO WORKED FOR ALMOST 3 YRS TO RAISE MONEY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION. AND IN 1998 I GOT AN ADMISSION INTO ONE OF THE PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA (OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA). I STUDIED GEOGRAPHY AND GRADUATED IN 2003/2004 ACADEMIC SESSION WITH 2.2. NOW I HAVE B.Sc DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY. AND TODAY I AM DOING CIW WEBSITE DESIGN MNGR COURSE FOR A CHANGE OF CAREER AND ALSO TO BOOST MY CHANCE OF GETTING A BETTER JOB. SINCE I HAVE STARTED THIS COURSE THINGS HAVE NOT BEING SO EASY FOR ME, BECUASE I CAN'T IMAGINE MYSELF COPING WITH THE STRESS OF WORK, MY FAMILY ( I AM MARRIED WITH ONE CHILD, EXPECTING THE SECOND ONE IN MARCH), ALL MY BILLS AND IN PARTICULAR THE COURSE FEES. BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN THE PHILOSOPHY THAT NOTHING GOOD COMES SO EASY; YOU HAVE TO STRIFE FOR IT. DESPITE ALL THESE FACTORS I MANAGE TO GO ON IN THIS PROGRAM. NOW I JUST SUBMITTED MY ASSIGNMENT 07, WHICH MAKES ME SO HAPPY BECAUSE I KNOW IN A SHORT TIME AM GOING TO FINISH THE COURSE. APART FROM THE FACT THAT I 'M IN LESSON 06, AM VERY PROUD THAT I CAN EVEN DESIGN A WEBSITE ON MY OWN.

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I m a diplomat holder in Computer Operations however, I have never being so confident and was looking for other marketable professions. Frankly, some of my friends who decided to go with the training are now earning more than me which did not discourage me at all. Because, sooner after starting my course, things began to change for me and I m determined to complete it.
This is because, I m now confident and excited than ever and very soon I expect to be a certified Web Designer which will open doors of carreer opportunities for me.
I still have a lot of work to do though especially as a full timer and a family man. The good news is that I have started enjoying the benefits of my studies. Forexample, I repair, maintain and download free programs which are relevant to my studies and which could have cost me a lot if I were to buy them in shops.
One thing I have always wondered about is how sophisticated programs for retailer, shops etc.. are created given the fact that the hold this huge amount of information without any conflict and how people could communicate using web technologies? Well its over in fact, I look forward to creating my first applet programs and web sites and more shortly after completing my studies.
Thanks to all my relentless Tutors and Skills Train.

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I am from Pakistan when I got married I was studying and my dream was to become a web site designer but because of my marriege I couldnt continue my studies and I came here, after that I tried starting my studies over here but wasnt getting any success then I applied for some courses and aferwords I forgot about that. In between I became mother I had a baby boy when he was about a month I receive a phone call tha was about my course someone was coming for my interview I was soo excited and so was my husband then a person came for my interview and I was successful and he gave me first part of my course I started telling everyone no one was with me then only two persons my husband and my father they were with me because they were trusing me but I was a bit upset because I wasnt able to decide if I do this course or no then I started this course and now I am studying and most people are in my favour now because I am the only one in my family who is doing such course for a realy bright future. Now I am studing but with a lot of pressure from my in laws they still don't trust me and keep telling me don't know if il do this successfuly or no but I know I will do it because my husband is with me. I don't know if I have to write all this or no but I want to tell evryone that there are still some people in the world who has dreams but couldn't make them come true and there are a lot of people who can make their dreams come true with help of some very excellent hard working people like the people in Skills Train. Thats all I want to say and also want to thaks the team members who helps me alot.

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I started my course about 4 months ago just 1.5 months after I arrived in England. I am 16 years old and I am currently in my final year at school. it is quiet difficult to cope with all course works at school and do additional learning at home, but I do my best as I am really interested in what am I doing. This course has improved my English and computer knowledge dramatically! I have achieved very good results with my TMAs. At the moment I am finishing my first book and I already help to solve some simple network problems at school sometimes. I understand far more now about the Internet, hoe it works, different protocols, etc. and I want to know more. I will work hard to complete all my rest books and get the best results as I can. Thank you very much!

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Recently got promoted to a Manager's Position in a Call Centre where I work. With very tight schedule and long working hours and all the responsibility of Staff, etc. I have still managed to keep my studies going and wish to do further studies when I finish this course. Also, another personal achievement is that my wife gave me a news that I will be a father very soon !!

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I can still remember how hard it was for me to get my foot in to the world of IT. That all changed just after a month that I booked a course in MCSA with SkillsTrain. For the employers to see that I am currently training for the MCSA, I have been offered a job in 1st line IT Support and that was without a single day of work experience in the field of IT. I have been working for the DCSA DISD CIS(S) at HMNB in Portsmouth and on a long term contract (the only sad thing is I am working via an employment agency but the fact that I was selected from quite a few applicants at the time is good enough for me). I am enjoying every single day at work and the unexplainable feeling when I get some customer feedbacks is really something. At the moment, I am also training to sit for the MCDST which I might do long before I finish my MCSA course. I am currently working on 30 hours a day (work + MCSA studies + MCDST studies + family + house work) and is surviving with the help of berroca and red bull. I am keeping myself motivated by thinking that tomorrow will always be another day and that all these hard work will give me something solid in the near future.

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Even getting on this course but also getting 98% on my TMA as when I was a kid I got told I would never work or do anything with my life as I had brain damage and went to special schools. So to get this far n life means so much and to get this chance to do this course is great.

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I just wanted to say that I really find it hard to find time to study after my work.
I am working as a care assistant and it involves physical hardwork and stress through the whole day. I still found time to study and very successfully completed my two parts of TMA with really high score. 95% and 98% and I submitted my third one today.

And I feel really proud of myself, and I learned a lot of new information on Windows 2000. I hope I can take the exam soon.

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Although I have started this course later than I should have, I have been given ample support and help and have achieved far more in a shorter space of time than I could have imagined when setting out. I May not be a suitable candidate, but it is not for the want of trying.

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I started CCNA foundation - Netmaster Part a in December 2005; At that time I completed only the first marked assigment and I gave up for more than a Year.
Now I decide dto start again and I have alreday complted 6 Tutor Marked assigment in 2 months with and average of 93%

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Then at 45, and with a first degree in Mathematics and Statistics but without any knowledge at all in Computing, I felt I was being left behind in this Computer era. I therefore took a courageous decision to do a degree course in Computing to become abreast with the times. Accordingly, in September 2004, I enrolled at the Peterborough Regional College to do a three-year degree course in Computing and Information Systems.
Suddenly finding myself among students who already knew well beyond the basics in computing, I realised the enormity of the task that lay ahead of me. I have had to work extremely hard to be able to move along at the pace at which the class has been moving. And I have had to combine this with part-time work. Though I have a family, the rest of the members are not here with me and this means that all other errands have had to be run by myself. It has not been easy at all but I'm persevering.
Now at 47 and in the final year of the degree course (finishing in June 2007), I still feel I need more consolidation of the concepts in order to build more confidence, hence my decision to enrol onto this course, which appears to me to have a considerable element of practicals.
I'm still under pressure from the degree programme but I'm managing my time appropriately to be able to conveniently take this course alongside. So far I'm moving on well and enjoying it.

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I probably need to be a student for a while to get this, well I just started my ccna I have previously done a course on management of information systems. I got married in kenya just in December 2006 my wife is a full time student at leicester college hence she doesnt work thats why I have been force to take a home learning course so that I can continue with my work where I work as a support worker supporting three residents with learning disability, I do shift work so I try and do my work before or after work so far am doing well at it and managing though its tight on time as my wife doesnt work. I am getting on well with the course material provided and doing well with my TMA'S with the last one having scored 100percent. am giving it my best with the course and hope that I will sucessfully complete it.

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During January I have managed to complete 5 TMAs for my course, while I have been juggling with a new job which is 12 hour days (6-6) on a rotating shift basis (including weekends). I have also been helping my fiancee's eldest daughter with her maths for school (has anyone seen the way they have to do it now?).
On top of this, my ex-wife has told me that my 2 daughters no longer want to see me, as I was unable to see them one weekend due to the hours of my new job, so it looks like I am now going to have legal bills pending for an access case.
Despite this I still made sure I carried on with my course, as I am looking at the bigger picture and know the qualifications I gain (N+ and CCNA) will lead to a better life for my family and myself.

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Well since February I've only send one tma,I got 100% on my last assignment tma13 so I am gonna keep studying hard and try to get 96% or above in order to win student of month (Feb).I've also done well on my previous assignments my record is impressive all thanks to me and tutor team A.thanks a lot.

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Going back a couple of months ago I was offered a job with Star Internet working in a NOC however come this new year it didn't happen and they couldn't be bothered to reply to my emails, This of course has been a knock to my confidence with the thought of having to throw bags at the local airport for longer than I hoped, However after a holiday I threw myself back into my books revising for my final TMA on the N+ Course, this in turn has rebuilt my confidence back up and gets me through the days I have to do my current job.
It has also prompted me to carry on pursuing my dream job and instilled faith in me making a decision to pursue my career via skillstrain.

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On 19 January 2007 my baby boy Boitumelo ( "The Most Appreciated One") was born. Months preceding the birth of the baby, I had to look after my wife, do a physically demanding job to support the family and pay for my CCNA course fees which I hope will help me get an IT job. During these preceding months and in January, I have been consistently submitting my assignments at a regular pace, scoring good grades. Since the birth of the baby delivered by Emergency C.S, I have had sleepless nights but I am even more motivated to finish my CCNA course sooner by consistently doing studies and submitting assignments weekly while still involved in doing all the other duies ,and looking after my wife and the baby. This birth has become another motivation for my success to ensure that my baby will have a secure future in a competitive world. After all his name suggests we should appreciate life and its challenges.

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I AM WORKING FULL TIME IN A SUPER MARKET ITS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO BOTH THINGS IN ONE TIME BUT I AM TRYING VERY HARD TO DO SO I HAVE SUBMITTED 7 ASSIGNMENTS OUT OF 8 FROM MY COURSE I CONSIDOR MY SELF TO BE STUDENT OF THE MONTH IN ADDITION TO ABOVE STATMENT WHICH I PUT I WANT TO SAY THAT IGOT A FAMILY TO LOOK AFTER AS WELL

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Recently made homeless due to cotract on house running out and having to find a new career, I have not only managed to get a job within the I.T industry but have managed to keep up with my studies

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I work full time and also work on weekends to finance my skillstrain course. There is very little time in the evening I get to study and finish my assignments. I had to submit my assignments twice earlier and I decided that I will pass my assignments in the first time itself and after that I have not submit any assignment second time again. Then I set the target of submitting the assignment the same day when I would receive the result of the previous assignment and I am delighted to say that I have been able to do that. I have managed to achieve 100% a couple times as well. I really need a computer to help me study for the Cisco certification at home for which I currently go to the University IT lab, the reason why I am participating in this competition. I wish if this competition changes my life.

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To be a Family man and Student at the same time is hard. Ialmost thought of giving up the course following the loss of my wife's job in NHS England and had to relocate to Scotland. Within a month when I am thinking things are about to settle down, my wife had a miscarriage and I had to concentrate in nursing her and taking care of my daughter whilst at the same time I had to sit for my MSc Exams in Computer Security & Auditing and submit assignments and CISCO need to be done...!! I have passed assignments and I am now back on track with CISCO......I am very Happy. I have also got a job to help a blind student to do his MSc Dessertation....!!!!

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