Acunity successfully bids to the NTI for funding under the Workforce Development Programme.
03/02/2004

Acunity Advanced Training has recently secured funding from the New Technology Institute in Leeds, and is now able to offer the following courses and business mentoring services at a 70% discount for New Media companies based in the West Yorkshire region:

To book a place on any of these courses, please contact Simon Atherley on 01274 429186. Places are strictly limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Project Management for Creative and Technical Managers
3-Day Workshop

A crucial factor in the success or failure of any project is the way in which it is managed - having all the necessary technical and creative skills is simply not enough to ensure your projects come in on time, on budget and meet all your client’s needs.

Acunity has developed a unique 3-day workshop designed specifically for companies within the creative and technical sector wishing to advance their project management capabilities. In particular, this practical 3-day course will benefit creative studio or development staff, new project managers, studio managers and team leaders.

The dates for this course are 31st March, 1st and 2nd April.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £450 inc VAT.

Adobe After Effects 6.0 Workshop
3-Day Course

Adobe After Effects is a powerful software tool for the creation of visual effects, 2D & 3D compositing and motion graphics. This course will help you master the key features and underlying concepts of After Effects that you need to create compelling content for broadcast, web, CD-ROM and film.

The dates for this course are 5th, 6th and 12th April.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £370 inc VAT.

Dreamweaver Dynamic Web Sites
3-Day Course

These days it’s not too difficult to build a static web site. But what if you need to show listings, news and other information that changes regularly? It's not efficient to keep manually updating individual pages on your web site.

Database-driven web sites are now the foundation of almost all commercial web sites and corporate intranets. Dreamweaver MX helps you seamlessly integrate database content into your site for a wide variety of online applications.

Based on the ASP server model, this course will show you all you need to know to build a fully-functional Web-based application from the ground up, based on an example site that includes database connectivity with dynamic text, images, search facilities, user accounts, content management, and even basic eCommerce capabilities.

The dates for this course are 15th, 16th and 17th March.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £525 inc VAT.

Adobe Photoshop CS Workshop
3-Day Course

For graphic designers, photographers and web developers alike, this course teaches you the key features in Photoshop CS that you will need to create stunning graphics for web and print.

Our course includes a dedicated section dealing with the new features of Photoshop CS. This course is tailored according to your own discipline, such as Photography, Graphic Design and Web Design. Each section of Photoshop will be dealt with in-depth using worked examples supplied by the trainer or based on your own assets.

Please enquire for dates for this course.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £350 inc VAT.

Digital Industries Small Business Development
4-Day Programme

A program of business support aimed at fledgling digital companies based in the West Yorkshire region. Support is provided to one client at a time, with anywhere from 1 to 6 individuals from that company involved on any one course. Each course delivery will include a selection of the following modules, structured and delivered according to the most pressing needs of the individual client:-

  • Production management Training
  • Strategic Planning
  • Operations Development
  • Project Management Training
  • Client facing Skills
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Tendering Expertise
  • Business Development
  • Industry Specific expertise and Advice

The learning outcomes for these programmes will differ for each client, but will include one or more of the following modules:-

  • Increased business turnover
  • Increased number of employees
  • Increased range of services
  • Improved client relationship management
  • Improved business development capability
  • Improved quality of products and services
  • Enhanced operations both in terms of workload capacity and efficiency


Normal price £2,000 inc VAT per person

Price per person with NTI discount is £600 inc VAT.