Acunity and NTI partner again on the Workforce Development Programme.
05/07/2004

After a successful delivery in Phase 1, Acunity Advanced Training has been awarded a second contract with the New Technology Institute in Leeds. We are pleased 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 or email us at info@acunity.co.uk. Places are strictly limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

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 £580 inc VAT.

Project Management for Creative and Technical Managers
4-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 4-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 next dates for this course are 29th & 30th November and the 8th & 9th December. Further courses are scheduled throughout the year.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £436 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.

Please enquire for dates for this course.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £356 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 £330 inc VAT.

Adobe Illustrator CS Workshop
3-Day Course

Learn the key techniques to take advantage of some of the most powerful drawing tools available with Illustrator CS. Our course is very practial and starts with the basics - the Illustrator environment and how to get around it, and the principles of vector and raster graphics. You will also get to grips with the drawing capabilities within Illustrator, including Paths, Fills, Strokes and Type.

Advanced drawing techniques, using pressure sensitive tablets and using brushes and patterns are aslo dealt with, as well as techniques for bending, stretching and twisting text, graphics, and images using live warping and distortion. Finally we look at the new 3D drawing capabilities built into Illustrator CS.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £330 inc VAT.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) with Dreamweaver MX
2-Day Course

This course guides you through the key stages of understanding exactly what CSS is and how to use it within your web pages. We will show how to use CSS effectively to control the appearance of individual page elements, page layouts and entire sites. We do this in a thorough manner, with all knowledge shared supported by practical examples.

We will also look at some of the key issues concerning Accessibility and the Web, and the particular features of CSS that will help you when creating Accessible Web sites.

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Price per person with NTI discount is £295 inc VAT.