Experts celebrate success

Staff and students from Wakefield College were celebrating achieving the advanced ECDL (European Computer Driving licence) Expert certificate at an Awards evening at the Whitwood campus last week.

Last week we held a celebration event for staff and students who had gained the ECDL Expert certificate. Fifteen (of 24) were able to attend.

The 24 staff and students were presented with certificates after having successfully completed 4 ECDL Advanced courses. To qualify for this new certificate students had to pass 4 exams, testing their ability to use advanced components of computer software, including Databases, Presentations, Spreadsheets and Word Processing.

Most of the students have completed the advanced courses within 2 years. Some had been complete beginners a few years earlier when they had started on Information Technology courses for beginners. One student said, “I have come a very long way from the foundation level courses which gave me an excellent start”.

Having successfully achieved the Expert Certificate, students qualified as Associate Members of the British Computer Society which entitles them to use the letters AMBCS after their names and enjoy membership benefits.

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