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Aston Swann Company Profile
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| Headquarters | Coach House, Highfield, Hampton Bishop, Hereford HR1 4JN UK |
| TEL FAX wEB |
+44 (0)1432 341 344 +44 (0)1432 272 806 www.astonswann.co.uk |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Management |
Nigel Swann, Managing Partner, Accountant Wendy Swann, Managing Partner Debbie Skyrme, Education Programme Developer Libby Pickard, Special Projects Coordinator Vivien Short, Administrator |
| Ownership | Private Partnership |
| Company Description | Aston Swann are specialists in developing sector-specific ICT learning programmes. Aston Swann courses follow the National IT Standards Framework, encouraging all learners to work towards a recognised qualification – vocational or professional. |
| Vision and Mission | Aston Swann aims for its ECDL for Educators product to be recognised as the national ICT standard for teachers in all schools and colleges. Through achievement of relevant skills to raise standards in the classroom and empower teachers to confidently use ICT as a tool for learning. ‘Teacher skills= pupils skills’. |
| Products and Services | European
Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) for Educators – Sector-specific ICT
Training for teachers in schools and colleges to an internationally
recognised qualification.
Aston Swann are the first company in the country to develop a
sector-specific ECDL course. tasQbank
– Innovative e-learning and courseware authoring tool.
‘tasQbank’ works with the live application to create short, sharp
knowledge bytes in a learn-by-doing environment. Online
Authoring – Specialists in authoring online IT learning to National
Standards.
Learning is written using sector-specific exercises for a target
audience, for example engineers, plumbers, teachers etc. Bespoke Training – Tutor-led training programmes mapped to National Standards – with the benefit of electronic support materials on CD or the Internet. Education Options - A ‘living’ ICT training programme for teachers that is constantly revised in response to feedback. |
| Awards & Recognition | Government
Award for Innovation for the new e-learning and courseware authoring
product ‘tasQbank’. Investor in People Award. Accredited by the British Computer Society and ECDL Foundation Ltd for ‘ECDL for Educators’. ECDL Courseware Providers version 3 and version 4. |
| Press Contacts | Livewire
Public Relations, Victoria Brooke, 32 Ewell Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6HX Tel: +44 (0)208 339 7440 Fax: +44 (0)208 339 7441 victoria.brooke@livewirepr.com www.livewirepr.com/press Ref: as006.doc |