Staff Development - It's Certified!

Staff development programmes which incorporate certification provide a great way of ensuring the knowledge and competence of staff in specific IT support functions or technologies. Certification programs reinforce external best practice and play an important role in developing and maintaining effective and sustainable IT services for our students and staff.

IS Applications Divisions is committed to the effective development of our staff using a mix of approaches including certification. A number of staff in our Project Services team have just passed external certification examinations in project, programme management and business analysis including:

• PRINCE2 Foundation
• Management of Risk Foundation
• Managing Successful Programmes Foundation
• Project and Programme Sponsorship 
• APM Introductory Certificate in Project Management
• BCS Foundation in Business Analysis

These exams are used worldwide to demonstrate a good level of understanding of industry best practice in these key disciplines. More than 50% of our staff, including our recent Student Intern, achieved at least one qualification which is a great testimony to the quality of the people who work at the University.

We believe that achieving appropriate certification increases the confidence of our staff and strengthens our collective ability to successfully deliver projects for the University.

You can find out more about IS Applications Division staff at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/about/organisation/applications-division/apps-division-who/stafflistsapps/apps-staff-list

Mark Ritchie Deputy Director, IS Applications Division