Who runs the world? GIRLS! (…but not in Technology) – Part 2
Have you ever been asked to reveal a part of your body by your boss? Have you ever been smacked on a certain area of your body as a male walks past you in the [...]
Charlie Lennon, Support Engineer Case Study
Charlie has been with risual for two years now, starting as an apprentice within the risual Managed Services division. At the start of Charlie’s apprenticeship, it was showing to be a slow start, Charlie [...]
Dominique Bevington-King, BID Management Lead Case Study
“I first started my risual journey as an IT Support Engineer Apprentice in the risual Managed Services department, and my day to day responsibilities / tasks consisted of looking after SCOM and customer environments along with the daily operations [...]
Nick Gee, Support Engineer Case Study
Nick Gee works within the Service Desk and Incident Team as a now fully qualified Support Engineer alongside 40 other Support Engineers [including apprentices] all with different responsibilities and expertise in the IT and [...]
Improve your technical Microsoft knowledge
Are you looking to expand your knowledge on Microsoft technology? Wanting to learn about the latest and greatest technology? Looking for how to use a specific tool or application? How we can help Open EDX [...]
Who runs the world? GIRLS! (…but not in Technology) – Part 1
Recently, the focus in the media has been around equal pay for females...That’s all well and good but what about getting females into the industries that are dominated by males. A recent study conducted by [...]
Top 5 Tips for Apprentices
Starting as an apprentice can be a huge mix of emotions… excitement, apprehension, uncertainty and pretty much any other fancy word you can find to describe feelings. I’m writing this, to give those of you [...]
Grow the talent in your organisation with Open EDX Learning Platform
Technology is constantly evolving, and has changed rapidly over the years, it can be very difficult to stay up to date and almost impossible to always be learning the latest and greatest tech. As wizards [...]
What Makes a Good Portfolio Great
The change from framework apprenticeships to the new Standards has brought with it new ways of assessing an apprentice’s knowledge and ability. In addition to college study, a portfolio of evidence, and achieving the necessary [...]
Benefits of hiring an apprentice
Are you considering hiring an apprentice within your organisation but are not too sure why you should? Apprenticeships for the younger generation are becoming an increasingly more attractive option when it comes to considering what [...]