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Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
Open Days for Course Enrolment 2010-2011

OPEN DAYS - 10am until 7pm between 31st August and 10th September. The Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT) will be open to visitors between 10am and 7pm from the 31st August until 10th Septemer. Please come to the City of Sunderland College Shiney Row Campus and proceed to the first floor CAT centre where you...

Posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
Pearson VUE and Prometric testing available at Sunderland CAT

At the Sunderland CAT we provide testing facilities for both Pearson VUE and Prometric testing. This facility provides testing to both our own students, those students attending a course with us and people only wishing to sit an online certification exam. For further information about the exams available please see:...

Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
New Generation Microsoft Certifications Now Available
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We are now offering Microsofts new certification framework which is based on a three tier model. The lower of which provides Technology Specialist certifications leading to the mid tier where the emphasis is on job roles for the IT Professional certifications. The Master series can be attained at Microsoft HQ by...

Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008
Free Transcenders exams with Microsoft courses.
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Transcender practice exams are now included with all of our full-cost programmes. Learners receive an access code to the Transcender online site during their course giving 120 days access to the exams and all updates. The exams provide an accurate way to check your readiness and offer questions covering all formats...

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009
International visitors

Sunderland CAT has played host to a visit from the Riyadh college of Telecoms and Information, Saudi Arabia this month. We have been fortunate enough to participate in an “Twinning Programme” organised by the British Council, designed to encourage partnerships with similar overseas academies. This is...

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunderland CAT awarded Training Quality Standard

The Sunderland CAT has recently been awarded the Training Quality Standard in recognition of the excellent training and development solutions it provides to employers. The Standard is accredited by an external assessment process. We are very proud to have achieved the Standard which is by its own merits, tough to...

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
VMWare IT Academy

We will shortly be launching our fourth Professional IT Academy within the CAT. Virtualisation brings a new paradigm in computing which revolutionises both server and desktop processing and storage. We are proud to be hosting a VMWare IT academy, the market leader in virtualisation technology. The VMWare...

Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunderland CAT launch
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The Centre for Advanced Technology took the wraps of its new website, featuring a fully searchable course database. The site highlights the full range of services on offer from the Centre - including academic, professional IT courses and consultancy.