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Army Recruiting & Initial Training Command (ARITC) Civilian Trainer of the Year 2020 awarded to Army Foundation College (AFC) Pearson TQ (PTQ) tutor/instructor

We are pleased to announce that Pearson TQ colleague Dr Clark Colman PhD, a Functional Skills tutor and Sports & Skills instructor at the MOD's Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has been confirmed as the Army Recruiting & Initial Training Command (ARITC) civilian Trainer of the Year 2020.

On Wednesday 21 October, it was announced that the Army has been awarded number 1 spot in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2020.

Pearson TQ is delighted that BT has been shortlisted for the Excellence in Learning & Development Award at the Personnel Today Awards 2019 in conjunction with the Pearson TQ-BT collaboration on their Future Leaders Programme. Pearson TQ has also been nominated by BT for the HR Supplier Partnership Award which recognises excellence in the supply of products and services to HR and L&D professions. The awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 19th November 2019.

On Wednesday 3rd July, our Business and Administration apprentice, Eve Brown, attended one of Pearson’s quarterly Apprenticeship Provider Events run by Anne Ashworth and Anna Arthur. This event gave Eve the opportunity to see, from a training provider’s perspective, the complexity of the whole apprenticeship system and how tailored and unique the process is for each individual apprentice. 

Read about Eve's experience at the event.

Lt Col Rich Hall MBE, Commanding Officer at the AFC Harrogate, presented DofE certificates to Junior Soldiers (JS) of Waterloo Company on Monday 11 February 2019.

Pearson TQ has reason to celebrate following another hugely successful Army Apprenticeships 'Apprentice of the Year' Awards ceremony held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 6th March.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year from all of us at the Pearson TQ Construction Academy! We hope you've had a fantastic Christmas break and are feeling revitalised for the year ahead.

We had a very productive 2018 at the Construction Academy, completing our first full year running as a dedicated training centre in Swanley, Kent.

Pearson TQ was made aware that Project Anemoi on the Falkland Islands had reached a point where evidence collection for the Royal Engineer Heating & Plumbing apprentices could now take place. Due to the apprenticeship requirements, certain assessments for the Heating & Plumbing trade can only be completed face-to-face, meaning that a Pearson TQ assessor needed to be dispatched to the Falklands.