Good Reasons to Train at Digix

There are many training organisations in the market, each trying to offer you the best value for your money. Many of these companies are marketing companies, and training is the commodity that they sell. We are an education organisation, built on the principles of good education - not good marketing of education.
Our classes are smaller than most, because we appreciate the real benefit of individual attention.
We do not cancel courses on our schedule because of insufficient students. When you plan your training calendar for the year, we respect your planning and honour our commitment to run scheduled classes.

Above all, the courses you attend at Digix could become part of a bigger picture of extending your education at some time in the future. You may not be interested in a formal qualification now, but should you change your mind in the years ahead, the Digix course that you attend now can be counted to your credit.

How We Achieve Excellence

• Like other good training establishments, we use the best instructors available to us. Beyond that, we measure our success by your educational improvement. Most of our courses end up with a one-hour individual assessment. Using our EAGLE Assessment software, we ask questions at just the right level to make each student (regardless of their educational standard) think at their own level, and we provide feedback to enhance their learning. This significantly enhances their understanding and retention.
  It also allows us to monitor how well you have absorbed our training, and to continually improve.

• We purposely keep our classes small, so that we can attend to the needs of individuals. If a scheduled course gets too big, we split it.
• At the end of every Digix course, we analyse the work of every student. If students request it, we email them their strengths and weaknesses. We use this analysis to improve.
• We are particularly effective at teaching students who use English as a second language. This is a growing segment of our business, and one that is very important to us. We use our EAGLE data to improve our effectiveness in this sector.
• IBM conducted a pilot project to train 150 previously disadvantaged students (project Marang). Delegates were pre-assessed by IBM, and split into 5 equal groups. Each group was sent to a different training provider, and after six months, the students were assessed by IBM. In the final analysis, the Digix group of students out-performed the next best group by an average of 20% in the examination marks. Surprised? We weren't - our commitment to student analysis pays dividends.

What Our Students Think of Us

Here is some of the student feedback that we get on a regular basis. Individual feedback is confidential, but feedback forms are subject to audit. All student feedback is analysed by a government registered assessor, and moderated by a suitably qualified moderator. An external moderator from City & Guilds in London has rated our feedback as being amongst the best in the world. Our student performance in City & Guilds exams is also amongst the best in the world.

• The quiet, suburban atmosphere at Digix really is conducive to learning.
• Digix really do go the extra mile. Because of work commitments, I found it hard to find time to write my examinations. Digix arranged for me to write all of my exams at times that suited me.
• I thought I knew Unix well, and only attended the course to evaluate it for my team. I was amazed at how much I learned - I can honestly say that every single topic covered was of benefit to me.
• I had some special training needs, which were different to the rest of the group. The lecturer came in to class to help me on my own. I have never had this special treatment before - ususlly, you have to work "at the pace of the class".
• By the end of my training at Digix, I could actually do my job better. They helped my "fill in gaps" that I never knew I had!
• My team knew the basics, but I wanted them to have a deeper knowledge. Digix arranged an assessment at a time that suited us, then trained the group on exactly what they needed. The benefit was instant and measurable. I have never had such value from training before.