Academy Support Centre Services

At Anglia Ruskin University, we are committed to offering quality support and training to your Cisco Academy. In order to achieve this, we offer the following:

Training centres at our Chelmsford and Cambridge campuses, including newly refurbished training rooms at Chelmsford
High specification PCs with large resolution touch-sensitive screens
Extensive range of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls and WAN emulators
Access to our NETLAB facilities
Experienced qualified and motivated instructors able to deliver all current Cisco curriculum
Dedicated administration and support staff
Dedicated website and Virtual Learning Environment
VUE testing centre
Lecture theatres for large group meetings
Comfortable refectory with extended opening hours

We offer three Academy Support packages - Basic, Standard and Premium

Basic - £1000 per annum

Assistance in the initial set-up of new Cisco Academies
Advice on the appropriate equipment purchases for your organisation and the classroom set-up at your location
Advice on the appropriate curriculum for your students and the training requirements of your Cisco instructors
Advice on administrative support both within your organisation and the support that is available from Anglia Ruskin University and Cisco
On-going support for existing Cisco Academies
Continuing advice on equipment, curriculum and administration for your organisation
Communicating curriculum, technical and administrative updates from Cisco
Assisting Academies with change initiatives

Standard - £1500 per annum
In addition to the Basic package, Cisco Academies will receive the following:

Access to our Netlab facility for your institute's students, subject to availability. Pre-booking is essential.
Access to a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for your instructors. This will provide advanced curriculum support, additional learning materials, news and updates.
Our teaching staff will be available to your institute for guest lectures. Again this is subject to the availability of our staff and therefore pre-booking is essential.
An annual visit to your institute from our teaching staff and/or our administration team, where appropriate. These visits will be tailored for your institute's needs.
An invitation to all Cisco Academies supported by Anglia Ruskin University for Cisco instructors to attend an annual conference held at one of our campuses. The conference will provide your staff with excellent CPD and networking opportunities. The conference includes guest lectures, interactive workshops and other activities for your Cisco instructors.
Open days for your students at Anglia Ruskin University, tailored for your institute?s needs. These days will focus on information, advice and guidance about Higher Education for your students with a particular focus on courses with Computing & Technology.
An invitation to all Cisco Academies supported by Anglia Ruskin University for these institutes' Cisco students to attend an annual conference held at one of our campuses. The conference will include guest lectures, interactive workshops and other activities for your Cisco students.

Premium - £3000 per annum
In addition to the Standard package, Cisco Academies will receive three weeks of classroom based training. This training can be used for more than one instructor from your institute. However the training must be undertaken by your institute before the end of the annual contract.

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Please contact us for further information about any of these packages or the services that we offer.

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