We had two great evenings recently with colleagues from FFT Education at the ceremonies for the E-learning Awards 2014 and Fresh Awards 2014. Naturally we were delighted to receive awards on both nights for:

• Excellence in the production of learning content (Third sector) at the E-learning Awards
• Training & Educational at the Fresh Awards Digital

Both awards were for our school governor e-learning project with FFT. You can read more about that on our site here. We were particularly pleased with the E-learning Award because the judging process is rigorous, including a presentation to the judging panel of industry experts, and they are respected throughout the e-learning industry. With over 250 entries from 18 countries, we knew the competition would be tough, but we were also confident that the feedback from learners was overwhelmingly positive with 99% approval ratings and comments like these:

• “Being a statistics phobe I found the e-learning tool very accessible and easy to navigate around. It helped me tremendously to get to grips with what others see as simple data.” Sarah-Jane Hair, Governor, Frodsham Manor House Primary School (Cheshire West and Chester)
• “I have done quite a lot of online training and this e-learning tool is one of the most user-friendly systems I have encountered.” Andrew Wallace, Vice Chair and Training and Liaison Governor, Eastbrook Comprehensive School (Barking and Dagenham)
• “I found it very easy to understand, great fun and what’s more it helps loads when it comes to understanding the headteacher’s reports.” Paul Holland, Governor, Ashfield Comprehensive School (Nottinghamshire)