Local authorities and government sector - testimonials

"Excellent venue, availability of refreshments and lunch. Nice laptops. Good pace and amount of content (not too much). Interesting topics to practice with. Helped maintain interest and make course fun!"

Rob Green

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Excellent course and trainer. It's all good."

Antony Bateman

London Borough of Newham

"Really good pace and coverage of topics. Very happy, thank you."

Marie Woltman

Devon County Council

"Everything was excellent; delivery, pace and content. Having never had any kind of coding 'experience,' I feel I can apply basics back at the workplace, with familiar data. Recommended by colleagues. The trainer somehow managed to inject fun into what is deemed by many to be quite a dry topic!"

Chris Charlton

Leeds City Council

"Trainers have extensive knowledge in their subjects and are very thorough, will definitely be booking the advanced SSIS with WiseOwl. "

Sheereen Ashfaq

Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust

"Excellent course, will recommend to colleagues."

Andy Clapham

Derbyshire County Council

"Very well presented and interesting course."

Peter Thomas

North East Lincolnshire Council

"Really good course. Plenty covered and excellent resources/manuals. Delivered at a good pace. Cheers."

Neil Keen

Devon County Council

"Enjoyed the course. Content and trainer very engaging and have come away with new skills & ideas of improving business processes."

David Hallworth

Cheshire East Council

"Really enjoyed the course, instructor clearly explained everything. Lots relevant to my work so very useful."

Sophie Kelly

Liverpool City Council

"Excellent content and delivery."

Nathan Grimes

Devon County Council

"Very informative and enjoyable course. Trainer and manuals were both excellent. Previously watched Wise Owl You Tube videos and they were very helpful!"

Liam Grogan

Durham County Council

"Course was very well presented and covered lots of material. Managed to cover sub-queries which I was really keen to learn. (SQL) Course was at a very good pace, everything was well explained in a way that was easy to understand. Very good trainer & course - I would highly recommend. (SSRS)"

Louise Hunt

Thurrock Council

"Best training I have ever received on any subject at any point! Trainer very engaging, encouraging and knowledgeable. Course recommended by all colleagues."

Danny Hopton

Derbyshire County Council

"I didn't think I would find this course interesting. Not only did I but I actually really enjoyed it!"

Will Cooper

Waltham Forest Council

"Excellent communication. Recommended by colleague."

Will Ridge

Leeds City Council

"Great content, very informative, well structured. Manager recommended this course."

Holly Palmer

Derbyshire County Council

"I was very impressed with the course training, the small group size and the material that we covered. I benefitted from the trainer spending extra time going through the report grouping sessions and I will be using these and extra skills in my work. In future I may consider Integration Services and Advanced SQL."

Simon Young

Derbyshire County Council

"Great. Good pace."

Debra Sloan

Cheshire East Council

"Course materials along with teaching - all excellent."

Joshua Boddington

Cheshire East Council

"Good number of students. Flexible trainer. Good lunches. Impressed by web tutorials, blogs, competitive prices"

Alan Nash

Kent County Council

"I now feel more at ease with something that has confused me for a while. I have greatly enjoyed the course and the content will be a great starting point to develop my knowledge. The guide and examples to take away are great and highly detailed. Very informative and easy to understand for a relatively new subject for me. Thank you for a lovely 2 days."

Sarah Barnes

Surrey County Council

"Thank you. Very useful and I'm sure we will take our use to the next level now."

Alison Palmer

Devon County Council

"Good to get resources to take away. Helped me make sense of basic SQL. Course was in a logical order."

Tim Roast

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Good amount of content and exercises; good pace."

Miriam Abrahams

Independent Office of Police Conduct

"Very engaging course, complete walk through of the software and was easy to pick up as a Power BI novice. Materials very good and nice to have to refer back to."

Emily Steer

Cheshire East Council

"Excellent delivery by trainer. Patient with clear examples. Manual excellent quality."

David Goff

Devon County Council

"Amazing, trainer was brilliant."

Jelani Ahmed

London Borough of Newham

"Course content was excellent."

Doug Kieran

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

"Set at a good pace and allowed time for exercises so it was not all copying from the screen. I'm leaving pretty confident I can write and understand basic queries."

Jeremy Barton

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Excellent! Wonderful!! Thanks. Also excited to view tutorials on your website."

Anne Quinn

Cheshire East Council

"Informative course, was aimed just right for me, very valuable."

Louise Cox

Devon County Council

"Good pace, trainer very responsive to additional questions."

Kaili Jarv

Waltham Forest Council

"Good environment and facilities. Love the Nespresso coffee and lunches. The trainer was really engaging and the database subjects made this much more interesting."

James Young

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Really loved the pace, content and the trainer was really engaging and helpful."

Nathan Walker

City of Lincoln Council

"The trainer was excellent. The whole experience invaluable. (SQL) Really enjoyed the course. The trainer was great. Been an excellent experience with Wise Owl. Covered a lot in 2 days. (SSRS)"

Manbir Virk

Thurrock Council

"Really useful - very clear content and well structured, very engaging and entertaining course leader."

Sally Walsh

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Very useful and extremely worthwhile course. Excited to attend and now excited to put into practice what I have learned. I chose this course on a recommendation from someone who had already attended."

Sharon Weir

Northampton Borough Council

"Excellent training course, very informative."

Zakaria Ahmed

London Borough of Newham

"I would like to say that I enjoyed the course very much and found it very informative. The trainer was incredibly professional and helped explain all the elements in the SSRS Course, ensuring that we fully understood each topic before moving on. I really liked the fact that the trainer explained multiple methods of achieving the same outcome in the use of SSRS as it helped us all to find what method was best suited for us. The course was really well structured and I didn’t feel rushed when completing the exercises, which were an added benefit as they allowed us to expand on the skills we were learning during the training. The course was beneficial to my personal development and I have already begun applying the training in my role. The supporting documents provided have also been great in helping me implement the training in practice."

Matt Hardy

Derbyshire County Council

"Very useful well delivered course. The recommendation came from colleagues."

Danielle Ryan

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"I found the course very helpful and informative. I'm new to SQL and found it easy to understand. Would recommend to others and am now putting the learning to good use."

John Marsden

Tameside MBC

"Trainer was patient and answered all questions thoroughly. Overall a great course."

Georgie McEwan

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

"Great step-by-step course. Trainer lively and willing to go above and beyond. Dynamic, engaging. I feel this has been incredibly useful. Recommended by colleagues."

Samuel Lewis

Cafcass

"Course had great details and covered useful topics that will be used."

Phil Chambers

North East Lincolnshire Council

"Excellent course delivery. Research about the company and feedback from colleagues informed choice."

Olu Sonuga

London Borough of Newham

"Comprehensive manual. Very useful course content pitched at a good level. Lots of exercises to reinforce learning. I attended the course because of the increasing usefulness of Power BI at Devon County Council."

James Gregory

Devon County Council

"The manual is very clear and will be useful to refer back to. I wasn't bored at any point and feel I have learnt a lot."

Alison Goulder

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Trainer's knowledge excellent. Lunch on both days very good. London location - easy to get to."

Maria Theodosi

Waltham Forest Council

"Good course, good content, good pace."

Ed Fawcett-Taylor

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Very informative course. Useful exercises. Lovely lunches."

Amy Cooke

Derbyshire County Council

"Really enjoyed it. Thank you very much - will be very useful."

Matthew Wilkins

Stroud District Council

"Great course which was very informative and engaging. Trainer was great and aware of different peoples learning speeds. Well delivered by a great trainer. Can't recommend it enough."

Melissa Richings

Derbyshire County Council

"Manuals very impressive. Enjoyed course. Well looked after and the instructor is very knowledgeable and patient!"

Elaine Wrath

Lincolnshire County Council

"Enjoyed the course - the exercises were very helpful and worthwhile."

Rachel *

Independent Office of Police Conduct

"So much content on Power BI, it's great to have time with someone so knowledgeable. Been on Wise Owl course before. "

Chris Clow

Waltham Forest Council

"Excellent, really enjoyed it. Pace was good."

Lucy Goodfellow

Waltham Forest Council

"As the most inexperienced person in the room I felt SSRS is very friendly and the trainer made sure I kept up and understood each part of the course."

Amanda Newton

North East Lincolnshire Council

"Fantastic course - well done. Content and organisation just right. Manuals/exercises look very thorough. Have learnt loads. Course outlines and blogs on your website are excellent."

Stephen Carter

London Borough of Newham

"Excellent pace, interesting and felt at ease to ask any questions. All sections well explained. The laid back (non formal) approach which came across on the website followed through on the course."

Jenny Davies

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

"Very informative. The course gave a great introduction to the basics, allowing for sound further application. Great trainer."

Jess Wibberley

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Was the only one on the course, so fab 1:1 training. Reviews are very good."

Christine Lee

British Council

"Very well delivered course with excellent guidance and manual. (Recommendation came from our ICT team.)"

Graham Rose

City of Lincoln Council