Local authorities and government sector - testimonials

"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

"Course was brilliant and very helpful trainer. Was very friendly and knowledgeable. Thank you."

Marcio Franco

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

"Great materials; the trainer was very clear and comprehensive and made a dry subject enjoyable."

Hannah Cotgrave

Wirral Borough Council

"Our team is expanding and I only trust Wise Owl to deliver the training I enjoyed almost 18 months ago, as we have become really proficient with T-SQL and building reports in BIDS. We are building really interactive dashboards using SSRS, PowerPivot and SharePoint now."

Jigna Patel

Cafcass

"Excellent trainer and material. Venue perfect as right next to hotels and transport links."

David Gott

City of Lincoln Council

"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

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

Maria Theodosi

Waltham Forest Council

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

David Goff

Devon County Council

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

Alan Nash

Kent County Council

"Manual & course covered a lot of interesting subjects and was easy to understand."

Matthew Gray

Lincolnshire County Council

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

Miriam Abrahams

Independent Office of Police Conduct (formerly Independent Police Complaints Commission)

"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 admin good with helpful maps and hotel suggestions appreciated. Love the course manual - good details and much better materials than other courses I've been on. Useful materials and USB stick to help consolidate. I was impressed with the resources on the Wise Owl website - in particular the videos are excellent."

Mary-Ann Forrest

Cotswold District Council

"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

"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

"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

"Amazing, trainer was brilliant."

Jelani Ahmed

London Borough of Newham

"Excellent communication. Recommended by colleague."

Will Ridge

Leeds City Council

"Very good informative course, well taught."

Paul Newton

Lincolnshire County Council

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

Matthew Wilkins

Stroud District 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

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

Sophie Kelly

Liverpool City Council

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

Kaili Jarv

Waltham Forest Council

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

Louise Cox

Devon County Council

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

Neil Keen

Devon County Council

"Fantastic training. Even though I knew some basic elements of creating reports, I have learnt so much more."

Clarita Stemarthe

CBC Central Bedfordshire Council

"Course content was excellent."

Doug Kieran

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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

Alison Palmer

Devon County Council

"Good course, good content, good pace."

Ed Fawcett-Taylor

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

"Very clear and well-structured/presented."

Rob Moore

Cafcass

"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

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

Lucy Goodfellow

Waltham Forest Council

"The trainer was very knowledgeable and I enjoyed the course."

Sophie Williamson

Lincolnshire County Council

"Absolutely brilliant. Great content. The trainer is very knowledgeable and friendly. He knew the ins and outs of SSIS and was able to show the product to great effect in a very short period of time. The facilities are modern and with the seemingly unlimited amount of tea available, I was certainly kept refreshed! I will continue to use Wise Owl for my CPD needs! "

Johan Kangasniemi

Oldham MBC

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

Elaine Wrath

Lincolnshire County Council

"Great course and very interesting, exercises and manuals will help for future reference. I heard about the course through word of mouth, website was easy to find after that."

Ashley Ellington

London Borough of Lambeth

"Excellent content and delivery."

Nathan Grimes

Devon 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