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"The course was well structured, with each section helpfully building on the contents of the previous. The trainer was very clear with his explanations and paced the course well. I was fortunate enough to be the only person on the course, so was able to ask plenty of questions and always received helpful and informative answers."
Ollie Jacob
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"I absolutely loved the course and attending it has given me a lot of food for thought in how I can implement the use within my team. The trainer was superb and communicated clearly the 'how' and 'why' you'd do things in a certain way, looking out for common errors along the way. I needed to know about how to import data into SQL, which wasn't part of the course content, but the trainer was very accommodating by staying behind with me for 10 minutes to show me how I'd do this, which was very much appreciated. I am inexperienced when it comes to using databases and writing script/code, however I had heard about the benefits of using SQL as a tool and wanted to upskill. Thank you for the course - I hope to come on another sometime soon!"
Katherine Wellock
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"Trainer very engaging, easy to follow and knowledgeable - great combo!"
Anthony Swales
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
"The whole team at WiseOwl were great! With some technical problems our end, I can only thank them for their perseverance with getting their training course delivered to their standard high quality. Our trainer was super friendly, funny and very, very knowledgeable. Everything you want from someone running a 2 day course. He was engaging throughout, and built a very good relationship with the team very quickly. This meant the training was fun for all and invaluable in terms of the skills and knowledge shared. Having previously attended a course from WiseOwl, I knew that picking another one would be of equal quality. The team were about to get stuck into complex excel modelling, therefore, being able to create a bespoke course for the business modelling, to cover some advanced features was super important."
Matthew Nash
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"Our trainer is great at teaching this course. Very powerful."
Mitch Chambers
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"A great trainer and very patient when trying to get us all set up. Think it can be difficult to gauge an audience when you are doing a group session, however our trainer was very engaging, supportive and delivered the course at a good pace."
Daljit Patel
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"The tutor was lovely and very friendly. The course covered all topics but also was an opportunity to ask questions and look at some areas more than others."
Jess Lewis
Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
"The course gave a great initial introduction to SQL and how to build useful queries that I can use to interrogate our datasets."
Imogen Soper
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"The course content was great. Despite having a fair bit of practice in SQL I learnt a lot about how the language actually works, as well as very useful shortcuts and new syntax. A great teacher, very knowledgeable of the subject and seems to genuinely enjoy delivering the session - possibly the best work training I've attended! "
Jamie Yeo
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"I was thoroughly impressed with the course overall. The pre check meeting was a great first impression to the course. Our instructor, was not only an amazing teacher but kept us all entertained and engaged over the 2 days. The course content and pace was perfect for someone like me with no experience of SQL and for those with a bit of experience. I would highly recommend. "
Eliza Edwards
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"Really great course with a fantastic trainer. I already had existing knowledge of SQL as I use it regularly in my day job, the topics covered in this course aligned with areas I had identified as lacking in my knowledge."
Hannah Keogan
Department for Education
"A great presenter, really helpful and really good at explaining concepts."
Alistair Rice
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"The trainer was excellent; very engaging, knowledgeable and approachable."
Aiden Booth
Department for Education
"I found the course very useful and the trainer was brilliant. The trainer was really friendly and made me feel at ease allowing me to feel more comfortable asking questions when I was stuck. The trainer was also incredibly patient when I did ask questions/get stuck and went at an appropriate speed for the course attendees. I had very little experience with SQL, but I feel much more confident to get started now, having been on this course."
Jade Berry
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"Our trainer was excellent! He presented enthusiastically, encouraged engagement and answered questions constructively. He tested positive for Covid half way through the online course but pushed through despite this just as enthusiastically as before, when he could have very reasonably found an alternative teacher to take over."
Liviu Nafornita
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"Amazing courses! Great trainer, pace and content. I literally couldn't have asked for better introductions to SQL and Power BI. Plus I have some many great resources to refer back to in the future :) Thank you!"
Simone Capp
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
"Really enjoyed the course. A brilliant trainer, who answered any and all questions and really brought the content to life."
Rebecca Kaur
Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
"Great course! Good practical overview of PowerBI, made even better because our trainer had developed content and exercises tailored to our data. He really knows his stuff and answered all our questions well. Other colleagues had done this course and gave great feedback on it."
Julie Kitchin
Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
"An excellent trainer who explained everything in a very engaging way. I was very unconfident with joins and aggregate functions before the course but now feel competent with them thanks to him."
Thomas Crozier
Home Office
"Excellent as always :)"
Jon Nagl
Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
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