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Training in Birmingham
Birmingham is the third-largest city in the United Kingdom, with roughly 1.2 million inhabitants in the city area, itis the most populated English local government district. Birmingham is commonly referred to as the ‘second city’ of the UK.Birmingham is 100 miles from Central London. It is the social, cultural, financial, and commercial centre of the Midlands. Birmingham is a major international commercial centre in the UK. Its economy is the second-largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the largest centre of higher education in the country outside London. Birmingham’s major cultural institutions make it a popular tourist destination, and the 4th most-visited city in the UK by people from abroad.If you’d like attend training at our Birmingham location, you can find our local training venue at Izabella House, 24 Regent Place, Birmingham B1 3NJ, United Kingdom. The venue is located in the Jewellery Quarter and is no more than a 30 minute walk away from Birmingham New Street railway station, Snow Hill railway, Birmingham Moor Street railway station and Birmingham coach station.
Birmingham New Street Railway Station
Travel to and from Birmingham
Roads
The city is served by possibly the most well-known motorway junction in the United Kingdom: Spaghetti Junction, a colloquial name for the Gravelly Hill Interchange. Birmingham introduced a Clean Air Zone from 1 June 2021, which charges polluting vehicles to travel into the city centre.Air
Birmingham Airport
Birmingham Airport is located east of the city in Solihull, it is the 3rd busiest airport outside the London area, services operate from Birmingham to many destinations in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Middle East, and Asia. Birmingham is also served by, to a lesser extent, by East Midlands Airport, northeast of the city centre.
Public transport
There are a total of 34 railway stations in Birmingham. The main railway station in the city is Birmingham New Street, which is the busiest railway station in the UK outside London. Services run from London Euston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham. Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill form the northern termini trains running from London Marylebone.Local and regional services are operated from all of Birmingham’s stations by West Midlands Trains.Curzon Street railway station will be the terminus for trains to the city on High Speed 2, which will open around 2030.
Birmingham Snow Hill Station
Bus and trams
Birmingham’s local public transport network is co-ordinated by Transport for West Midlands. The network includes the busiest urban rail system in the UK outside London, the UK’s busiest urban bus system outside London, and the West Midlands Metro, a light rail system that operates between Library in Central Birmingham and Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich.
Canals
An extensive canal system still remains in Birmingham from the Industrial Revolution. The city has more miles of canal than Venice, though the canals in Birmingham are a less prominent and essential feature due to the larger size of the city and the fact that few of its buildings are accessed by canal. The canals are mainly used today for leisure purposes.
Tourism in Birmingham
Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is Britain’s longest-established producing theatre, touring nationally and internationally. Other producing theatres in the city include the Blue Orange Theatre in the Jewellery Quarter, the Banner Theatre, the Maverick Theatre Company and Kindle Theatre.The Alexandra Theatre and the Birmingham Hippodrome host large-scale productions, while other stages across the city include the Crescent Theatre, the Custard Factory, the Old Joint Stock Theatre and the Drum in Aston.
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Hippodrome
The Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the United Kingdom’s 5 major ballet companies and resides at the Birmingham Hippodrome The company’s associated ballet school – Elmhurst School for Dance in Edgbaston – is the oldest vocational dance school in the country.
Festivals
Birmingham is home to many national festivals. The city’s largest single-day event is its St. Patrick’s Day parade.Multicultural events include the Bangla Mela and the Vaisakhi Mela. The Birmingham Heritage Festival is a Mardi Gras style event in August. The Caribbean Birmingham International Carnival takes place every other year.The UK’s largest two-day Gay Pride is Birmingham Pride which is typically held over a weekend in May. Birmingham Pride takes place in the gay village.The Birmingham Tattoo is a long-standing military show held annually at the National Indoor Arena.Since 2001, Birmingham has been host to the Frankfurt Christmas Market, the UK’s largest outdoor Christmas market.Other festivals in the city include the Birmingham International Jazz Festival and Party in the Park, which allows new artists to showcase themselves and their music in a one-day music festival.
Birmingham Pride LGBTQ Festival
PRINCE2 course FAQs
Online PRINCE2 training courses are a convenient, cost-effective way to earn your PRINCE2 Foundation certification and PRINCE2 Practitioner certification.PRINCE2 is an industry standard in the project management profession. Choose from either a self-study PRINCE 2 course or online, virtual PRINCE2 training.PRINCE2 project management training teaches key concepts in project management and the practical application of project management skills.We’re an accredited training organisation. Our courses and designed and delivered by PRINCE2 training experts. You can be sure that whether you choose a PRINCE2Foundation course or advanced PRINCE2 Practitioner course, you’ll receive the best possible training available.
Our PRINCE2 Foundation virtual classes take 2 days to complete. Our PRINCE2 Practitioner virtual classes also take 2 days to cover the full PRINCE2 Practitioner syllabus. This does not account for any additional time you may want to revise before attempting the PRINCE2 Foundation or PRINCE2 Practitioner examinations.If you choose to self-study through our online courses, we’ll provide you with a full 1-year’s access to our online learning platform. Students who elect to learn through a self-paced course generally require 15-35 hours to cover all learning material adequately.If you work full time and cannot commit to a fixed classroom schedule, or self-paced courses allow you to study towards a PRINCE2 qualification over several months, requiring just a few minutes of study each day.
The PRINCE2 Foundation examination assesses whether your understanding of the method is sufficient to work effectively as a member of a project management team within a PRINCE2 project environment.The purpose of the PRINCE 2 Practitioner exam is to assess whether you can apply and tailor PRINCE2 in context. If you pass the exam, you should, with suitable direction, be able to start applying the method to a real project.Neither the PRINCE2 Foundation exam nor the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam is difficult with adequate preparation. If you choose to study through either our self-paced PRINCE2 training or our PRINCE2 virtual classes, you’ll receive high-quality training designed and delivered by PRINCE2 training experts. You’ll also receive additional revision material and practice exams to help you prepare for your prince2 examinations.Thanks to the hard work of our professional trainers and e-learning experts, our students have a pass rate that is 10% higher than the national average.
Whether it's worth doing a PRINCE2 course largely depends on your current situation and your career aspirations.If you currently work in support of projects and project managers, PRINCE2 training can help you understand how your role facilitates the successful management of projects. You'll also learn practices that may make your or your colleagues' job easier.If you want to work as a project manager, having at least one professional certification on your CV is a must. Employers want to see that you're trained in project management best-practice and have an understanding of the tools and processes required to successfully manage projects.If you're already employed as a project manager. Earning a PRINCE2 qualification may help broaden your career prospects and make you more eligible to work in organisations that rely heavily on the PRINCE2 method to deliver products and services.
PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a structured project management method and certification programme. PRINCE2 emphasizes dividing projects into manageable and controllable stages.First developed for use by the British Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA), PRINCE2 has since been revised and modernized to suit modern project management needs.Today, PRINCE2 is the most widely used project management methodology in both private and public sectors in the UK. There are PRINCE2 practitioners working in every corner of the globe, including the UK, Western Europe, North America, and Australia.A PRINCE2 course aims to teach students everything they need to know about the methodology in preparation for their PRINCE2 examinations.Passing your PRINCE2 exams and earning your desired PRINCE2 qualification shows to employers that you have an understanding of project management best-practice and the ability to, with some guidance, begin applying your knowledge and skills to working projects.
PRINCE2 Agile is the latest addition to the PRINCE2 training and certification scheme. PRINCE2 Agile helps PRINCE2 project managers tailor their approach to project management with the addition of agile tools, agile techniques, and agile ways of working.While PRINCE2 alone is more than capable of working within agile contexts and aiding the management of agile projects, PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner training will help you understand how you can adjust PRINCE2 governance tolerances to create an optimal approach to agile management.PRINCE2 Agile Foundation courses have no prerequisites making an excellent way for those with limited knowledge of PRINCE2 to expand their skills and understanding of agile management.PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner courses only require that candidates first pass the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation examination. The PRINCE2 Practitioner syllabus covers an in-depth analysis of PRINCE2 governance in agile contexts, including how you can adjust each principle, process, and role in response to changing requirements.