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 Do you want to: Enhance your current skills? Achieve a qualification? Do some CPD? Save money?Following the recent budget announcement, an increase of VAT to 20% will be applied to all our course prices from 1st January2011.In order to beat the budget, all courses will need to be booked and paid for by 31st December 2010.

We are delighted to have found a fantastic new venue for the launch of our Massage in a Sports Environment Course (UCAPD) in the South East. The venue is within easy reach of London, Brighton and Kent and offers excellent teaching, as well as leisure facilities.

Following the collation of the questionnaire results that we sent out before Christmas, we have been working hard to meet your training requirements for the year ahead!  We are delighted to be able to inform you that we are now offering a much wider range of courses based on your feedback and in locations that are more convenient for you to get to.

With effect from 1st October 2009, there have been changes to First Aid training.  The 'Appointed Person' one day training course has ceased and been re-titled Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW).  The syllabus remains much the same and the qualification lasts for 3 years, however, it is recommended that a half-day refresher is completed annually.

Do you want to: Learn a new skill Make more money Brush up on your technique and knowledge Term with SPS is about to start and there are still a few places left on the following courses: Massage in a Sports Environment 2 CERTHE - Cardiff (12th October 2009 start date) Strapping and Taping - Cardiff (9th October 2009) Get on the

Study for a University qualification for a fraction of the cost and without leaving home! With University fees rising steadily, (minimum £3000 per year), and more applicants than available places, (estimated 40,000 short fall for the next academic year), why not study for a University qualification without leaving home and without years of student debt?

Expert Swiss Ball training - Get On The Ball, the internationally recognised Swiss Ball Training concept, is now opening courses to fitness professionals for the first time.  Get On The Ball has trained thousands of practitioners over the past ten years, and its concepts are used with a vast array of clients including the Royal Marines, professional football clubs and Olympic athletes, through to community back care programmes and elderly falls prevention.

Changes to First Aid Training -  On 1st Oct 09, changes will take place to First Aid Training and Qualifications.  The 'Appointed Person' First Aid qualification will be re-named 'Emergency First Aid at Work' (EFAW).  Despite the name change, course content will remain the same and the award will last for 3 years.

SPS Launch New Course - This month sees the launch of new courses in Cardiff, Nottingham and Gloucester, which will result in students being awarded a University Certificate of Advanced Professional Development (UCAPD) - Massage in a Sports Environment, by the University of Teesside.  SPS students will in future achieve Higher Education (HE) qualifications, that will permit career progression through the Page 2 of 2
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