Prince2 exams

Uniscots97

Hi, I wasn't sure if this should go here or the techy section. I'm due to be made redundant shortly and have decided to invest some of the money in sitting my Prince2 exams (project management qualification), i did all the course work years ago and work to the principals but would like a formal qualification in it (didn't get opportunity at the time due to various circumstances including redundancy that time too). I want to sit my foundation and practitioner together. From what I've found the prices vary from £800 to £2000. I'd like to sit this soon. Can anyone recommend a company? I'm based in Central Scotland so could easily travel to Glasgow or Edinburgh.

Edwardia

I'd suggest looking on https://www.hotcourses.com and ringing round. If the provider is a fairly small company they may offer you a discount for not being total beginner an/or for cash.

kittykarate

Prince2 is weird - it is very difficult to take the exams without some training, and the people who can offer the training and exams are all limited by the APM Group.

There are some open exam days for self studiers

http://www.prince2.com/prince2-faqs.asp#11

One warning - they have updated Prince2 in the past couple of years, so there may be some terminology changes from when you did your study.

ianders

I'll shortly be doing ITIL and Prince2 on a self-study basis. All it costs is the books and exam fee of around £99 per exam.
Once I've finished the study material I'll be sitting it at University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Uni). You don't need to be a student to sit it here. They have a test centre for Pearson Vue, Prometric, Certiport and CTC-Online and is where I sat my Microsoft and CIW certifications.

http://www.uws.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/computing/itacademy/test-centre.asp

Nile

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Uniscots97

kittykarate wrote: »

Prince2 is weird - it is very difficult to take the exams without some training, and the people who can offer the training and exams are all limited by the APM Group.

There are some open exam days for self studiers

http://www.prince2.com/prince2-faqs.asp#11

One warning - they have updated Prince2 in the past couple of years, so there may be some terminology changes from when you did your study.

thanks I don't mind doing the courses again since it would be a refresher.

Uniscots97

ianders wrote: »

I'll shortly be doing ITIL and Prince2 on a self-study basis. All it costs is the books and exam fee of around £99 per exam.
Once I've finished the study material I'll be sitting it at University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Uni). You don't need to be a student to sit it here. They have a test centre for Pearson Vue, Prometric, Certiport and CTC-Online and is where I sat my Microsoft and CIW certifications.

http://www.uws.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/computing/itacademy/test-centre.asp

Thanks for that, they are near me. I've done my ITIL so if you need any help give me a shout.

asparagusnextleft

It may not be relevant but have you looked in getting funding for it?

My husband was made redundant nearly two years ago and he was able to get some sort of EU funding for his Prince 2 so didn't have to pay for it. I know this funding was only available for people who had been made redundant or were about to be made redundant. He found about it through the Job Centre (they are good for some things).

I don't know if this type of funding is still available but it might be worth looking at?

ianders

asparagusnextleft wrote: »

It may not be relevant but have you looked in getting funding for it?

I didn't think of that, have a look to see if you're eligible for the £200 funding from ILA Scotland

http://www.ilascotland.org.uk/ILA+Homepage.htm

Uniscots97

asparagusnextleft wrote: »

It may not be relevant but have you looked in getting funding for it?

My husband was made redundant nearly two years ago and he was able to get some sort of EU funding for his Prince 2 so didn't have to pay for it. I know this funding was only available for people who had been made redundant or were about to be made redundant. He found about it through the Job Centre (they are good for some things).

I don't know if this type of funding is still available but it might be worth looking at?

I'll give them a call and ask them. I know last time I was made redundant they told me to naff off but only been working 18 months for the company this time. Thank you.

VfM4meplse

kittykarate wrote: »

One warning - they have updated Prince2 in the past couple of years, so there may be some terminology changes from when you did your study.

So my 2009 edition of "Prince2 for Dummies" is outdated?