Accepting the award on behalf of HRD & Payroll Solutions. Left to right: Ken Gurr - Education Director, Reg Ruffle- Managing Director, Rose Howley- HR & Payroll Training Consultant and Howard Rowlands - Education and Qualifications Manager.
We are very pleased to announce that HRD & Payroll Solutions are the winners of the very first IPPM Innovation Award for their blended eLearning training and qualification programme.
The innovation award is awarded by the IPPM to the company which has furthered the progress of Payroll or Pensions through technical innovation for 2004.
Reg Ruffle FIPPM, HRD & Payroll Solutions MD, said, "This is a fantastic award for the whole team that worked on developing and implementing this extremely practical and flexible training programme. We are pleased that so many 'payroll' people are now benefiting from the training and the high pass rates for qualifications demonstrates the effectiveness of this method. We are also highly appreciative of the IPPM for recognising the part 'eLearning' can play in advancing the professionalism of payroll.
"Grand Slam" for payroll e-learning programme
Only weeks after winning the IPPM Innovation Award 2004, HRD & Payroll Solutions, national provider of HR and payroll training courses and learning programmes, has won the award for the Best Payroll Support Technology of the Year at Pay Awards 2004.
In September, the Innovation Award was presented by the Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management to HRDPS as "the company that had furthered the progress of Payroll or Pensions through technical innovation". The e-learning payroll qualification courses, introduced in 2002 by HRDPS, enable payroll staff to achieve BTEC Edexcel qualifications at four different levels. These Internet-based programmes provide an opportunity for students in locations as remote as the Isles of Scilly to gain a recognised payroll qualification.
On the night of Monday, 15 November, at the Pay Awards ceremony held at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, HRDPS repeated their earlier success by winning the award for the Best Payroll Support Technology of the Year. This is one of ten prestigious annual awards that acknowledge professional excellence in the payroll industry in the UK.
This award recognises the technology that has been developed specifically by HRDPS to deliver their e-learning courses. Initially, HRDPS considered various commercial e-learning delivery systems but none had the functionality to support the many features that were felt to be essential for effective blended learning. The decision was therefore made to develop the system in-house and, during the subsequent implementation of the more advanced payroll modules and the development of HR Management qualification courses, the system has grown into a sophisticated and responsive learning tool.
Everyone involved in the project, including the technical development team, were present at the award ceremony to hear HRDPS announced as the winner of the Support Technology award. They are proud of the recognition that this award brings to the hard work, commitment and ingenuity that was involved in creating this unique approach to the achievement of payroll qualifications.
Testimonials
The Girl from the Pru.
Case Study about Gillian Balmont, Payroll Administrator, Prudential UK Services ‘Payroll Student of the Year’ at Pay Awards 2004
Method: On-line blended learning
Gill has two serious commitments in her life; one is her career in payroll; the other is her 7-year-old daughter Daisy. When Gill gets home from work, she puts her career on hold and nothing is more important than Daisy. But, by about 9 o’clock, when Daisy has settled down, Gill’s career plans resume and there is time for one or two hours of study before bed...
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Pounds, Dollars and Dirhams
A remarkable case study about payroll training in Dubai
Method: Tutor led in-house workshops
In July 2004, Reg Ruffle found himself enduring 40oC temperatures in Dubai, a modern city in the United Arab Emirates at the south of the Persian Gulf. “I was relieved to find that everything in Dubai is air-conditioned”, he recalls. “Even the taxis are air-conditioned, and I got some strange looks when I decided to walk for a few minutes outside dressed in my shirt and tie!” But why was he there? To run a foundation course in UK payroll!
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