South Yorkshire is globally recognised as a centre for educational learning software companies – reputedly the largest in the world, with over 600 people employed in e-learning development and service businesses in Sheffield alone. Add to that two leading Universities and the headquarters of two of the world’s largest applied e-learning services:

> Ufi learndirect_
Backed by the UK Government, the Ufi learndirect service is the world’s largest supported e-learning network and has already enrolled almost 900,000 learners on more than 1.8 million courses, 85 per cent of which are online.

> e-SY.info South Yorkshire e-Learning Programme_
By 2010, it is predicted that nine out of ten jobs will need IT skills. The race is on to create a world-beating economy by meeting that demand. The e-SY.info South Yorkshire e-Learning Programme is currently transforming teaching and learning in South Yorkshire’s schools from age 10 upwards with a state-of-the-art e-learning service offering ICT user skills to all secondary pupils and specialised vocational training opportunities for the sector in an adventurous 14-19 programme.