Delegates to the 2004 International Broadcasters Conference in Amsterdam next week can take advantage of free training sessions, courtesy of the BBC.

The corporation's training and development department will be offering 40-minute training courses including investigative research on the net, basic editing of self-shot material and interactive TV.

"As a public service company we have a responsibility to train and educate the industry and IBC is a good opportunity to show as many as possible what we offer," said Helena Liden, spokesperson for BBC Training and Development.

"Interest in BBC Training is high because it has a reputation of being very high quality and leading edge. Not many people know that we offer this training externally."

Courses run between the 11 and 14 September and are open to anyone regardless of experience. Fifty places are available for each session, but some courses - including DV shooting and editing - are already full. Applicants can register for seated places through the IBC website by 2 September or by dropping in to sessions on the day.

The training at IBC is taken from the BBC Training and Development portfolio. Standard courses run from one and five days and normally cost up to £300 per day per person.

Financial assistance is available for some BBC training courses through schemes offered by the BBC and Skillset, the media training body. The BBC also offers tailor-made group training overseas.

A number of free online courses are available on the BBC training website, including the BBC News Style Guide. The guide was first published in June 2003 and has already been downloaded more than 80,000 times.

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See also:
BBC Training: http://www.bbctraining.com
IBC: http://www.ibc.org
Skillset: http://www.skillset.org

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