On 29th October, the start of
the new 2007–2008 academic
year was formally announced
by the provincial Councillor for
Employment and Chairman of the FORMAN
Consortium, Mr. Juan Carlos Lomeña.
In the last term, 14 training actions were
launched in the Training Consortium
for Communications and Information
Technology, FORMAN, in a Joint Venture with
the Valentín de Madariaga - MP Foundation
total of 212 pupils began their training in
those months and will finish in Februar y,
March or April, by carr ying out work
placements in companies.
OPEN DOORS EVENT
From 12th to 30th November, an Open
Doors event was held in FORMAN as par t
of the activities to be developed during
this academic year. Around 300 students
from dif ferent secondar y schools of the
province of Malaga visited the centre and
learnt about the training possibilities it
of fers. Par ticularly wor thy of mention
within the event, which was aimed at
secondar y school careers advisors, was
the discussion group on “Training and
Needs in the New Technologies Sector”,
which included the par ticipation of
Ms. Isabel Almendro, Head of Training
Ser vices for Employment, Mr. Luís Mar tín,
Head of INDRA Malaga, and Ms. Raquel
Caba, Training Coordinator for the HR
consultants ARELANCE.
THIRD SERIES OF “INFORMANDO”
TECHNOLOGICAL WORKSHOPS
Within the series of inFORMANdo
technological workshops for professionals,
the two sessions of the first term of the
2007/2008 academic year were held
on 12th and 13th December. The first
session was on “Free Software” and the
second examined “The Future of Java
Development”. The two sessions included
speeches by distinguished professionals
from both sectors and were attended by
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TWO FORMAN STUDENTS WIN PTA
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST.
On 5th Februar y in Malaga, Guadalupe
Sánchez and Inés Tomé, students of the
FORMAN course “Exper t in Multimedia
Design and Technology”, were awarded
first and second prize in the “PTA
Photography Marathon”, organised
by the PTA (Andalusian Technological
Park). FORMAN, the Training Consor tium
for Communications and Information
Technology of the regional Ministr y for
Employment, informed their students of
this contest, and around 15 students
took par t. This is the second time that a
FORMAN student has won a prize in this
contest, as last year a prize was awarded
to Rubén Campaña, who was studying on
the same course.
The FORMAN students, Guadalupe
Sánchez and Inés Tomé, shall receive
awards of 300 and 200 euros,
respectively, in photography material and
their photos shall be displayed in the PTA
headquar ters together with some of the
finalists’ photos.
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