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Sep 26
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM BST - 05:00 PM BST
  • Last Minute! £542.50 excl. VAT
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Oct 06
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Exam Webinar and Exam
Webinar Friday, Exam Monday
  • £600.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Oct 10
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks, Exam in Week 6
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Oct 17
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM BST - 05:00 PM BST
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Oct 31
APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ) Excluding Assessment
3-day PPQ with exam prep follow up
  • £990.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Nov 08
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks, Exam in Week 6
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Nov 17
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks, Exam in Week 6
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Nov 17
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Exam Webinar and Exam
Exam prep on Friday and exam on the Monday
  • £600.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Nov 21
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Dec 18
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Jan 10
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Jan 12
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Feb 15
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Feb 22
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Mar 07
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Mar 20
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Apr 03
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Apr 25
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
May 13
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
May 16
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Jun 11
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Classroom
Virtual PFQ
2 days, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
  • £775.00 excl. VAT
Online 2-day APM PFQ View
Jun 11
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Jul 03
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Aug 05
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Sep 12
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Oct 09
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Nov 13
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View
Nov 18
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) 5 Days in 5 Weeks
5 Weeks + Exam
  • £1,650.00 excl. VAT
Online View

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Instructor Info

Here is some information about just one of our trainers who conducts courses in Edinburgh. All of our trainers conduct courses across the country. For more information on all of our trainers see our Trainers page

 

Adrian Wilson

MSc BSc CEng FAPM MBCS

Adrian Wilson draws on 25 years experience of many project and line-management roles in both military and civilian environments.  He is an experienced consultant in project management and is also an accomplished educator and accredited PRINCE2® Practitioner and trainer.  He has excellent business skills developed in many client-facing environments, both within the public and private sectors.  He holds an MSc in Design of Information Systems, is a Chartered Engineer and is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management.

Key Achievements:

Consultancy: engagements included general project management consultancy, running project initiation workshops, health checks, setting-up governance arrangements, project manager coaching, process improvement and acting as an interim project manager.

Training: teaching project management to business and technical clientele.  Undertook training needs analysis, course design and tailoring material for both tutor-led and distance leaning courses.  Managed a team of accredited trainers and instructed the APMP qualification, PRINCE2 and taught on the Middlesex University MSc. 

Professional Services: managed the professional services for 3Com UK & Ireland.  Managed 20 staff across departments which included project management, network design, and installation; managed the delivery of solutions and pre-sales support.  Projects practice manager for the European HQ running a number of project country teams spread across Europe. 

 

Elisha Young
Elisha Young
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Tanya Rahman
Tanya Rahman
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Excellent course and really well led by Tyrone. Great method of getting the key information across and really informative.
Aaron
Aaron
1680533030
APM PMQA well run and thought through course. The online portal, with videos and learning material was a great benefit along side the teams sessions.Our trainer, Carmen, was very knowledgeable and helpful. She put time aside to help answer questions, review work of our allotted sessions which was really appreciated.A slight frustration for me was that the paper work didn't always match the slides we were looking at, and the study guide arrived after our first days learning. But overall a very well run course.Many thanks,Richard
Richard Nurse
Richard Nurse
1678182503
Amazing course and highly recommended. Carmen was very knowledgeable and easy to understand in order to pass the APM PMQ exam.
Rico Craigie
Rico Craigie
1678105503
Excellent training delivered by Paul Naybour; would recommend to anyone pursuing APM qualifications
Tom Murphy
Tom Murphy
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Colin Duffy
Colin Duffy
1677229640
I can highly recommend Parallel Project training for the preparation of the APM certification. The trainer are highly skilled and take huge effort in working with each individual to prepare for the exam (Thank you Carmen for you huge support and going the extra mile!). Their online platform includes very helpful videos and their prep questions trains you well for the assessment criteria.Absolute worth it!
Nosherwan Ali
Nosherwan Ali
1676912596
I complete the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification through online webinars and exam. The learning materials were high quality and delivery was very professional. The tutor was extremely well prepared and use analogies, case studies and real world examples to help make the course engaging.If you want to get an APM Fundamentals Certificate and your company uses the APM system for project management, then this course is a good introduction. However, the content is largely about the APM words for different aspects of project management and you are tested, not on your PM skill, but your ability to remember a specific set of terminology. This led to a lot of "teaching to exam" rather than developing any skills. This course lacks depth and does not develop Project Management skills.
Ben Doughty
Ben Doughty
1671182457
I completed the APM qualification 5 days over 5 weeks and I found this to be better way due to work commitments etc. Our trainer Carmen was very knowledgeable and I found the first 4 days of the course very beneficial. Unfortunately the final day which was used for revision didn't suit my learning style and I came away feeling more unprepared. Instead of going over all the content we have already learnt and answering any questions we just kept going over 'possible' questions and answers which really didn't work for me. I also found the exam questions to be very different to the ones we have spent time on practicing, so again seemed like a waste.
Attended the APM PFQ training & certification - One of the best trainings I have been in, the instructor (Jan Underdown) was very knowledgeable on the subjects due to her immense real-life experience in project management, very articulate and took time to ensure everyone understood the concepts.
Parallel Project Training provide a well-structured course, enabling an in depth understanding of project management methodologies, structures and challenges to overcome. The tutor (Jan Underdown) balanced the course well and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The online service is exceptional!
Nicola Evans
Nicola Evans
1666863044
Would highly recommend this course. Very well led, Jan skill fully balanced the breadth of syllabus in a pace that was manageable for the 5 week course.
Leigh Haywood
Leigh Haywood
1663053589
Brilliant. Great support and presented very well
Amanda L
Amanda L
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Rachael Parry
Rachael Parry
1660039617
The APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) course was very chaotic to say the least. The training provider spent way too much time making kitchen analogy to illustrate structural breakdown and then ended up rushing through the rest of the course and I feel like she missed important bits that we were asked about in the exam.
Marcus Parker
Marcus Parker
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Ramya Ganesh
Ramya Ganesh
1647853785
Took the virtual APM PMQ 6-week course with Paul Naybour. The course was conveniently timed to fit around the day job. Paul is hugely knowledgeable and supportive, teaching both PM principles and exam technique. Highly recommend to others with or without previous project management experience.
Rebecca Unwin
Rebecca Unwin
1646044458
Fantastic quality training by excellent tutors. Highly recommended.
Jon Cummins
Jon Cummins
1646043303
Monalisa Biswal
Monalisa Biswal
1638435946
Robert Marriott
Robert Marriott
1634297534
Parallel training is an exemplary company, from the customer service, to the study material, and the course itself.Fully recommend, thank you Michelle and Paul.
Mr Jones
Mr Jones
1633104489
Alvin Muchai
Alvin Muchai
1631787084
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About Edinburgh

About Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, located on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. This hilly, rather compact capital is steeped in history with a medieval Old Town and a Georgian New Town that is not only elegant in nature but has several public gardens and plenty of neoclassical buildings. Edinburgh Castle is a dominant feature in the city skyline and an important part of Scottish History. The city has recently been named as one of the top 25 beautiful cities of the world, and it isn’t hard to see why, with its cobbled streets and rather striking architecture being one of the things that it is famous for. The other is, of course, its Whisky walks and tours!

Edinburgh Airport is located to the west of the city. Travel to the city centre is easy via public transport. There are regular tram and bus services, and also by taxi. The airport connects Edinburgh to other locations within the UK and also to a number of other global locations.

Waverly station is at the end of the main line in Edinburgh, and there are regular direct trains from London to Edinburgh. Depending on the train and route taken, the journey takes between 4 hours 10 minutes and 5 hours 30 minutes. There are also direct trains from a number of other cities in the UK, including Manchester. This journey will take a little over 3 hours. There are also National Express coaches from most major UK cities to Edinburgh. These terminate at the city centre bus station which is ideally placed for many local hotels or public transport links depending on where you need to get to.

Edinburgh is also easy to reach by road. The M8 connects it to Glasgow to the west, the A1 connects Edinburgh to London, and the M6 is the major route towards Edinburgh from the North of England.

Where to Stay

With many project management courses lasting several days, it is necessary to book some accommodation locally. Edinburgh is a fantastic city to spend a couple of nights in and you will find plenty of great hotels here.

Village Hotel, 43-44 Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 3NL

A 10-minute drive from Edinburgh Castle you will find the Village Hotel, Edinburgh. This large hotel has good-sized modern rooms across a number of floors. There is onsite parking available at a small additional cost and a range of different places to eat within the hotel. There are also meeting rooms at the hotel, which can be booked for training courses. The hotel is part of the Green Tourism Programme, which measures its impact on the environment.

Marriott Hotel, 111 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh EH12 8NF

The Edinburgh Marriott Hotel is just a 7-minute drive from Edinburgh Airport and close to public transport links which connect it to the city centre. The hotel offers everything that you would expect from a Marriott group member, with spacious modern rooms, a fitness facility and a number of onsite dining options. There is a business centre with computer stations and 12 meeting rooms of different sizes which can be hired at an additional cost.

Courtyard by Marriott, 1 – 3 Baxter’s Pl, Edinburgh EH1 3AF

If you want a hotel that is centrally located in Edinburgh, then you can’t get much closer than the Courtyard by Marriott Edinburgh. Public transport links go from right outside the hotel, and it is just a short walk to a number of restaurants and things to do. The hotel has a 24-hour fitness centre and all of the amenities that you would expect from a hotel of this calibre. The hotel has a business centre and meeting rooms making it ideal if you need to keep in touch with the office.

Things To Do

You are certain to want to take advantage of the range of opportunities that Edinburgh has to  offer during your stay here for your project management training course.

Restaurants

Scotland has some great produce to offer, and it’s no surprise that there are plenty of restaurants in Edinburgh serving some incredible food. There are five restaurants in Edinburgh with a Michelin star and a number more with a mention in the Michelin guide. If you are looking for fine dining, then it is worth taking a look at the likes of The Kitchin. Based in Leith at 78, Commercial Quay, EH6 6LX, this restaurant is a little distance from the centre however its simple unfussy menus which only use necessary ingredients for each dish are well worth the journey.

Another Michelin-star restaurant that is well worth the trip is also found in Leith. Heron (at 91A Henderson St, EH6 6ED) is a husband and wife-run restaurant that was founded in 201. They serve menu that has a strong focus on local seafood and other local Scottish ingredients and flavours. The restaurant has an open kitchen and a friendly atmosphere.

If you prefer something closer to the centre of the city, then you will find plenty of other types of cuisine available.

Entertainment

With Edinburgh Castle located in the heart of the city, it is one place that you will want to try and find a few minutes to visit. Whilst you may not be able to go into the castle at night, it makes a spectacular point of interest when it is fully lit up in the evening. The city is steeped in history, and a walk along the royal mile is something that you can do at any time of the day.

There are plenty of bars and pubs in Edinburgh’s city centre serving craft beers accompanied by live music. Alternatively, if you like live music, then there are plenty of options in the city centre with clubs, and The Playhouse often plays host to visiting West-end musicals.

Edinburgh is thought to be one of the most haunted cities in the world, and there are plenty of evening ghost walks to join, including the underground ghost walk, which is not for the faint of heart. For a slightly less scary but no less unusual evening activity in Edinburgh, the zoo often holds evening events where you can see the animals in a completely different light.