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In what is generally recognised by all commentators as "dificult trading conditions" it is pleasing to report that some big brand organisations are committing to work with our new venture Academy Insights which provides asssessment and selection solutions to the business intelligence community.Lloyds Banking Group, Bupa and AOL have all given us work so far with other opportunities on the horizon. The partnership venture commenced activities at the beginning of the year

Academy have designed and delivered a selection process to enable Plymouth College of Art and Design to successfully recruit a new Principal.

Leadership roles in the Higher Education sector demand a broad range of experiences and ability and the 2 day assessment process was amongst the most rigourous Academy have designed . Academy also had to train a range of stake-holders including governors, staff and students in objective assessment techniques.

Mike Dodd , who managed the project commented. "It was tremendously rewarding to work in this sector and to provide a solution that created a successful outcome".

Although this is the 1st time that Academy have worked in The Education sector, the work compliments other recent public sector leadership assessment projects in the NHS and local Govt.

Academy HR is delighted to announce that Scrivener Recruitment have agreed to merge their operations with the Academy HR business,

Following several years working with larger companies’ Ed Scrivener founded Scrivener Recruitment as an independent HR Recruitment company last year, developing a reputation for delivering a high quality service to clients and candidates in the South West and Thames Valley.

Wanting to deliver a broader range of services to his clients Ed was attracted by Academy’s offerings. He commented, “ Academy are a natural partner for me and I’m looking forward to introducing their services to my clients and helping to develop the Academy Brand."

Paul Clark, Operations Director at Academy added, “ We are delighted that Ed has decided to work with us .He shares our goal of providing services and solutions of the highest quality and we are sure that with his input our business will continue to flourish.”

Academy have created a new division,Academy Insights, to deliver consultancy and people management expertise to the Market Analytics and Customer Insight communities.

This area is managed by Richie Hester, a long standing Associate who has worked previously in Senior Analytics roles for The BBC, British Airways, LloydsTSB and Nokia.
The goal is to replicate the Academy HR model of flexibly delivered HR skills into the Insights arena.Academy previously worked alongside Richie at LloydsTSB and it is this work which has created the model for the Insights division.

Futher information is available on the Academy Insights page of this website.

AcademyHR have recently been awarded ISO9001 accreditation . Whilst we have always felt that our systems and proceses were quality driven , it’s reassuring to have achieved the recognition externally.Viv Bolton who managed the process from the Academy side commented,"we realised that many purchasing professionals, particularly in the public sector see the accreditation as an essential pre requisite in any contract award and we wanted to maximise our chances in this area."