If there's any chance you'll be enrolling with a training company which still provides 'in-centre' days as a feature of their programme, then you should know about these hassles met by almost all students:

- Constant driving or public transport - very long trips a lot of the time.

- Weekday availability with classes is typically the case, and getting two to three days out of work causes a lot of problems for a lot of trainees who are working.

- Lost holiday days - a lot of students are given only twenty days of leave annually. If you give up at least half to your training events, that doesn't leave much holiday time left for the family as a whole.

- Classes fill up quickly and can be very crammed in.

- Tension can run high inside the classroom where different students want to work at different paces.

- Many trainees report that the (not inconsiderable) costs of getting transport to and from the training venue while covering the cost of accommodation and food gets very expensive.

- Privacy is important to us all. We wouldn't want to run the risk of giving up any lift up the ladder that we're owed while we're training.

- Most of us feel awkward about asking questions in a room full of our fellow students - because none of us wants to look like we don't understand.

- Typically, events are pretty much unreachable, where you work away for part of the week.

Infinitely more flexible is to use filmed lessons at home, in comfort - studying at your own pace, when it suits you - not someone else. Think... With a notebook PC then you could study in any location you choose. And 24x7 support is an online click away in case of difficulty. You can come back to any of the modules as many times as you need to. There's absolutely no need to write any notes as you have access to the class forever. Though there's no way this can remove every problem, it undoubtedly makes things easier, simpler and less stressful. And you've reduced costs, travel and hassle.

Being a part of the information technology industry is one of the more thrilling and changing industries you could be involved with. To be dealing with leading-edge technology puts you at the fore-front of developments that will impact the whole world for generations to come. We are really only just beginning to understand how this will truly impact our way of life. How we communicate and interact with everyone around us will be profoundly affected by computers and the internet.

A typical IT professional throughout Britain is likely to get noticeably more money than his or her counterpart in much of the rest of the economy. Mean average wages are some of the best to be had nationwide. Because the IT market sector is still growing nationally and internationally, it's predictable that demand for appropriately qualified IT professionals will flourish for years to come.

Any advisor who doesn't question you thoroughly - the likelihood is they're actually nothing more than a salesman. If someone pushes specific products before understanding your background and current experience level, then you know you're being sold to. With some commercial experience or certification, your starting-point of learning is very different to someone completely new. Where this will be your opening crack at studying to take an IT exam then it may be wise to cut your teeth on user-skills and software training first.

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