VT's team has been involved with various aspects of open learning since 1979. Assignments have been in the UK, Europe, India, Pakistan and Russia.   Our track record includes:

• the analysis of learning packages against standards of competence, and database maintenance, for the Matching Programme: 1990-95 (UK Employment Department)
• providing training and computer delivered assessment materials for various banking tasks (a major UK clearing bank)
• helping to establish eight Russo-British Open and Flexible Learning Centres for vocational education and training in the cities in the Moscow Region (1994-97) (Moscow Region Employment Department)
• Study on the introduction of Open and Flexible Learning in the UK and Moscow Region 1998 (International Labour Office)
• Development of standards for personnel working in Open and Distance Learning and validating them in the CaliberNet project of the Leonardo programme.
  
• Participation in Strand IV of the DELPHI project of the TACIS programme (1998-2001), in Russia. DELPHI stands for Development for Educational Links and Professional and Higher Educational Initiatives. Strand IV is Development of Open and Distance Learning for Dissemination of Educational Programmes. For more details access the DELPHI website.
  
• Providing technical assistance in Open and Distance Learning (including developing training modules in materials writing) in a TACIS funded project for training the staff of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation (2001-2003).
  
• Researching aspects of learning centre developments in England for the Learning and Skills Development Agency (2000-2002).
  

If you are interested in VT consultancy on Open Learning, e-mail: ol@gesvt.com