Clearview National January 2016 - Issue 170 | Page 18

INDUSTRYNEWS

New online learning
platform launched
»»Building specifiers,
merchants, architectural ironmongers, door
manufacturers and door hardware professionals
are the beneficiaries of a new Education Hub
being developed by the Guild of Architectural
Ironmongers (GAI) in the UK.
The GAI Education Hub puts online for
the first time the huge wealth of educational
resources produced by the GAI for those
studying for its Certificate in Architectural
Hardware, the GAI Diploma and the Guild’s
ongoing CPD programme.
Maria Powell, president of the GAI says:
“Students will now be guided through
their learning in a much more accessible and
engaging way. We are entirely transforming the
Diploma syllabus, putting learning resources
online and making them available to hardware
professionals throughout the world.
“Essential content, ease of understanding
and global access are vital to the new Education
Hub. This new resource from the GAI is taking
learning into the 21st century, offering an