Astutis Reviews

The content is very good but alot for days

Gary was brilliant. Clear communication, very enthusiastic about the topic, stayed calm when members of the group were confused on had got anxious and diffused the situation very well. However the course materials were late arriving to my house (arrived 2 days into the course) despite the fact I had completed the form as requested - the member of the team that asked me to re-confirm my address for the delivery of materials stated the forms were not working properly. But when I asked for an updated ETA the response I got was because I was delayed in providing my details - which was not factually correct - I completed the form as soon as it was sent to me. This felt unprofessional and added stress to the course. When the materials arrived the book had coloured pages and non coloured pages which is disorientating and again appeared disorientating. The powerpoint presentation used by Gary was a copy and paste 95% of the time from the text book which isn't particularly engaging. Because my hardcopy course materials did not arrive on time I used the online materials provided in the link to the teams meeting which contained the old materials that were no longer applicable and had to wait for the up to date materials to be sent. Gary arranged this as I was not the only one without the course materials but again it was another unprofessional demonstration on Astutis' behalf.

Overall the course has been extremely disappointing, this has been explained in detail in my feedback for weeks 1 and 2. I also believe that the content from IEMA is massively out of date, examples provided were from 10 years ago and no longer relevant. What has saved things for Astutis is that our week 3 tutor Mike has been exceptional. I really enjoyed the final week due to the way he delivered the course. Clearly he is very experienced and this came across, and he was able to hold the attention of the group and ensured we had adequate breaks and breakout activities. I am still unhappy overall but really glad you found Mike for us for our final week.

The video content had a lot in it so maybe focusing on one thing would be good and filling in AC4 form as you go along

Slow start not helped by hard copies turning up late after getting lost.

Good training and helpful.

Content was dated and would benefit from some up to date relevant examples

Gary was very informative took the time to ensure we understood and always checked in with us. Very good

Useful course

books didn’t arrive on time for course.