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Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, 11/03/2009 - Zenos student Serena Thomas has won the IT training company’s annual talent search competition, The Z Factor.
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The Birmingham Academy student wowed the audience with her rendition of the Jennifer Hudson track, And I Am Telling You.
Serena competed against four other finalists at Zenos’ National Apprentice of the Year Awards ceremony at the Alton Towers Hotel last month (22/10).
Each contestant received comments on their performances from a panel of four judges, who had selected the finalists from the thousands of auditions in the summer. However, on the night the winner was voted for by members of the audience, which included Zenos staff, students and other assorted guests.
Serena, who graduated from the Birmingham Academy in September, was the runaway winner of the competition, attracting almost 50 per cent of the overall vote.
The winning prize was a cheque for £1000, which Serena is planning to invest in furthering her performing career.
Zenos is the UK’s leading provider of IT Support training to 16 – 18 year old, and the largest Microsoft Training Academy in Europe. More than a thousand students are currently training at the 23 Zenos Academies right across the country.
Zenos programmes are run under the LSC’s Advanced Apprenticeship scheme, and provide students with internationally recognised Vendor qualifications for companies such as Microsoft and Cisco. More than 80 per cent of Zenos graduates find suitable employment within weeks of leaving – and many go on to achieve further qualifications.
For more information on Zenos, or to view videos of the Z Factor finalists’ performances, visit the website.
About Zenos
Zenos Training Academies (zenos.com) deliver training programmes, funded by the LSC, to young people wanting to take their first steps in a career in the IT industry. With a network of Academies that cover the country, Zenos currently trains in excess of 1,500 people a year and employs around 120. We provide internationally recognised Vendor qualifications (such as Microsoft, Cisco and CompTIA) and tailor-made training programmes for our corporate clients.
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