Evjtrainingacademy Reviews 6

I have done private training at Evj for aesthetics, beauty and AET. I was supported throughout the training. I’ve also had support after the course finished. I wouldn’t hesitate at doing further courses with EVJ

I would implore you to disregard previous reviews of this company.

EVJ Training Academy has been a long established private training company teaching aesthetic qualifications and courses. The only ‘finance’ available is klarna or payitmonthly.

EVJ Training Academy leased one of their old units to a national training provider called B-skill, along with two others. These providers held direct contracts with the government for adult funding. As part of the funding rules and legal requirements- B-skill are responsible for their staff, including teaching staff, equipment, stock, resources, students and learner loans. The students know this as they have loan agreements that they have signed up for- a government scheme I must add- and on their student finance account it will state their provider. Because B-skill have been unable to manage their staff appropriately and training appropriately, they have received complaints. Because they fear losing their million pound contracts and getting a poor oftsed grade, they try to throw a small company who they pay rent to under the bus.

Anyone can access companies house and the government website to see who holds government contracts via Education & Skills funding Agency. You won’t find EVJ Training Academy or Emily Milner named anywhere.

The reviews left by ‘students’, have been blindly led on by companies who quite frankly could not care less as long as it’s not them taking any accountability for their failures. They may have valid complaints, however I have personally seen the lease termination sent to B-skill, the emails admitting their own faults and the vile messages sent by students to EVJ Training Academy because they are angry and confused. At what point do you review the landlord of a company, and not the company itself?!

I have personally spent over £9000 in private training with Emily and EVJ Training Academy since 2019. I have paid for my staff to train here too. I travel 5 hours by car to get here and would not train anywhere else. EVJ Training Academy have given me the education and support to become a sustainable aesthetics company, I have won three business awards and operate up and down the country across 4 sites- something I never imagined, and I owe this all to Emily and her team!

Please don’t get confused like previous reviewers. Landlord- company= two different things.

I enrolled in a Level 3 Beauty Therapy (Combined) course with EVJ in April 2025 at the Staleybridge location.
The experience was awful, I withdrew from the course following week 7. In 7 weeks on the course we learnt dying eyebrows and eyelashes, just learnt, did not complete any assessments. The tutor wasn't in half of the time and for those weeks we were asked to log that we were remote learning - which was a load of rubbish.
The location is run down and would not pass a risk assessment (I encouraged the provider to attend the location and carry out the same and as far as I am aware that provider now does not work with EVJ). The products provided to learn with were awful, used/nearly empty, old and unsanitary. There was no sanitisation process, we had to ask multiple times if we could have something to clean tools.
When a complaint was made to EVJ about the quality of the course we were met with "not to be rude but it's not my company" they really couldn't care less that the service provided was completely unsatisfactory (to the point where the provider has confirmed the student loan will be returned to student finance in full).
Genuinely would avoid at all costs.

I enrolled on EVJ Training Academy’s 16-week nail course and it has been one of the most disappointing experiences of my life. They require students to take out a government student loan of over £3,000 for the course, yet what we received in return was completely unfit for purpose.

Out of 16 sessions, only 7 were delivered by a qualified and experienced nail teacher. The rest of the time we were taught by someone with no nail experience at all, who could not deliver the skills we were promised. Several lessons were cancelled at the last minute, and we were told to record that we were “learning remotely” even though no teaching, interaction, or support took place. There was no clear scheme of work, and when we finally got a new teacher towards the end, everything was rushed in order to make it look like students were completing their work rather than properly training us.

Assessments were often unsupervised or even faked, with names changed on paperwork to give the appearance of different people completing them. Equipment provided was broken, unhygienic, and completely unsuitable for training — faulty lamps, unclean tools, and being made to practice nails on salon beds instead of proper desks. Health and safety was simply not prioritised.

When I raised concerns about the poor quality of the course, instead of being supported I was removed from the student WhatsApp group and excluded from important updates. This treatment was unprofessional and isolating.

The owner, Emily Milner, is rude, dismissive, and only interested in money, not students. My experience has made it clear that she is running these courses for profit rather than actually supporting learners to gain skills and qualifications.

In short, I feel this course has been a waste of time, money, and effort. EVJ Training Academy has not delivered what it advertised, and has left students with thousands of pounds of debt for training that fell far below acceptable standards. I am now disputing liability for my student loan and would strongly urge others to avoid this provider.

Wouldn't train anywhere else. Amazing training and very comprehensive Safety as well. Never felt more confident and at ease! 100% reccomend

The cosmetic industry in the UK is largely unregulated, meaning anyone can legally provide injectable treatments. ... UK law currently allows anyone - whether they're a medical professional such as a doctor or a non-medic such as a beautician - to administer injectable cosmetic products. Please do not waste your money. Go with a registered qualified aesthetics practitioner.