Lumify introduces industry-first ‘Pro Packs’ to help address Australia’s tech skills gap
Lumify Group |
New training pathway combines qualifications, certifications and real-world experience
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Workday Brings Sana Self-Service Agent for HR and Finance Into Microsoft 365 Copilot
Learning News | Workday |
Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, today announced that the Sana Self-Service Agent from Workday is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot. The new integration enables employees and managers to get answers to HR and finance questions and complete everyday tasks directly inside Microsoft 365, without switching apps, while organizations maintain the security, compliance, and control they expect from Workday.
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Speexx Wins Best People Development Platform at the 2026 Global Brand Awards
Speexx | Munich |
Speexx has been named Best People Development Platform at the 2026 Global Brand Awards, marking a second consecutive win and reinforcing its position as a global leader in workforce development.
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Learning Technologies 2026: L&D priorities
Learning News |
Learning leaders face rising expectations on impact, efficiency and alignment, with skills, data and performance at the centre. We ask vendors and commentators what matters most for L&D right now.
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Abilitie achieves Gold Standard accreditation from the Learning and Performance Institute
Learning News | Abilitie |
Abilitie has achieved the LPI Gold Standard accreditation, a prestigious recognition of its high-impact, technology-powered leadership programmes. The award highlights Abilitie’s commitment to measurable client outcomes, a strong partnership approach, and consistent quality of learning experience.
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Mediazoo Named UK’s Number One Internal Communications Agency by PRWeek for Third Year Running
Media Zoo |
Mediazoo has topped the internal communications category in PRWeek’s Top 150 league table of UK agencies for the third consecutive year Internal comms revenue grew seven per cent year-on-year to £3.9m, more than twice that of its nearest competitor in the table The agency was also ranked in the top five for ESG communications in the same PRWeek Top 150 ranking, securing fourth place “Three years at number one, and almost twice the revenue of our nearest rival, says something about the appetite for internal communication that actually changes behaviour. That is the work we are built for,” says Giles Smith, CEO of Mediazoo Group.
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5app and Thrive Partners roll out new AI skills intelligence offer with Helix
5App | London, UK |
5app is delighted to announce its new Helix partnership with Thrive Partners, bringing a new AI skills intelligence offering to Thrive's coaching programmes.
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Learning Technologies 2026: AI in learning - From potential to practice
Learning News |
The focus shifts from potential to real use, with vendors and analysts pointing to where AI is delivering value now. We hear from providers building AI into products and those tracking how it is being used.
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Sick pay tops list of most important benefits
Ciphr |
New research by HR software provider Ciphr reveals the top workplace benefits for UK employees.
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LT 2026: Emerging technology in practice
Learning News |
What the data is really telling us about learning technology, with Dani Johnson.
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Imparta Launches i-Coach.AI for Connected Loop Sales Enablement
Imparta |
Introducing the Connected Loop Enablement, closing the gap between learning investment and measurable revenue outcomes at enterprise scale.
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LT 2026: Learning transformation beyond platforms
Learning News |
Lori Niles-Hofmann on rethinking learning transformation and driving impact beyond technology.
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Learning Technologies 2026: What’s new?
Learning News |
New launches focus on AI capability, skills insight and closer links between learning, performance and workforce data. We round up key announcements and product updates from across LT2026.
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LT 2026: Barcamp explores shift from content to capability
Learning News |
11th Learning Technologies fringe event spotlights AI’s role in moving L&D from content delivery to capability building.
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Learning Technologies 2026: Standing out in a crowded market
Learning News |
Providers sharpen their positioning around skills, data and outcomes, as differentiation becomes harder across platforms. We ask vendors how they define their offer and what sets them apart.
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LT 2026: Market insights with Myles Runham, Fosway
Learning News |
Myles Runham from Fosway Group shares insights on AI, market trends and the challenges facing learning technology.
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Learning Technologies 2026: Conversations and Insights
Learning News |
Interviews, analysis and on-the-ground perspectives from LT2026.
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Pluralsight Launches Cloud Ready to Help Enterprises Build AI-Ready Cloud Teams
Pluralsight |
New enterprise upskilling program helps teams close cloud skills gaps, modernize faster, and prepare for AI at scale.
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Britain is paying a £20 billion annual price for leaders pretending to know the answer
Media Zoo |
Two third of leaders would rather look certain and be wrong than admit doubt and get it right, new five-year study reveals • Certainty Theatre is costing the UK economy £20 billion a year, according to a new workplace report whose findings were stress-tested by senior economists. • Nearly two-thirds of leaders (65%) say they would rather appear decisive and be wrong than admit uncertainty and be right. The trend has remained consistent across five years of data covering 3,159 professionals in 25 organisations. • The pressure to project certainty is strongest below board level. Middle managers (72%) and senior leadership teams (68.9%) are most likely to admit faking confidence, compared with 46.8% of C-suite executives.
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What to Expect at the 11th Rewards, Benefits & Wellbeing Summit
Summit Events |
AI, pay transparency, financial wellbeing and mental health are just some of the major topics set to dominate discussion at the 11th Rewards, Benefits & Wellbeing Summit this June. The event will unite senior industry leaders for three days of insight, networking and focused business engagement.
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Overcoming the barriers to AI adoption in your organisation (using the Spice Girls)
Acteon Communication and Learning |
Acteon's Rebecca Trigg uses a playful framework inspired by the Spice Girls to explore the different responses to AI adoption in organisations – and explains why understanding people, not technology, is the key to lasting change.
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Impact Futures Group wins top apprenticeship provider award
Learning News | Impact Futures Group |
UK training group recognised for apprenticeship delivery across health, care and education sectors.
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Coaching market grows as AI adoption lags
Learning News | ICF Converge Summit 2026 |
Global coaching revenue rises 17% to $5.34bn, but limited investment in technology highlights a capability gap across the sector
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Why adaptive leadership is now essential to negotiation
Lumify Group | ENS Negotation Training Team |
Modern leadership is shifting fast. In this environment, negotiation and influence aren’t “soft skills”, they’re critical adaptive capabilities.
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News Bulletin
Bulletins |
A bite-sized news round up: Digital Learning Market; Model Context Protocol; L&D Working Conditions; Evidence Informed Practice Conference Preview; Plus all the headlines from Learning News.
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Back to basics: a webinar on what AI can and can't do for learning design
iSpring Solutions |
Speed isn't the same as learning. iSpring's next webinar with Dr Cris Wildermuth asks what good design actually looks like once AI is doing the heavy lifting on content.
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Mediazoo Group Launch New Series Helping Organisations Maximise the Potential of AI
Media Zoo |
Mediazoo is launching a YouTube series, anchored by its AI specialist business Finer Vision The new series will launch on Wednesday 6th May and has been designed to give L&D and communications teams the practical AI skills most enterprises are still missing “Most organisations already have access to the tools. The gap is in knowing how to use them well. This series shows the work, week by week,” says Giles Smith, CEO at Mediazoo Group.
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The hidden talent gap affecting global organisations: family-building and hormonal health support
Summit Events | Summit Solutions Newsletter |
Could overlooked gaps in your benefits strategy be costing you experienced talent? Explore why global organisations are rethinking fertility, family-building and hormonal health support.
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Training & Development Summit - 15th & 16th June 2026
Learning News | Forum Events |
The Training & Development Summit provides an invaluable opportunity for senior professionals responsible for their organisation’s learning & development requirements and forward-thinking suppliers.
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Mindtools Kineo launches new website as it unveils its bold new brand at Learning Technologies 2026
Mindtools Kineo |
Visit www.mindtools-kineo.com or come and meet us in person at stand F25
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Thrive's Spring Release brings AI Agents, Mentoring, Chat and a wave of platform enhancements shaping the future of work
Thrive | London at Learning Technologies |
Thrive has unveiled its most intelligent release yet, putting a team of AI Agents at the heart of every employee experience. Alongside this, the Spring Release introduces new Mentoring capabilities, chat, and a suite of unique platform enhancements that mark Thrive's most ambitious step yet towards shaping the future of learning.
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Talvi - the newest and most technically advanced AI vendor at Learning Technologies
Learning News | Talvi, Learning Technologies 2026 |
Talvi is making its world debut at Learning Technologies 2026 with a range of capabilities that are hard to match: 100% SCORM decryption, an MCP Server and an MCP Store, 95% lower AI token use, 'human in the loop' data cleaner and zero-hallucination cited answers from ringfenced content.
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Smartcat Unveils AI-Powered Course Creation and Translation Workflows for Real-Time Market Adaptation
Learning News |
New Multi-Agent Systems help enterprise L&D teams create, translate, and continuously update global training content as markets, regulations, and business needs change.
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Fuse launches “The LMS Reimagined” and AI Performance Coach, Lyra, at Learning Technologies 2026
Fuse Universal |
London, UK – 28.04.2026 – Fuse, a leading Learning Management System (LMS), is proud to announce the official launch of Fuse 4.2 and Lyra at Learning Technologies 2026, Stand C35.
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Totara Announces 2026 Global Partner Award Winners
Totara | Celebrating excellence across its global partner network |
Totara, a global leader in learning management technologies, has announced the winners of the 2026 Totara Partner Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements across its global partner network.
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PageTiger Launches New AI-Powered Learning Tools and Templates
Learning News | PageTiger, Learning Technologies 2026 |
PageTiger is introducing new AI-powered features and a Learning Suite of customisable, interactive templates designed to help HR and L&D teams create accessible, engaging training for diverse and neurodivergent workforces.
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How Animaker Is Redefining Learning Velocity with AI Agents
Learning News | Animaker, Learning Technologies 2026 |
Animaker introduces Learning Velocity, a new framework focused on speed of capability building, and will be showcasing how AI animation and AI agents like Animaker Nano LMS are transforming L&D from content delivery to rapid, outcome-driven learning.
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Acteon's new-look website speaks to common challenges in the world of work
Acteon Communication and Learning |
From AI adoption to L&D that drives business results, Acteon's refreshed site shows how a behavioural, human-centred approach turns today's toughest challenges into real change.
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Sponge brings human-first innovation to Learning Technologies 2026.
Sponge | Bristol, UK |
Sponge offers a sharper take on AI adoption, behaviour change, and AI transformation to the event this year.
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Masterclass by the Mediazoo Group to reveal new research on uncertainty
Media Zoo |
Masterclass by the Uncertainty Experts, Wednesday 6th May 2026, shares explosive new research exposing the Decisiveness Crisis. Findings will include the that 65% of leaders would rather look certain than be right, even knowing it leads to worse outcomes. Attendees will walk away knowing how to dismantle false certainty, fast. “When certainty is rewarded more than outcomes, bad decisions become inevitable”, says Giles Smith, CEO at the Mediazoo Group.
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Speexx Launches Intercultural Foundations to Scale Cross-Cultural Competence Across Global Workforces
Speexx | Munich |
Speexx announces the launch of a scalable intercultural training program designed to build awareness and understanding of how culture shapes communication, collaboration, and workplace behavior.
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Escaping the L&D Activity Trap
Learning News | Kallidus, Learning Technologies 2026 |
Learning and Development (L&D) needs a seat at the table. Corporate learning is a vital component of successful business, reducing risk and boosting revenue. By escaping the Activity Trap, L&D will become a key source of strategic value, says Harry Chapman-Walker, CEO, Kallidus.
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Organisational learning barriers on LNTV
Learning Now tv | London |
LNTV, Apr 30: TJ report into organisational learning barriers; AI career platform start-up; Unlearning with Andy Lancaster and Stella Collins.
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Expert-Designed AI Learning Moves Beyond Content Creation
Learning News | Hawk Academy London, Learning Technologies 2026 |
Hawk Academy London will demonstrate how organisations can move beyond AI content creation to deliver expert-designed, accredited learning programmes. Combining AI-powered delivery with over 35 years of training expertise, it enables scalable, high-impact learning built for real-world performance.
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Access Learning recognised again as Core Leader in 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ for both Learning Systems and Digital Learning
Learning News | Access Learning |
Access Learning, the digital learning solutions provider and part of The Access Group, has retained its Core Leader position in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ across two categories: Learning Systems and Digital Learning, reinforcing its standing among the most established learning platforms in the European market.
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Why Time Is Still the Biggest Barrier to Effective Workplace Learning
Learning News |
Learning and development (L&D) is firmly on the agenda for UK employers. From leadership capability to digital skills and emerging technologies like AI, organisations recognise that continuous learning is essential for performance, productivity and retention.
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Mediazoo Group appoints Chief Product Officer to lead AI growth
Media Zoo |
Mediazoo names John Gordon as Chief Product Officer as it accelerates its AI product strategy and scales Finer Vision, its new AI specialist business John brings military discipline, cyber security and enterprise engineering experience and deep AI learning expertise to the role The appointment signals Mediazoo’s commitment to building intelligent L&D products at the intersection of creativity and AI “John’s appointment is about scaling impact. Turning our AI capability into products that change how our clients learn, communicate and perform,” says Giles Smith, CEO at Mediazoo Group.
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AI Implementation Readiness: Is Your Organisation Prepared? (+ Checklist)
Lumify Group | Brent Knauf |
Assess your organisation’s AI readiness with this practical AI implementation readiness guide. Explore an AI readiness framework, checklist, governance considerations, and leadership factors to scale AI successfully across your business.
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Fosway Group publishes 2026 AI Market Assessment paper for Digital Learning
Fosway |
London, April 2026: Fosway Group is pleased to announce that the 2026 edition of the AI Market Assessment paper for Digital Learning is now available for EMEA's learning leaders to download and review. In 2026, the Fosway’s research programme will interrogate the corporate experience of AI deployment more deeply, while still providing updates into the vendor market too, resulting in an extended series of unique public and private deliverables.
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Employers urged to back 1,000 AI apprenticeships
Learning News | BPP |
National pledge aims to create 1,000 AI, data and tech apprenticeships by 2027, with employers asked to hire one apprentice each.
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Mint launches Smart Translator for fast, affordable eLearning translation
Learning News | Mint |
Digital learning consultancy Mint has announced the launch of Smart Translator, an AI-powered tool designed to reduce the time and cost of translating digital learning content.
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CLO100 Introduces Post-Nominal Designations to Elevate Senior Learning Leaders Professional Recognition
CLO100 | LONDON, UK – 26 April 2026 |
CLO100, the professional body for learning leaders, has today launched the CLO100 Experience Assessment, an elite global standard designed to formally recognise and validate the strategic impact of senior Learning and Development Leaders.
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Thrive Learning brings the future of work to Learning Technologies 2026, fresh from FT1000 recognition as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies
Thrive |
Six sessions, a landmark Spring Release and live customer demos across two days at Learning Technologies as Thrive prepares its biggest show yet at ExCeL London.
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Learning Technologies 2026 next week
Learning Technologies | London |
Learning Technologies 2026 opens its doors next week on 29-30 Apr at Excel London; Final opportunity to book passes; Event app download.
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Powtoon to unveil 3 AI workflows to close corporate knowledge gaps
Learning News | Powtoon |
Powtoon is unveiling 3 AI workflows designed to tackle one of the biggest hidden costs in organizations today: knowledge gaps. Join Powtoon’s big unboxing event on May 20 and see how teams are turning complex information into scalable, visual learning experiences.
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GP Strategies Brings AI-Powered Learning Orchestration to LT 2026
GP Strategies |
GP Strategies will demo GP AIQ+™, its AI platform for enterprise learning, at Learning Technologies 2026. The platform uses five purpose-built agents to address fragmentation across the learning lifecycle. Jeff Fissel and Matt Donovan will also lead sessions on AI in L&D.
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Choice of subject outweighs university prestige in graduate earnings
Learning News |
New US data shows subject choice drives earnings more than university selectivity, with gaps widening over time.
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PeopleBench acquires Resilience @ Work framework
Learning News | PeopleBench |
Workforce analytics provider adds resilience measurement capability and expands beyond education sector.
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Learning Pool announces acquisition of WorkStep to revolutionize frontline employee experience
Learning Pool |
Learning Pool has announced the acquisition of WorkStep, an AI-powered employee engagement platform specifically designed for the frontline workforce.
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Masterclass: AI, Skills, and Knowledge Sharing for HR Success
Speexx | Webinar |
Experts from Fosway & AUDI explore how HR teams can combine AI, skills strategies, and knowledge sharing to drive measurable business impact and build future-ready workforces.
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Mindtools Kineo launches new brand and vision at Learning Technologies
Mindtools Kineo | Your L&D partner for new integrated skills development |
At Learning Technologies 2026, Mindtools Kineo will showcase its newly unified brand and the launch of its new digital skills offering. At stand F25, and across the two-day exhibition, visitors can experience new solutions, online demos, workshops, and thought leadership sessions. These signal a bold move to offering a fully integrated, end-to-end L&D partnership model.
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Acteon's podcast returns: listen to the first episode on AI adoption now
Acteon Communication and Learning |
Speak to the Human returns with a new host, and a first episode that tackles one of the biggest challenges facing organisations and leaders right now: AI adoption.
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Blify lands $2.1M for AI-Native learning in Slack and Teams, backed by veterans from EU Leading HR Tech scaleups
Learning News | Blify |
Blify, the startup that turns Slack and Teams into intelligent learning platforms, today announced a $2.1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-native Learning Operating System. The company claims to deliver 10x higher engagement than traditional LMS platforms. Its customers, including Club Med and Kaufman & Broad, use Blify to train employees across multiple countries, reflecting the platform's global reach from its earliest days.
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CIPD names Neil Carberry as chief executive
Learning News | CIPD |
Neil Carberry to lead CIPD from September 2026, succeeding Peter Cheese after 14 years in role.
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Gender pay gap persists in gig economy
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
US data shows women dominate freelancing but set lower rates than men despite equal performance, widening the pay gap over time.
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Avoiding the L&D Activity Trap
Learning News | Kallidus |
Learning and Development (L&D) has a value problem, not because it isn’t valuable, but because it struggles to prove it. And when L&D can’t prove impact, it doesn’t just lose credibility. It loses influence. It's time to be explicit about the problem. It’s called The Activity Trap, says Harry Chapman-Walker, CEO, Kallidus, and it’s undermining the value of L&D.
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