Business and education leaders from over 138 international companies and business schools, convened for the third annual MERIT Summit “Co-creating Learning Organisations” held 15-17 January, 2019, and co-hosted by WU Executive Academy.
Last week’s MERIT Summit in Vienna gathered top-notch international speakers, executive education experts, and innovators from the fields of L&D and Talent Management. Thanks to MERIT’s active audience, we were glad to give out three special awards to the speakers whose presentations received the highest vote throughout the event.
Sheffield Hallam University has developed visualization plug-in software, ‘Ensuring the Quality and Usability of Spreadsheets’. EQUS aims to enhance the accessibility and understanding of almost all spreadsheet formulae and the data with which they work and is being distributed by VeryViz - a partnership between Sheffield Hallam University and the online learning and training consultancy, Learning Light.
The upcoming MERIT Summit in Vienna, 16-17 January 2019, will offer HR leaders a variety of company case studies exploring best practices and lessons learned at global L&D departments. One of the case studies will be presented by Jeff Turner, International Director of Learning and Development at Facebook. In a recent video interview exclusively for MERIT, Jeff shared a sneak peek into his topic “Building High Performing Teams: The Facebook Approach”.
According to a 2017 Capgemini study, 29% of employees believe their skillset is redundant now, or will be in the next one to two years. That figure goes up to 38% for those who believe their skills will be obsolete in the next five years.
What is the value of academic knowledge and executive education for Learning & Development in the corporate world? How can L&D leaders bridge academic knowledge and business in practice and build a routine of learning in their organisations? MERIT Summit in Vienna, 16-17 January 2019, will bring together corporate and executive education professionals for debates and collaborative exploration on this topic, among many others.
MERIT Summit Speaker Catalina Schveninger, Global Head of Learning at Vodafone, discusses the future of work from the perspective of the global telecommunications company.
MERIT Summit Speaker Anders Richtnér, Associate Professor and CEO of Stockholm School of Economics, gives his views based on his extensive experience from both an academic and a commercial perspective.
MERIT Summit speaker, Natasa Prodanovic, awarded Silver Talent Management Award at the 2018 Learning In Practice awards, Fall CLO Symposium, Houston, Texas.
The Australian company, maker of the most used learning platform in the world, will be attending the OEB Global conference on December 5 - 7 in Berlin.
Learn Appeal, the e-learning industry charity, has announced the inaugural winner of the new Learn Appeal Award at the 2018 Learning Technologies gala event. Accepted on behalf of the winner, the e-learning content and tools provider, Appitierre, by co-founder Wes Atkinson, the introduction of this award was welcomed across the industry.
Collaboration and creativity are the solar energy that fuels excellence. Learning organisations are the ones that will inherit the future. These are two sound reasons for the innovative MERIT Summit to bring together for the third time corporate and higher education leaders for an inspirational networking and learning event dedicated to “Co-creating Learning Organisations” and hosted in Vienna on 16-17 January 2019.
An article on e-learning supplier Engage in Learning’s website argues that successful leaders are ‘business chameleons’. In other words, says the article, they should be able to take on the role of directors, facilitators or motivators depending on the particular challenges that they are facing at the time.
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) recently chose TopClass LMS by WBT Systems to deliver professional development and training to approximately 10,000 learners per year, from over 2,400 member companies. TopClass LMS will provide MBA with connected learning experiences for their member organizations, flexible functionality, and comprehensive support for delivery and management of their professional development programs.
QA, the UK's leading learning and training skills provider, is recognised as providing the highest quality of service and customer experience in a new report by the Learning and Performance Institute.
Learn Appeal is delighted to help power the innovative project which contributed to Dr Ebony Escalona of Brooke receiving one of the first Inspiration Awards from the RCVS (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons). The offline learning experience available provided by the Learn Appeal Capsule not only provides training to those who need it the most, it also improves the welfare of working animals.
Learn Appeal and Appitierre are delighted to run its inaugural schools workshop at Villiers, a High School in Southall, London Borough of Ealing. Running as part of its Career Day, the session focused on the exciting – but often little known - career development opportunities in e-learning Instructional Design which continue to grow rapidly.
Education review site EDUopinions has found that Universities in Germany have the highest proportion of 5 star reviews in Europe.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 13, 2018 – DuPont Sustainable Solutions has released two new human resources training programs, Sexual Harassment: The Untold Story and It’s About Respect II, that alert employees to the different kinds of harassment and help employers promote a culture of respect in the workplace.
One of Africa’s most inspirational and successful women will top the bill at this year’s eLearning Africa conference in Kigali, Rwanda. A medical doctor, an academic and a businesswoman, Dr Mamphela Ramphele is also the former leader of South Africa’s Agang SA political party and a founder, with her former partner Steve Biko, of the Black Consciousness movement. She heads an exciting list of keynote speakers in a fascinating programme of discussions, workshops and debates under the overall theme of ‘Uniting Africa.’
Learn Appeal, the e-learning charity, announces the pilot of its revolutionary offline e-learning initiative in rural Kenya. The launch of the Learn Appeal Capsule in Nyamira, Kenya last month underscores the charity's mission to build skills and empower local disconnected communities who either do not have access to the internet or lack the required purchasing power – common challenges in Kenya and around the world.
On May the 14th the Professional Development Consortium will host its first event of 2018, themed ‘Creating a Training Culture’.
Leading HR and Learning analysts, Fosway Group, to host a webinar on 'Being Next Gen: Reinventing Learning in the Enterprise'
The Professional Development Consortium (PDC) has a new accreditation, ‘Provider of Training Excellence’ and some surprising Industry leaders are on board already.
Provider of Training Excellence is an organisation wide accreditation which demonstrates excellence across learning provision, the client experience, and maintaining standards.
CreativeLive, the world’s leading creative education platform featuring online classes taught by top experts, unveiled CreativeLive For Business, a new subscription-based learning solution for organizations of all sizes. CreativeLive made the announcement today at the DevLearn 2017 Conference and Expo in Las Vegas.
The new brand further aligns its apprenticeship business as a division within Global Knowledge UK, a leading learning services and professional development solutions provider
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), opened a national apprenticeship centre in Doncaster, United Kingdom, primarily to train automotive technicians. RPS will deliver apprenticeship learning services to both apprentices and employers through classroom training, virtual learning and workplace visits.
What do Africans really think about the grandiose education projects, promoted by outsiders, that promise to transform their lives? In a special debate at this year’s eLearning Africa conference, we will find out.
Marshall E-Learning, the Equality & Diversity specialist e-learning consultancy, have seen an increase in the number of UK Higher Education institutions commissioning its Student Induction e-learning course, as organisations prepare for the new academic year.
Founder & Chief Executive of The CPD Standards Office, Amanda Rosewarne, and Founder of The Professionalism Group & Member of The CPD Standards Office Expert Advisory Board, Susie Kay, explore the shifting landscape of skills acquisition and professional development within the UK.
Fresh details of this year’s much anticipated OEB Global conference have been released with the pre-conference workshops now available to view online. The workshops will be held on December 6 ahead of the launch of Europe’s largest cross-sector conference for the global learning and technology community. OEB Global will run from December 6 - 8 in Berlin and will draw over 2300 people from close to 100 countries all under one roof to discuss the future of education.
Digital learning agency, Skill Pill, is launching the MicroMBA (MMBA), a complete learning package designed to drive micro-learning content uptake and increase knowledge retention among work based learners.
Firebrand partner with The National Autistic Society (NAS) to support Autism Awareness Month and develop apprenticeships suitable for people on the autistic spectrum.
Firebrand partner with Microsoft and Testhouse to launch the new Microsoft Software Tester apprenticeship. The programme will teach young professionals DevOps skills and support Microsoft’s commitment to 30,000 new apprentices by 2020.
Firebrand partner with Microsoft to launch new Azure apprenticeship programmes. Four new IT apprenticeships will teach young professionals Azure skills and support Microsoft’s commitment to 30,000 new apprentices by 2020.
A new executive education and corporate learning conference took place in Barcelona, Spain on January 18-19, 2017, organised by Advent Group. The international event and media agency reported that the MERIT Summit assembled over 200 senior representatives from HR and higher education at Barcelona’s World Trade Center.
CDC Group plc, University Ventures and Savannah today announce that they will invest a combined $12m into UNICAF. The investment will support the roll-out of UNICAF’s higher education learning centres across African cities, including finalising the establishment of a university campus in Malawi.
From an unemployed 16-year-old to a motivated and highly driven young adult with an appetite for working in tech. How QA, the government and the tech industry are creating life-changing career opportunities for young people in the UK.
Leading financial education provider ifs University College is set to become The London Institute of Banking & Finance.
Appeal to learning professionals to donate ‘time and talent’ to help avert digital divide disaster for African education.
Filtered Foundation, the charitable arm of the online training platform Filtered.com, is offering free access to its online training to the first fifty student ambassadors who sign up for a creative writing course in Margate on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th August.
Firebrand Training launches the world’s most expensive cyber security training programmes as part of a new premium service designed to deliver top tier knowledge.
As another opportunity arrives to recognise World Youth Skills Day, Career Codex, MMO UK and Learning Nexus are set to launch a career guidance and employability course aimed at 17-25 year olds, which is set for release at the beginning of August.
Marshall E-Learning have been commissioned by Brunel University London to produce an online Alcohol and Drugs Awareness programme, to be used by existing students and new students that are about to join the University.
Personalized online training platform will provide valuable courses to NonprofitReady.org to empower employees and volunteers in the social sector
Personalized online training providers look to reduce skills gaps among knowledge workers with new course.
The University of Bath has begun offering its female undergraduates access to a special skills development programme. The programme, called ‘Sprint’, helps participants to develop skills related to assertiveness, leadership, managing conflict and ‘networking with purpose’.
DDLS Australian instructors have been acknowledged for providing the highest quality of Cisco training when they were awarded 2016 Cisco Instructor Excellence Awards, with some instructors receiving multiple awards.
The City & Guilds Group has invested in London-based online training company, Filtered, as the first investment from its New Venture Fund. The Fund, launched in September 2015, will invest £2.5m in post-revenue companies to support innovation in skills development across the world.
