How can investing time revealing human behaviours and actions lead to more straightforward, less resource-hungry, longer-lasting impact? An upcoming webinar for L&D leaders will explore how to target your effort and resources where they’ll make the most difference.
During the course of the pandemic, there was a lot of talk about remote working and how organisations and businesses can adapt. But as hybrid working comes to the fore, the work environment is shifting again. Now, one of the questions that is being asked now is: in this new hybrid working environment, how can organisations keep up employee engagement?
eCom Learning Solutions – Scotland’s leading digital learning and assessment specialist - has nailed its colours firmly to the mast of promoting customer intimacy as it prioritises growth in these challenging economic times.
eCom Learning Solutions – Scotland’s leading digital learning and assessment specialist - has nailed its colours firmly to the mast of promoting customer intimacy as it prioritises growth in these challenging economic times.
As remote working reached an all-time high during the lockdown period of COVID-19, many organisations had to quickly adapt to the new ways of working. Although remote-working isn’t a new concept and has been adopted by many organisations across the globe, it wasn't the norm, especially remote-working on a full-time basis.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has announced the expansion of its analyst research process for the French market, as well as the appointment of Claire-Marie de Vulliod as lead analyst in France.
Learning Pool, the award-winning learning technologies company, has announced the launch of a major new product ahead of its 14th annual Learning Pool Live user conference. The release will leverage the know-how of People-Analytix, a Swiss-based pioneer in AI-powered skills technology, who were recently acquired by Learning Pool. The shift to put skills at the centre of Learning Pool’s technology offering is a wider reflection of the most profound change we’ve seen in learning technologies in recent times.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released the new 2022 9-Grid™ for Talent & People Success. The research shows that the market is growing fast as HR teams look to bring innovation across the entire talent lifecycle, from skills and engagement to talent mobility.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently updated their first-aid guidance to include, amongst other things, a section about mental health in the workplace. It calls out to workplaces to ‘consider ways to manage mental ill health in your workplace which are appropriate for your business’.
The Learning Network has published the conference programme for Connect 2022, 15 November London. Event cancelled... The organisers have announced that Connect 2022 is cancelled.
With World Suicide Prevention Day on 10th September and World Mental Health Day on 10th October, there is a huge focus on mental health at the moment. Therefore, at Virtual College, we wanted to play our part and provide supportive resources for businesses that want to support their employees’ mental health.
A bite-sized news round up: L&D struggling to be heard; Learning Network Connect returns; Thirst Learning - a new approach; HR journalism award for UNLEASH.
LNTV, Sep 29: David James joins Learning Now TV on the role L&D must take to deliver greater successes with learning in the flow of work. Plus, Vincent Belliveau and Mike Bollinger from Cornerstone on addressing the global skills shortage and Gent Ahmetaj and Anna Barnett from Mind Tools For Business discuss highlights from the 2022 Learning Performance Benchmark study.
eCom Learning Solutions, a digital learning and assessment specialist, has produced a list of six key reasons why organisations should collaborate with a specialist when it comes to producing eLearning materials.
A quick insight into Explorance’s leading 360-degree feedback software and how it can help an organization recognize, nourish, and retain its most vital talent.
The Pitch competition is now launched, where students are challenged to develop a creative campaign to evolve WeAre8’s social platform. Now in its twelfth year the global competition highlights the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s commitment to recognise up-and-coming marketing talent. The top ten teams will be invited to a live judging final on the 17th March 2023 to present their ideas to judges from across the industry.
Rise Up, the fast-growing European learning software solution, has named Jeremy Prince Managing Director. Alongside founders Arnaud and Guillaume Blachon, Prince completes the executive management team and will align global strategy, increase management efficiency and reinvigorate business in the French market.
Imparta is delighted to announce that it has won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Gold award for excellence in the Best Program for Sales Training and Performance category for its highly successful Client Development Programme (CDP) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its new 2022 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR. The operating context for HR teams continues to be challenging as organisations grapple with yet another new normal; rampant inflation, broken supply chains, regional conflict and extreme weather. This new research explores the trends and vendors transforming the Cloud HR market.
Learning a new language is extremely rewarding, especially when done in a group where you can help each other along the journey and share achievements together. Employee satisfaction will skyrocket in doing so as it helps to build a positive community, upskill workers, increase opportunities and help to support staff members.
The Learning Hack team launches new seasons of both its acclaimed podcasts. Great Minds on Learning kicks off with an episode on the contentious theories around Learning Styles, while on the Learning Hack podcast Nigel Paine poses the question: 'Is L&D too inward-looking?'
Nick Bate and Nick jones of Blue Eskimo to host a panel discussion at Learning Live 2022 titled “How your L&D strategy can attract and retain talent” in addition to exhibiting.
Rising inflation means that sales professionals are increasingly having to have price increase conversations with their customers, even against the backdrop of supply chain challenges. If not managed effectively, customer trust that may have taken years to develop can easily be lost. Imparta continues to support the sales community with a new complimentary session dedicated to sharing the skills, knowledge, tools, and best practice needed to manage these challenging conversations.
Mentoring platform provider, Connectr, demonstrates commitment to excellence with an accreditation from the LPI.
Today Kallidus unveils a new global purpose, brand and website, moving their focus towards connected people success solutions. The new purpose is their guide for this new era: We make people success easy for growing organisations.
Cornerstone OnDemand, a global leader in adaptive HR solutions, is strengthening further its Executive Leadership Team as part of its mission to power the future ready workforce. New hires include: Deepika Rayala, joining as Chief Digital and Information Officer; Carina Cortez, as Chief People Officer; and Marc Ramos as Chief Learning Officer. Additionally, within Cornerstone, Toya del Valle has moved into her new role as Chief Customer Officer.
Three fifths (60%) of young people consider marketing a career choice, with good salary and career progression the top incentives to enter the industry; 36% view marketing as a safer option compared to other career choices in the face of financial uncertainty; Despite young people’s eagerness, three in ten parents wouldn’t want their child working in marketing, with the industry’s reputation for wellbeing and stress levels the top reasons why.
Mentor-led programme helps venue providers meet the needs of modern learners and facilitators.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, today shares results from its inaugural Talent Acquisition (TA) Realities Research. The research complements Fosway's existing corporate research into HR and digital learning realities and shows the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and wider market trends on hiring teams and how they have responded.
The Learning Network (LN) announces theme for 2022 annual conference and invites Learning and Development professionals to bring real challenges for discussion and debate – and to drive change.
A bite-sized news round up: Organisational learning maturity - Mind Tools For Business’ Annual L&D Benchmark Report is out; Change at the top - three learning providers have new CEOs; Learning workflows - a new term enters the L&D language.
Fosway Group, in association with UNLEASH, has launched the latest wave of its HR Realities research. Now in its eighth year, the research explores how HR teams are managing their people strategies in the context of challenging economics, conflict, ongoing COVID disruptions, digital transformation, talent shortages and climate change.
Today, Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, shares results from the latest wave of its Digital Learning Realities research, which is now in its eighth year. The research, carried out in partnership with Closer Still as part of the Learning Technologies Show, reveals a profession that is struggling to accelerate the impact of digital learning at a time when organisations are facing severe skills shortages.
(ISC)² is aiming to help one million career pursuers globally earn an entry-level cybersecurity certification.
New ebook from Speexx on the re-skilling imperative.
The Charity Learning Consortium is sponsoring a disabled pensioner’s thrilling wing walk to raise money for dementia research
• Marketing and Leadership MSc programme aims to address the industry’s growing skills gap • Businesses can majority fund the programme using Apprenticeship Levy funds, providing an accessible way for organisations to upskill • Programme announcement follows CIM research which found that skills amongst senior market level were lacking • Marketing and advertising agency OLIVER and parent company, Inside Ideas Group, amongst first to invest in industry-first qualification
Omniplex Learning target continued growth as they strengthen their senior executive team.
A bite-sized news round up: Positive shift in workers attitudes to learning; 9 out of 10 in L&D want more professionalisation; L&D to combat online fatigue with better targeting of learning; Learning impact - engagement and measurement make the difference; Headlines from across Learning News.
eCom's eNetLearn LMS gets a new and updated Course Certification feature, automatically generating certificates for learners on course completion; cuts administration time considerably and improves learner experience. The latest update of eNetLearn also includes a host of new and expanded features for LMS administrators and learners.
Pluralsight flow also adds sprint movement report; allows engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies to deliver value faster.
Imparta’s latest webinar provides essential guidance on surviving and thriving the next couple of years through unlocking the full potential of existing accounts.
LNTV, Jun 30: Martin Couzins and Nigel Paine assess LinkedIn Learning’s 2022 report into learning and development ‘The Transformation of L&D’. Plus, how the Shaw Trust’s L&D team transformed to hybrid working and LNTV looks at THRIVE and its focus on people and culture.
Pluralsight One Commits Over $3 Million to Strategic Nonprofit Partners to Expand Access to Technology Skills Around the Globe.
Microsoft Global Learning offers employees world-class virtual facilitation upskilling via partnership with LPI.
With this full integration into Microsoft Teams, Rise Up places training at the center of employees' daily lives, at the heart of their workflow, without sacrificing the training experience. Learners can assess themselves, access their certificates at an adapted and personalized pace, assisted by LIA, a virtual training coach, within their own flow of work.
New research from the Chartered Institute of Marketing has today revealed that the majority of marketers in the UK are limiting their work to campaigns for British audiences and many fear offending other cultures.
In a move to bring its corporate responsibility policy into line with the latest social value and sustainable procurement policies of both the UK and Scottish Governments, Scotland’s leading digital learning and assessment specialist has published the following statement: “eCom Learning Solutions pursues and promotes the highest standards of corporate responsibility and is committed to supporting five social value themes: COVID-19 Recovery; Wellbeing; Fighting Climate Change; Equal Opportunity, and Tackling Economic Inequality.”
Learning Pool, the Derry headquartered international leader in learning technology, with offices in the UK and US, has today announced the appointment of Harper Wells as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO).
LNTV, May 26: Julian Stodd, author of The Humble Leader, joins Learning Now TV to discuss the values needed in leadership in 2022; Sukh Pabial discusses learning culture; Bob Mosher continues his series on learning and performance. Plus regular commentators, Robin Hoyle discusses clarity in leadership and Rob Clarke reports from Learning Technologies 2022.
Scotland’s leading digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Learning Solutions, has welcomed the decision to name Dunfermline as one of eight new cities, so designated to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
Imparta, a global leader in performance improvement across Sales, Account Management, Negotiation, Customer Success and Customer Experience has been named a Top Sales Training Companies in 2022 by Selling Power Magazine.
Virtual College has launched a brand-new podcast episode. Featuring host Simon Falconer, Chief Marketing Officer at Virtual College, and guest Ashley Sinclair, Managing Director of MAAS Marketing, the episode explores a problem many L&D professionals find challenging: engaging learners in learning and development programmes. The podcast identifies ways that marketing principles can be adopted to create better engaged learners.
TalkTalk prepares for truly flexible working by rolling out Microsoft Viva.
Marshalls and the University of Plymouth have collaborated on a range of sustainability courses, including Marshalls brand new Climate Change e-learning course, which makes the University of Plymouth the first higher education institution to include it into their catalogue.
The eLearning Network (eLN) has announced a rebrand to better serve its community and the Learning and Development industry.
Launched by Headspring, a joint venture between IE Business School and Financial Times, the new service provides tools and methodologies to help organisations make better-informed L&D decisions and investments.
Say goodbye to fragmented processes and disconnected employees, it’s time to digitise and consumerise employee experience. Announcing Conduit by 3t Transform at Learning Technologies 2022.
Majority of marketers (59%) finding it harder to predict consumer priorities, with nine in ten (91%) claiming their brand and business model will need to evolve to keep pace. Over a quarter (28%) believe their brand is out of touch with changed consumer needs. Convenience tops table of fastest-growing consumer priorities, followed by overall value for money and environmental impact tied at second place.
This year, at Learning Technologies, Rise Up will provide learning leaders with an easy-to-use and easy-to-integrate solution, with evolutive innovation and exceptional customer support.
Here's the latest news announcement from Fosway Group. CEO David Wilson is available for comment. Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its new 2022 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition. Faced with ongoing and accelerating recruitment challenges, organisations are looking to innovate and scale up their talent acquisition strategies. This new research highlights the trends and vendors transforming the market.
LNTV, Apr 28: Henry Stewart joins LNTV to talk about how his business, Happy, recovered from damages caused by pandemic; Tom Bryant discusses how the workplace, HR and L&D has changed forever; David Perring discusses the digital learning market; Robin Hoyle looks at how L&D teams develop 'learning journeys' and Bob Mosher starts his 6-part series, Elevating Performance.
Every purchased CodeGym subscription helps two future Ukrainian programmers.
Can learning and development help businesses change the narrative on the great resignation? That’s the question Omniplex Learning will be taking on at this year’s Learning Technologies event.
Government approval has been granted for a new Trailblazer apprenticeship standard which is set to benefit employers in the eLearning sector.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has today released a report that finds respect amongst chartered professionals in its industries has improved in the last decade, but remains low compared to other professions.
BBC Dragon, Founder of Social Chain, and host of one of Europe’s biggest podcasts, ‘The Diary of a CEO’
Market research by the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Learning Solutions, has highlighted that those in the market for eLearning and eAssessment materials are heavily influenced in their purchasing decisions by the level of customer support that producers offer.
Digital learning solutions provider Omniplex Learning has been named as a Core Challenger on the 2022 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning. It is the first time that Omniplex Learning has featured on the grid, which highlights the leading digital learning providers in the European market.
Fosway Group has published its latest analysis of the Digital Learning market. The 2022 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning provides a view of the leading Digital Learning providers in the European market as well as Digital Learning market and solution trends. Fosway Group CEO, David Wilson, and Director of Research, David Perring, are available for comment.
Faster onboarding and improved user experience. That’s what the thousands of estate agents that use Zoopla can expect with their switch to a new learning management system.
Learning leaders are struggling to complete their most important objectives. In particular establishing a learning culture and moving learning into workflows are proving difficult for L&D teams. We'll take a look at the 2022 Learning Performance Benchmark.
A bite-sized news round up: Business struggles to engender a learning culture; UK leads the way on hybrid working; Learning systems market report; Learning leadership - Lisa Johnson, NHSBT; Marketing learning; Learning for Ukraine campaign launches; Headlines from across Learning News.
LNTV, Mar 31: Ina Weinbauer-Heidel talks to Nigel about her work on learning transfer; Gent Ahmetaj from MindTools for Business talks about changes to their Learning Performance Benchmark; How the RSPCA coped with the Covid pandemic and its urgent need to change their development practices; A new 6-part series on learning and performance with Bob Mosher gets underway; Robin Hoyle asks are we clear on what skills are and how they are developed?; Plus a news round up from Learning News.
Harry Cloke from Growth Engineering discusses his company's recent Learning Impact Gold Award at the Learning Awards.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced that a team from the University of Strathclyde has won its national student marketing competition, The Pitch. The competition, this year sponsored by Boots, challenged student teams to raise awareness of its partnership with The Prince’s Trust in a creative way.
The Charity Learning Consortium has worked with Andrew Jacobs to create a new benchmark for its members. The benchmark will help members identify their aspirations, provide a starting point to track progression and help prove the worth of learning.
In a move timed to coincide with its 25th anniversary year, the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland is changing its name and refreshing its website to reflect its growing reach, in terms of both products and clients.
UK workers and their bosses are reaping the benefits of flexible working, according to new research released by Microsoft.
A funding initiative in support of Ukraine has been set up by a group of leading voices in the learning and development sector; one hour webinar for L&D professionals; proceeds going to the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal.
Data, analytics and AI will play a significant role in L&D's ability to get grips with the hugely raised focus on developing skills according to Ben Betts from Learning Pool and Paul Scholey from Sisense. The two join Learning News to explain.
Helping people re-focus their energy-related industry skills – along with up-skilling and re-skilling for the energy industry - are key ways in which the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Learning Solutions is contributing to achieve the aims of the UK’s and the Scottish Government’s Energy Strategies.
Today the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced the shortlist for its student marketing competition, The Pitch. The competition, this year sponsored by Boots, challenges young marketers to respond to a real-life marketing challenge to become 'Marketers of the Future' - as well as winning a £1,500 cash prize and a one-year complimentary CIM membership to further their training.
Strategic integration combines modern learning and talent marketplace tech to support personalised learning and skills development.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst in partnership with Learning Technologies, Europe’s leading learning workplace event, has opened the annual Digital Learning Realities research survey. Now in its seventh year, the research aims to highlight the digital learning strategies that are helping organisations successfully support new working environments and organisational transformation.
The digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Learning Solutions, has become a member of an organisation intended to increase supply chain competitiveness and productivity to the renewable energy sector in Scotland.
On Demand the e-learning platform from Marshall E-Learning will be donating 100% of sales to the Red Cross in Ukraine through March. The portal has all the essential courses any training manager might require with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion.
Lisa Johnson from NHS Blood and Transplant was named Gold Learning Leader of the Year at the Learning Awards 2022 and joins Learning News to discuss her work at the NHS.
Learning platform 5app and Freeform Dynamics, an IT industry analyst firm, in collaboration with CIO WaterCooler, a networking community for IT leaders and technologists, release a new report titled 'The Post-Pandemic CIO: Views on leadership, communication and engagement'.
The ways in which we learn have changed over the decades, and this isn’t just being reflected in educational establishments but businesses too. The latest approach is being called ‘learning in the flow of work’. But what is it, and what does it mean for L&D teams?
A bite-sized news round up: L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2022; Learning Awards 2022; Priorities in workplace learning with Andy Moss Managing Director at City & Guilds Corporate Learning; Headlines from across Learning News.
Ashley Sinclair from MAAS Marketing, winner of the Start-up gold award at the Learning Awards 2022, explains why marketing is a critical skill in learning and development.
Risk management experts beTravelwise are promoting stress-free business travel by distributing travel safety awareness training in partnership with learning consultancy and course designers Walkgrove. More than one in four business travellers have a negative experience, but most employees remain unaware of their company’s travel guidance or policies. The digital learning materials help employers meet their duty of care responsibilities by promoting risk awareness and planning measures to prevent common travel mishaps and improve workplace security in a variety of settings.
The Great Resignation – the name given to the large percentage of workers voluntarily leaving, or planning to leave, their jobs – is something that has been getting more and more media coverage as months go by. Initially recognised in the US last year, it seems to be spreading globally, and according to research, has definitely hit the UK.
Interview with Federico Presicci, winner of the Rising Star gold award at the Learning Awards 2022.
The University of Exeter is launching an exciting new mental health initiative. And, there are potentially benefits for other universities too. The digital platform will be available to every university in the UK from March 2022.
Scotland’s leading provider of digitally delivered learning and assessment materials, eCom Scotland, has become a member of Offshore Energies UK, the leading representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry.
LNTV, Feb 24: Neuroscientist Amy Brann discusses learning habits and effective learning; Gemma Towersey discusses learning design; Martin Couzins has a new report into climate change and sustainability and asks how it may affect the workplace; Robin Hoyle looks at why Tik Tok dissolved its L&D department; plus a news round up from Learning News.
'Potential Leader' position demonstrates growing recognition of Thought Industries approach and leadership within emerging customer learning management category.
Celebrating the highest achievements in workplace learning and development.
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