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    • Paul Matthews: workflow learning

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On Learning Now TV, Nov 25: Paul Matthews on 'Workflow Learning'; Nigel Paine discusses his best-selling book on learning culture; Martin Couzins looks at the latest workplace research; Robin Hoyle explains how to overcome resistance to change initiatives and Rob Clarke reports from the Learning Technologies Awards.

    • Nominations for eLN Board open

      The Learning Network |

      Are you just what the eLN needs? Nominations are now open to join the eLN Board; closing date 26 November.

    • eCom Scotland takes the lead in creating a carbon neutral business world

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      The digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, has become an active, enthusiastic supporter of Pawprint, the employee engagement app which aims to improve the environment by engaging and encouraging workers to be more ‘eco-thoughtful’.

    • 5App launches D&I engagement hub

      Learning News |

      5App in partnership with All Of Us recently launched a new diversity and inclusion engagement hub; interview with creators Duncan Barrett and Andrew Phillips.

    • Andrew Jacobs on hybrid learning

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Nov 3: Andrew Jacobs joins the show to explain hybrid learning and how to get it right for learners. Dani Johnson discusses the importance of practice and Jan Rijken from CrossKnowledge discusses learning maturity and how the learning industry is developing. Plus regular contributors Robin Hoyle on face-to-face and remote learning misconceptions and the latest news round up with Rob Clarke.

    • Learning News Bulletin October 2021

      Bulletins |

      A round up of popular stories from Learning News over the last month: Learning Technologies Awards 2021 preview; Cloud HR market report; Career prospects gender gap and a boost for further education and training; Increase in workplace coaching.

    • Businesses turn to coaching and mentoring

      Learning News | London |

      Coaching and mentoring are making a strong return to learning and development as go to strategies for building skills. Learning News asks the coaching specialist, Laura Walker, for her views on how modern coaching is evolving.

    • The Learning Awards 2022 Finalists Announced

      Learning and Performance Institute |

      The LPI (Learning and Performance Institute) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2022 LEARNING AWARDS, the learning sector’s annual celebration of outstanding achievement, best practice and excellence in corporate learning and performance.

    • eCom Scotland speaks out on climate issues ahead of COP26

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      Wendy Edie, Managing Director of the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, believes that producing an agile workforce committed to quality-assessed lifelong learning is the best way for businesses to thrive as climate change forces the adoption of net zero-aligned technologies and business practices.

    • Employability skills boost for Brent residents

      Learning News | London |

      Brent Council is to provide its residents with a new digital training platform to support critical digital and employability skills and help people to enter sustainable employment.

    • Kallidus recognised as Solid Performer in the 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR

      Kallidus |

      Kallidus, a multi-award-winning learning, HR, and talent management platform, has been recognised by the 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR for the latest addition to their portfolio, Sapling. A highly configurable HRIS with stand-out capability in onboarding, Sapling is recognised as a Solid Performer, with reliability, innovation, and strong customer sentiment at the core.

    • Learning News Bulletin September 2021

      Bulletins |

      A round up of popular stories from Learning News over the last month: Great Minds on Learning; Learning in the workflow; LPI Learning Performance Accelerator; Acquisitions and investments; Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards; LearningLive.

    • Learning News Bulletin September 2021

      Learning News |

      A round up of popular stories from Learning News over the last month: Great Minds on Learning; Learning in the workflow; LPI Learning Performance Accelerator; Acquisitions and investments; Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards; LearningLive.

    • New 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR is live

      Fosway |

      Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released the new 2021 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR. The research shows the importance of people experience as organisations prioritise workforce-centric human capital management (HCM) strategies to drive organisational success beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

    • Improved employee experience driving HR tech market disruption

      Learning News | HR Tech |

      Josh Bersin will use a keynote address at the HR Technology Conference this week to explain how HR tech companies need to change their products to appeal to employees and lose the their traditional 'back-office' focus on operational processes.

    • Learning Live review with Ed Monk

      Learning News | LearningLive |

      Learning News in discussion with Ed Monk, CEO of the LPI, following Learning Live, which returned face-to-face in September.

    • Marketing students compete to raise awareness of Boots and The Prince’s Trust’s purpose-driven partnership

      Chartered Institute of Marketing |

      Students challenged to develop a creative campaign to bring to life Boots and The Prince’s Trust’s Support for young people with the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s competition - The Pitch. Now in its eleventh year the global competition highlights the CIM’s commitment to recognise up-and-coming marketing talent. The top ten teams will be invited to a live judging final on the 18th March 2022 to present their idea to judges from across the industry.

    • Virtual College releases report to help businesses ‘revolutionise’ their L&D programmes

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley |

      Following the success of their first L&D report in their three-part series, digital learning provider Virtual College has now released the second report, The Importance of Investing in your Learners. Exploring a question that every business is asking – how much time and effort do we need to invest into our learning programmes – this report offers guidance and insight into why businesses must embrace this investment and how they can go about it.

    • Great Minds on Learning: new series

      Learning News | London |

      Interview with John Helmer from The Learning Hack Podcast on the new series Great Minds on Learning featuring Donald Clark profiling 100 learning theorists.

    • Reconnect with confidence with Marriott hotels

      Learning News | London |

      Get back to face-to-face learning with Marriott hotels and their new meetings & events initiative, Connect with Confidence. Based on 5 key pillars – Commitment to Clean, Contact Lite Experience, Hybrid Meetings, Physical Distancing and Redesigned Food & Beverage – Marriott is committed to welcoming delegates back safely.

    • iAM turn the tide on blended learning

      iAM Learning | Chester, UK |

      This week, unique eLearning course creator, iAM Learning, has released an eBook for L&D professionals explaining how using a blended approach can change how people learn for good. The aim of the eBook is to help change behaviours and boost learning transfer by effectively adopting blended learning.

    • Fuse targets workflow - interview with Steve Dineen

      Learning News | London |

      Fuse has acquired predictive performance support business PowerGuides and set up a partnership with intelligent search provider PureInsights. It aims to get company knowledge, often locked away or lost to the past, into workers' workflows.

    • Eleonora Colombo joins Fosway Group as Research Operations Manager

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Eleonora Colombo has joined Fosway Group as Research Operations Manager. In this newly created role, Ele will be responsible for managing all the supporting operational processes behind Fosway’ corporate and vendor research.

    • eCom Scotland engages in Partnership deals

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      In a move that expands its global reach, the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, has signed partnership deals with re-sellers in Canada, Iceland and South Africa.

    • Learning in the workflow: interview with Alfred Remmits

      Learning News | London |

      Learning in the workflow is rising up the list of priorities for L&D. Now at number two in the LPI's latest survey. Are we any nearer to getting on top of this challenge? Do we understand the methods needed? Will AI and intelligent search help to make learning in workflow a reality for more workers?

    • GP Strategies Launches Measurement Academy

      GP Strategies | London |

      GP Strategies brings its award-winning business impact measurement process to the Measurement Academy; a 10 week learning journey which proves and improves the impact of learning programmes.

    • Learning disruptions lead to 1 in 3 students undertaking additional training

      Chartered Institute of Marketing |

      One in seven (71%) 16-24 year olds (Gen Z) believe they have missed out on training opportunities due to Covid19; Over a third (36%) of students say they feel less confident in their ability since the pandemic; 35% of students have undertaken additional training amid post-pandemic job market concerns.

    • eCom Scotland searches for an elusive milestone

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      Products from the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, are now being used in 190 countries around the world. So, the search is on to add, as eCom customers, those few countries where eCom’s eNetSuite of products are not in use.

    • The 5 Moments of Need UK Program

      Xprtise | London, UK |

      Xprtise and The 5 Moments of Need launch a UK Designer Program to address a paramount concern of learning leaders: how to embed learning into the flow of work?

    • Learning News Bulletin July 2021

      Bulletins | London |

      A round up of popular stories from Learning News over the last month: Learning Performance Benchmark; hybrid working; Learner Survey 2021 shows fewer worker trained; acquisitions and investment.

    • Gender equality strategies for men on LNTV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Hira Ali talks to LNTV about her new book 'Her Allies' which helps men with the strategies they need to become powerful advocates for gender equality. Plus a review of the 2021 Learning Performance Benchmark on the maturity of the L&D sector and the Royal Voluntary Service talks about skilling up 750,000 new volunteers to help the NHS.

    • OpenSesame gets $50 Million investment

      Learning News | OpenSesame |

      Global elearning innovator OpenSesame has received $50 Million strategic growth investment from JMI Equity and existing investors; Investment to accelerate OpenSesame’s innovation and global expansion.

    • Fewer workers getting trained: Learner Survey

      Learning News | London |

      There's been a significant rise in the number of workers who didn't receive any training in the last year, up from one in six to one in four, according to the 2021 Learner Survey from Kallidus.

    • Insights from eCom Scotland into making flexible working work

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      These days – thanks, in part at least, to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic - people in all sectors of the economy are learning to cope with such concepts as remote work, home office, teleworking, hybrid and flexible work arrangements.

    • Fosway Group appoints Martin Couzins as Head of Content

      Fosway | UK |

      Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR Industry Analyst, today announces the appointment of Martin Couzins as its Head of Content. The appointment supports the continued growth of the firm and further enhancing the impact and value of Fosway’s research with corporate clients and the wider HR, talent and learning market.

    • Learning platform vendor 5app sets the stage for scaling with key hires

      5App | London, UK |

      Learning and communications platform vendor 5app, this week made further moves to strengthen its team for growth by hiring additional product design and business development expertise. Product and UX design expert Jim Banks is now 5app’s Head of Design, and learning industry sales specialist Bekah Ashworth has joined as Business Development Manager.

    • New Kallidus CEO to lead next phase of growth

      Kallidus | Cirencester |

      Kallidus, an industry leading provider of HCM software and digital learning, today announced that founder Rob Caul will be stepping down as CEO. Having led the impressive growth of Kallidus over two decades, Rob will continue to support the business and its international expansion as a Non-Executive Director. Stephen Read will take over the role of CEO from August, joining the company from Darwin (formerly Thomsons Online Benefits), the leading global provider of employee benefits technology.

    • $17 Billion Game-Based Learning Market

      Learning News | London |

      Global Forecasts from 2021 to 2026: Rise of Virtual Reality for Game-Based Learning - new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com.

    • Managing a hybrid workforce on LNTV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Jun 24: Matt Donovan from GP Strategies discusses the rise of the hybrid workforce and the complexities of managing it successfully.

    • Learning Pool Agrees to a Strategic Investment From Marlin Equity Partners

      Learning Pool |

      Learning Pool, a strategic leader in the U.K. & U.S. learning technology markets, has today agreed to a new investment from Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”), a global investment firm with over $7.6 billion of capital under management, to support the company’s continued growth. Under the terms of the agreement, Marlin will also acquire the shareholding of Carlyle Cardinal Ireland.

    • Mentoring takes centre stage in Marshall’s new eLearning course with Bob Garvey

      Marshall E-Learning | London, United Kingdom |

      Marshall E-Learning are delighted to announce that we have developed a ‘one-stop’ mentoring portal designed to give mentors and mentees a solid foundation for embarking on a mentoring programme. Developed in partnership with Professor Bob Garvey, one of Europe’s leading academic practitioners of coaching and mentoring, this new course will guide you through a range of expert content on various mentoring topics.

    • eCom Scotland’s investments in digital skills professionals pay off

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      In the light of growing demand for its products and services – taking its current turnover beyond pre-pandemic levels - the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland is continuing growing its investment in skilled digital skills professionals.

    • Virtual College releases report on how to create training for the learner

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley |

      A lot has changed in the world of learning and development in the last year, namely the big move to digital learning, which many businesses had to undertake to ensure that their training could be carried out in remote settings. But another significant change is how learners want to learn. They have been introduced to a new way of working, and have been given more freedom and flexibility with their time, both which seem to have had a significant effect on how they want to learn.

    • Commitment to eLearning increases as further councils sign up with Marshall E-Learning

      Marshall E-Learning | London, United Kingdom |

      As the world starts to return to some sense of normal and offices slowly start to fill up as Covid restrictions are lifted, local councils have been taking a closer look at their eLearning needs to see how they can best support their workforce returning back from furlough and back into offices.

    • eCom Scotland develops eLearning materials on complying with the UN Child Rights Convention

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      Following the news, in March, that Scotland is to become the first devolved nation in the world to directly incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law, a webinar has explored the legal and service delivery implications for the implementation of this Convention into Scottish law.

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