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    • 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.

    • Why businesses turned to digital learning to get them through pandemic year

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley |

      Now they are a year on from the start of the pandemic and starting to come through the other side, Virtual College, a leading digital training provider based in Yorkshire, looks back and reflects on what they have learnt from this year, what trends they have seen and what other businesses can learn from these insights.

    • 52% of businesses facing severe pressure due to skills gap

      5App | London, UK |

      Organisations focus on internal development over recruitment as skills gaps create pressure. New research from global learning and development (L&D) experts, Hemsley Fraser, and learning and communications platform vendor, 5app, reveals that tackling skills gaps will be the next major challenge for L&D and HR practitioners.

    • New ways to reinforce diversity eLearning

      Marshall E-Learning | London, United Kingdom |

      At Marshalls we create innovative, inspirational and impactful eLearning. But we also know that an effective and holistic approach to equality, diversity and inclusion doesn’t always start with our online modules, and that it never stops with them. That’s why we are now offering our clients an integrated wrap-round service through a suite of products which will maximise and embed the benefits delivered through our online courses.

    • A new breed of leaders emerges in 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its new 2021 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition. Following a year of untold disruption, with polarised realities of recruitment putting some organisations into ‘Explode’ mode and many others into ‘Implode’, the research provides a timely temperature check post-COVID-19.

    • Diversity and inclusion at work: Dana James-Edwards on LNTV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Apr 29: Tips for organisations introducing D&I policies to the workplace; Debbie Carter discusses twenty years as editor at Training Journal; Becky Norman outlines the new Culture Pioneers Awards.

    • Learning Leader of the Year, Cathy Miller, on LNTV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Apr 15: Cathy Miller talks about her work at NHS Blood & Transplant that helped secure her a Gold Award for 'Learning Leader of the Year' at this year’s Learning Awards. Emma Weber talks about a self-teaching chatbot tool that helps learners reflect on learning and Page Chen from Remote Learner talks about expanding from the education sector into the corporate sector.

    • CIM awards marketers with digital badges to highlight achievements and support career progression

      Chartered Institute of Marketing |

      Digital badges will become the certificates for the digital age. Badges will aid career development and recruitment, creating a competitive advantage. Marketers engaging in CPD and qualifications will now be easily identifiable for employers. Research shows 60% of marketers planning to move jobs this year. Chartered, Fellows and senior marketers will be able to differentiate themselves

    • Young Creative Awards nurture “learning designers of the future”

      Walkgrove | Derbyshire |

      Learning consultancy Walkgrove seeks to nurture the next generation of learning designers, visual artists and creatives through sponsorship of this year’s Young Creative Awards. Open to 11- to 24-year-olds, the annual competition celebrates creativity across 11 diverse categories from film, graphic design and music to dance, animation and photography. The awards are designed to help talented young people access education, training and employment opportunities and to support a flourishing cultural and business community.

    • ‘Women in Learning: Choosing to Challenge’ on LNTV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Mar 25: In recognition of International Women’s Day 2021, Jane Bozarth and Kate Graham discuss their recently launched report. Sukh Pabial discusses the effects of the Covid pandemic on L&D and Martin Couzins looks at MindTools & Emerald Works’ report into business leaders’ perceptions of L&D.

    • Pandemic and Brexit Prompt Surge in Online Learning and Assessment

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      Over the last year – faced with Covid-19 and Brexit among other issues - people have become a lot clearer about what matters to them and, therefore, their priorities in work and life. Lockdown has given people time to re-evaluate their lives and reassess their priorities.

    • LPI announces top 15 highest-performing learning departments of 2021

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

      Using benchmark data from its well-established accreditation programme, the Learning & Performance Institute identifies the 15 highest-scoring internal learning departments, all of whom are operating at the very best levels of performance.

    • Connecting and developing Ericsson’s global workforce with Time To Learn TV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Mar 11: Peter Sheppard from Ericsson explains how Ericsson’s own tv channel is being used to help develop its workforce. Plus: Learning Guild’s David Kelly; Sam Davies and Danny Seals on a new service connecting trusted vendors and users; Martin Couzins on the Edelman Trust Barometer; and Robin Hoyle on how unconscious bias training is failing today's diverse workforce.

    • Mastering your virtual presence

      Learning News | London |

      Richard Barkey, founder of Imparta, joins Learning News to discuss the challenges of selling online and skills that sales professionals can benefit from working on.

    • New ways for L&D to provide value to business

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Feb 25: Matt Donovan from GP Strategies talks to LNTV about how L&D must enable new ways of providing value. Ben Betts from Learning Pool discusses market changes and his focus on personal growth of employees.

    • GO1 CEO Andrew Barnes on LNTV this week

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now TV, Feb 11: Andrew Barnes, CEO of GO1, joins Learning Now TV to talk about his company and digital learning in 2021; plus Positive Psychologist and Coach, Lucy Whitehall, on helping people to thrive.

    • Carers Scotland recognises eCom Scotland as an Established Caring Employer

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      The digital learning and assessment specialist eCom Scotland has been awarded ‘Established Employer’ status within Carer Positive - a Scottish Government funded initiative, developed with the support of partners in Scotland’s private, public and voluntary sectors.

    • Marshall E-Learning's Insiders/Outsiders course challenges mainstream Unconscious Bias training

      Marshall E-Learning | London, UK |

      Marshall E-Learning has developed an ‘Insiders and Outsiders’ e-learning course that adopts a radical approach to bias and stereotyping. The new course moves beyond traditional unconscious bias concepts, taking learners into the more nuanced world of micro-inequities and insider/outsider dynamics that feature in many organisations but are rarely analysed or acknowledged.

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