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    • Engage in Learning launches new Learner Themes

      Engage in Learning | Gloucester, UK |

      At World of Learning, Engage in Learning - who will be exhibiting - will be giving visitors a preview of its new personalised learner themes. This innovation - inspired by app technology - is just one of the features that every Engage in Learning course has. Others include speed and language control, book marking and certification.

    • Skillcast launches technology tools for SM&CR Compliance

      Skillcast | London, UK |

      At a gala breakfast event today at the Gherkin for senior managers, Skillcast launched a new set of tools to help financial services firms to comply with the Senior Managers & Certification Regime.

    • Women in Learning panel on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      September’s LNTV programme includes a Women in Learning panel session with Kate Graham, Alex Watson, Andrew Jacobs and Lydia Charilaou, an interview with Learning Technologies Group CEO, Jonathan Satchell, as well as reports from Martin Couzins, Robin Hoyle and Brent Schlenker.

    • Marketing Excellence Awards 2020 Open for Entries

      Chartered Institute of Marketing |

      The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) announced today that the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards 2020 are now open for entries. The awards recognise and reward brilliance in the field of marketing, celebrating the finest minds within the profession. 2019 winners included Britvic, Natwest and Southeastern.

    • Virtual College shortlisted for five Learning Technologies Awards

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      The prestigious Learning Technologies Awards have shortlisted Virtual College for all the five awards they applied for. The awards recognise commitment, enthusiasm and passion for learning technologies around the world.

    • New wildlife and nature themed website lets users explore over 300 training solutions

      Walkgrove | Derby |

      Award-winning specialist learning consultancy Walkgrove has launched a stunning wildlife and nature themed website to help users discover the company’s wide experience and diverse expertise. The site includes two searchable libraries of hundreds of bespoke learning solutions and generic courses. Website visitors can now filter the company’s sizeable range of training examples by sought-after topics or major industry sectors, as well as find courses that include popular learning features.

    • Learning Now tv: experiences in education and corporate learning

      Learning Now tv | London |

      August’s LNTV includes interviews with Neal Hutton on his experiences in the education and corporate learning sectors, Laura Emson from Cambridge Assessment, who won a rising star award at the Learning Awards and Krystyna Gadd on her new book 'How to not waste money on training’, as well as LNTV regulars Martin Couzins, Robin Hoyle and Euan Semple.

    • Walkgrove shortlisted for Training Journal Award 2019

      Walkgrove | Derby |

      Walkgrove’s Security and Counter Terrorism eLearning module and alternative f2f delivery module aimed at HGV drivers, has been shortlisted for The Best Public Service/Not for Profit Programme Award by the Training Journal Awards 2019.

    • Virtual College partners with experts to address the future of L&D

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College are launching a new thought-leader series ‘Shaping the Future of L&D’. In this series, they have partnered with 14 learning and development experts to address how L&D is changing as technology rises.

    • Virtual College shortlisted for three Training Journal Awards

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College, renowned for its online courses and learning management software, has been shortlisted in all three categories which it entered in the prestigious Training Journal Awards 2019.

    • Fuse Universal Brings Next-Level L&D to the USA

      Fuse Universal | Boston, USA |

      From London to Cape Town to Sydney, Fuse Universal has been changing the face of Learning & Development. With a number of marquee US clients already signed up, Fuse is now set to open its first US office in Boston.

    • Cyber Security - we all have our role to play

      The Access Group |

      Nick Wilding, General Manager of Cyber Resilience at Unicorn's content provider RESILIA shares some key learnings from his experience in offering GCHQ-certified online cyber awareness training that can help organisations combat the ever-growing cyber threat.

    • New eLearning to support charity staff

      Charity Learning Consortium | UK |

      The Charity Learning Consortium has added a wide range of new content to its existing eLearning library, to support charity staff and volunteers. A new course on career development, and new content added to popular courses such as workplace wellbeing, enhances the eLearning portfolio.

    • Preview of World of Learning Conference 2019

      World of Learning | Birmingham, United Kingdom |

      World of Learning 2019 takes place on 15 & 16 October at the NEC, Birmingham. Four of the conference’s speakers – Tom Cheesewright, Jonathan Kettleborough, Paul Matthews and Krystyna Gadd - and its chair, Robin Hoyle, share their thoughts on L&D and key points from their sessions with event organiser, Andrew Gee.

    • Unicorn Training Q2 Update and Q3 Preview

      The Access Group |

      2019 continues to see exciting changes for Unicorn with the launch of its Governance Risk and Compliance suite as well as new third-party content. All GRC courses that were updated in Q2 have also now been converted to the improved version of Unicorn's authoring tool - eCreator 2.0.

    • Corinium announces launch of L&D Influencers Europe 2019 in London 17-18 September

      Corinium Global Intelligence | London |

      Building upon previous success of the Chief Learning Officers US series, the new European event is set to host 100+ C-level L&D and HR professionals from across mainland Europe for two days of in depth discussion exploring L&D strategies, delivering insights and examining the latest developments in areas like employee engagement, personalisation of training, the ROI of L&D, digital and continuous learning.

    • LPI announces top 20 highest-performing learning providers of 2019

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

      Using benchmark data from its well-established 'Performance Through Learning' programme, the LPI identifies the 20 highest-scoring accredited learning providers, all of whom are operating at the very best levels of performance.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.5

      The Access Group | Bournemouth, Brighton, London, UK |

      Unicorn LMS 8.5 brings improvements to many existing features, with enhanced form functionality with new fields and email options, as well as introducing better ways to report on them. Unicorn continues to update eCreator making it even easier to design content. There have been improvements to My Team Activity for tracking Team activity progress. This release also sees the introduction of the Qualification Portlet enhancing the Qualification functionality of the LMS.

    • Virtual College Finalists in EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards 2019

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College were chosen as one of twenty finalists out of 250 applicants in the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Startup Awards for education and training companies who have shown the most revenue growth momentum over the last three years.

    • Kallidus showcases the power of a great learning experience at LTSF 2019

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Award-winning learning and talent management provider Kallidus will be showcasing its latest innovative tools and techniques for creating learning experiences that boost engagement and improve performance at Learning Technologies Summer Forum, at ExCel London on 11 July 2019.

    • Brand new AML and CTF training

      The Access Group |

      Release of Unicorn's redesigned and revamped AML and CTF course is imminent. The updated course features enhanced content surrounding the practical tools and prevention methods for these crimes, as well as Countering Terrorist Financing content and its parallels to AML preventative measures. This course is targeted for release in July 2019.

    • L&D’s misconceptions about ‘digital’ on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On June’s Learning Now tv Myles Runham presents a clearer view of ‘digital’ for L&D, Cathy Moore talks about performance-focused learning design and a review of Royal Mail’s VR-based dog safety training programme.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.4

      The Access Group | Bournemouth, Brighton, London |

      Unicorn LMS 8.4 builds on Certification Regime support by introducing validation for Forms. Unicorn has significantly enhanced Diagnostic Assessments, which will now allow customers to use Likert scale-style questions to create learner-driven gap analysis assessments. In this release Unicorn has also made several improvements to eCreator and Administrators will notice a new-look Organisation & Users area. For its Users, Unicorn has introduced new portlets for Surveys and Qualification Plans.

    • Kallidus announces new AI recommended learning feature

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Kallidus, the award-winning learning and talent management provider, has announced a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) feature for Kallidus Learn. Available as beta-release, the AI recommended learning feature suggests new learning courses to employees that other similar learners in the organisation have rated highly. The algorithm learns and improves as feedback increases on courses, providing ever-improving recommendations to help employees boost their skills with relevant and engaging digital learning.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.3

      The Access Group | Bournemouth |

      Unicorn LMS 8.3 continues to enhance the Forms and Workflows functionality with the addition of Mandatory Training categories.

    • Women In Learning Conference announced

      Women In Learning | London |

      Women In Learning Conference endeavours to join a collective of men and women together to begin to raise awareness of the challenges women are facing in the workplace, but also highlight their successes and fascinating career trajectories. It’s an event intended to inspire, motivate, empower, and most importantly, instigate a change.

    • Be a GDPR Hero

      Skillcast |

      Skillcast has released a new version of GDPR Hero. This is a serious game where people are challenged to make decisions on everyday data-processing scenarios.

    • Rise to the challenge of mobile learning

      Omniplex Learning | Harpenden, UK |

      Omniplex is co-hosting an event with Asda on mobile learning. The event will teach delegates how to create inherently responsive eLearning courses.

    • Unicorn Training Q1 Content Update

      The Access Group |

      2019 has already got off to a flying start at Unicorn with the launch of its brand new Mortgage and Home Finance suite and updates to a good many courses, not only from its Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) collection but also from its content partners.

    • Financial Times and IE Business School launch Headspring

      Headspring | London, UK |

      As a result of rapid expansion and success of a collaboration that set a new standard in the executive development sector, Financial Times and IE Business School have announced the launch of Headspring, the new identity of the joint venture formerly known as FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance. The re-brand comes four years after the original launch and is a result of a new approach towards greater client-centricity and value creation in the leadership development sector.

    • Walkgrove e-learning wins counter terrorism award

      Walkgrove | Derby |

      After a training requirement was identified to tackle issues of security and counter terrorism, Walkgrove was commissioned by the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) in conjunction with Transport for London, to develop an e-learning module aimed at HGV drivers. The resulting course went on to win the nationally recognised Counter Terrorism Education Project Award at the Counter Terror Awards, March 2019.

    • Skillcast Seminar: SCORM Games

      Skillcast | London, UK |

      Skillcast is presenting a seminar on how to build serious games that work on SCORM-compliance learning management systems (LMS) and the exciting possibilities this opens up for engaging employees, personalising e-learning courses and generating a wealth of information on compliance and competency in organisations.

    • Imparta Features on Training Industry’s Top 20 Sales Training Company List for the Ninth Year

      Imparta | London, UK |

      Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders, today released its selection for the 2019 Top Training Companies lists for the Sales Training sector of the learning and development market. Imparta is delighted to announce that it has, for the ninth year running, received this much sought after accolade.

    • Women in Learning on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      The Women in Learning campaign is showcased on March’s Learning Now tv along with David James on learning at the point of work, how AI is being used to develop lawyers’ skills and Learning Now tv welcomes a new regular reporter, Euan Semple.

    • LPI announces top 15 highest-performing learning departments

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

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

    • Corporates back project to support charity digital skills

      Clear Lessons Foundation | UK |

      The Clear Lesson Foundation has teamed up with River Island, Aviva, Costa Coffee and Good Things Foundation to produce video resources to help charities tackle their digital skills.

    • QA is teaching the nation to code in a series of coding workshops

      QA |

      Workshops hosted at Northumbria University were opened by Chi Onwurah MP who supports initiative that seeks to address tech diversity and the skills gap in Tyne and Wear. Teach the Nation to Code is a coding workshop run by QA aimed at career changers and graduates to inspire careers in tech and software development.

    • QA celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with a reception in parliament

      QA | London, UK |

      Brexit talks were set aside – in the grand Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons at least – on Tuesday 5th March as employers, apprentices and Parliamentarians gathered to celebrate the life-transforming power of apprenticeships for National Apprenticeships Week (NAW).

    • UK’s first female cyber security apprenticeship achiever earns highest possible grade

      QA |

      QA cyber security apprentice Stephanie Haynes of HORIBA MIRA just became the first woman in the UK to successfully complete the Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 apprenticeship programme – and she knocked her end-point assessment out of the park with a Distinction, the highest possible grade achieved by only one other learner so far.

    • Seasalt develops leaders of the future

      Learning and Performance Institute | Falmouth, UK |

      Lifestyle fashion brand, Seasalt, has received recognition from the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI), the global body for learning professionals, for its positive approach to workplace culture and leadership.

    • February’s Learning Now tv: in depth features and comment on the learning sector

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On February’s Learning Now tv Michelle Ockers challenges L&D’s to support a wider range of performance needs. Martin Couzins highlights some worrying news from the Learning Technologies’ and Fosway’s latest research. Nigel Paine catches up with young L&D professionals in the Netherlands. Plus Robin Hoyle on impact measurement, Good Practice’s annual 70:20:10 research and Learning News reports from Learning Technologies 2019.

    • Learnlight Launches Modern Learner eReport with Key Insights from AXA, Orange and BNP Paribas

      Learnlight | London, United Kingdom |

      Learnlight recently organized a Round Table in Paris focused on the topic of the Modern Learner and how corporate learning professionals are facing up to the challenges of engaging these impatient, overwhelmed and distracted learners. Following the event, Learnlight has produced an eReport with the key takeaways from the event and the insights of the panel of HR and Learning experts.

    • Skillcast releases 2019 update to its Essentials compliance e-learning library

      Skillcast | London, UK |

      Skillcast's latest release of its best-selling compliance e-learning library - Essentials 2019 - features advances in accessibility, content updates, UI/UX enhancements and test-out options that maintain its position as the comprehensive, high-quality, affordability staff compliance training solution for companies in the UK.

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