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    • Learnlight Nominated for CLO Learning in Practice Award

      Learnlight | London, United Kingdom |

      Learnlight has received a nomination in the “Excellence in Blended Learning” category for the 2018 edition of the Learning in Practice Awards. These prestigious awards from Chief Learning Officer recognize those organizations who deliver innovative corporate learning solutions.

    • Specialist conference shines light on learning technology design

      World of Learning | Birmingham, United Kingdom |

      The most comprehensive event for the L&D community, the World of Learning, will return to Birmingham’s NEC, on 16 & 17 October 2018. The two-day event boasts over 100 exhibitors, more than 50 free seminars and hosts an eclectic mix of interactive features.

    • The Learning Imperative: new book launching at World of Learning

      Crown House Publishing | Carmarthen, Wales |

      Is UK business working? A skills crisis, low productivity and workplace stress mean that we’re struggling to keep up with the pace of change. Crown House Publishing will launch a new book at World of Learning that puts the spotlight on improving the ability and willingness to learn of individuals and teams working in organisations.

    • Another record year of growth for Kallidus

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has another record year of growth. Recurring software revenues are up by 42% compared to the previous year. Growth is being driven by Kallidus’ expanded product offering, customer-focused approach and investment in leading edge User Experience (UX) design.

    • New ‘Ready to Go’ e-learning responds to 2018’s biggest challenge for businesses

      Walkgrove | Derbyshire |

      Award-winning specialist learning consultancy Walkgrove is launching a comprehensive suite of e-learning modules to meet the key needs of modern British companies. Ready to Go Essentials includes a package of over 130 core professional development learning modules to support UK businesses, whose leaders cited people development as the biggest issue for company success in 2018.

    • Engage in Learning becomes a Learning Now TV Channel Partner

      Engage in Learning | Gloucester, UK |

      Engage in Learning, the provider of a complete solution to meet every e-learning need, has joined a growing band of key organisations in the learning and development (L&D) sector by becoming a channel partner of Learning Now TV.

    • Women in business in learning and in society on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      July’s Learning Now tv interviews two leading business women, Ula Howlett about her career journey and Tamsin Napier-Munn about her campaign to encourage women to ‘step up’ and make a difference. We also talk to Lesley Price and Wes Atkinson about Learn Appeal and the progress it’s making to improve access to learning in Africa and for underprivileged groups here in the UK.

    • Keynote speakers to share real-world examples from the frontline of L&D

      World of Learning | Birmingham, United Kingdom |

      The World of Learning conference will take place at Birmingham’s NEC on 16 & 17 October. A comprehensive programme of presentations from industry experts will be framed by four keynote addresses from senior L&D leaders and specialists.

    • EssentialSkillz awarded a place on the G-Cloud 10 (G10) supplier list

      EssentialSkillz | Chester, England |

      Leading eLearning provider EssentialSkillz has been successful in achieving supplier status on the new G-Cloud 10 (G10) supplier list after transitioning from the previous G9 list. EssentialSkillz offers compliance solutions to Public Sector organisations looking to streamline their Online Safety Training and Risk Assessment processes.

    • Watson Martin Partnership becomes a limited company

      Watson Martin | London | UK |

      Leading training and qualifications provider Watson Martin Partnership today announced it will change its legal status to become a limited company from 1 July 2018. From this date, all Partnership assets, clients, contracts and liabilities will transfer to Watson Martin Limited and the company will be known as Watson Martin. Its current Partners, Heather Watson and Melanie Martin, who jointly own the business, become Directors.

    • Engage in Learning GDPR programme breaks customer and user records

      Engage in Learning | Gloucester, UK |

      Some 300 UK-based organisations bought - and tens of thousands of individual learners throughout the EU completed – Engage in Learning’s GDPR online learning materials in the run-up to this regulation coming into force on 25th May.

    • Showcasing the world's best learning programmes

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

      Learning Programmes of Excellence aims to recognise innovative, leading-edge talent development programmes that attract new talent and retain existing employees.

    • Artificial intelligence in learning on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      June’s Learning Now tv looks at artificial intelligence in learning and its application in business; Nigel Paine interviews Matt Donovan of GP Strategies on digitally transforming an organisation and Martin Couzins reviews Towards Maturity’s latest report into the adoption of learning technology.

    • QA announces partnership with Siker

      QA |

      QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, is pleased to announce its partnership with Siker (part of the HS and TC Group), the leading Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security training company.

    • Learnlight to Participate in Leading EdTech Event: EdTechX 2018

      Learnlight | London, United Kingdom |

      EdTechXEurope 2018 is taking place in London on Tuesday 19 June. The EdTech summit is Europe’s biggest event connecting the Global Learning Ecosystem. This year there are over 125 renowned speakers taking part.

    • Dave Coplin to present keynote at LEARNING LIVE 2018

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

      Chief Envisioning Officer, author, and futurist, Dave Coplin, will encourage the LEARNING LIVE 2018 audience to think differently about the future of work and learning technology.

    • DuPont Sustainable Solutions Launches New Training Programs to Address Workplace Harassment

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions | Virginia Beach, VA |

      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.

    • Learnlight takes part in Global Innovation Day 2018

      Learnlight | London, United Kingdom |

      "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two - and only two - basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs. Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business." (Peter Drucker). Wednesday 13 June will see Learnlight's Head of Global Marketing, Declan Mulkeen share his expertise on how innovation and marketing are key to business success at the Global Innovation Day conference.

    • Virtual College shortlisted for two Training Journal Awards

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College, renowned for its online courses and learning management software, has been shortlisted in both categories which it entered in the prestigious Training Journal Awards 2018.

    • Virtual College seminar to explore 'Technology with a Purpose'

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College, the multiple award-winning online learning provider, will be exhibiting and presenting a case study-led seminar at Learning Technologies Summer Forum 2018, Europe’s leading conference for organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work.

    • Skillcast launches new compliance tools to coincide with the arrival of GDPR

      Skillcast | UK |

      As businesses make the final preparation for getting ready for the arrival of the GDPR on the 25th May 2018, their compliance journey is only beginning. The culture change required to protect personal data and respect individual rights will take more time and effort. To help businesses on this compliance journey, Skillcast has launched two new tools: to conduct internal compliance audits and to provide just-in-time support to their employees.

    • Imparta Features on Selling Power’s Top 20 Sales Training Company List

      Imparta | London, UK |

      Imparta is delighted to announce the company’s inclusion on Selling Power’s 2018 list of the Top 20 Sales Training Companies that excel in helping sales leaders improve the performance of their sales teams. The list appears in the May 2018 issue of Selling Power magazine, which is now available.

    • TACK & TMI launch new brand identity and global websites

      TACK International and TMI World |

      TACK & TMI, global providers of learning and development solutions, announce the launch of a new brand identity and global websites. The new branding signifies an exciting new chapter for TACK & TMI. Now part of major global staffing and HR services firm, Gi Group, TACK & TMI are looking ahead to the next phase of growth.

    • UK Universities Respond to the GDPR Challenge

      Marshall E-Learning |

      GDPR is the biggest change in Data Protection legislation for 20 years, coming into effect on 25 May 2018. Despite this, analyst firm Gartner showed that around half of those affected by the legislation - whether in the EU or outside - will not be in full compliance when the regulations take effect. Schools, colleges and universities across the UK have responded to the GDPR challenge by designing their own sector-specific GDPR for Higher Education training course.

    • Kallidus shines the spotlight on how to improve candidate experience at In-house Recruitment Live

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Award winning learning and talent solutions provider Kallidus will be showcasing its innovative recruitment software, Kallidus Recruit, at In-house Recruitment Live. Kallidus will be demonstrating how its easy-to-use solution helps organisations to improve their talent acquisition strategies and candidate experience at the Manchester show on 10 May 2018.

    • Digital transformation at fashion retailer River Island on LNTV

      Learning Now tv | London |

      April’s Learning Now tv includes interviews with River Island’s Head of Talent, Nebel Crowhurst and UX designer, Mike Collins, on the high street retailer’s digital transformation journey; Eon’s Teresa Rose outlines the huge benefits the energy giant has found by using data in L&D; and Martin Couzins reviews Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends Report.

    • Virtual College’s Academies Show stand offers practical advice from Greenwood Academies Trust

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Award-winning online training provider, Virtual College, will be showcasing its online safeguarding and compliance training resources at the Academies Show. Ideal for teaching, support and ancillary staff, these training packages are already being used by large and small academies catering for all age groups throughout the UK.

    • Skillcast launches off-the-shelf GDPR digital training course library

      Skillcast |

      Staff training is essential for demonstrating compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which all businesses need to comply with from 25th May 2018. The GDPR is a complex regulation. In addition to firm-wide awareness raising, employees will need in-depth training on consent, international transfers, individual rights, and more. Skillcast has launched the first digital training course library covering these topics to support businesses in GDPR compliance.

    • Virtual College wins Tech4Good trophy at Northern Tech Awards

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College was presented with the Tech4Good trophy at the Northern Tech awards, held on 22 March in Edinburgh, one of Europe’s tech hub hotspots. This award category recognises companies that use their technology and business model to bring about positive changes in society.

    • New White Paper: Demystifying the Modern Learner

      Learnlight | London, United Kingdom |

      Demystifying the Modern Learner is the first of a series of White Papers, webinars, and supporting material that Learnlight has produced to help shed more light on subject of the Modern Learner. These insights are designed to assist HR, Talent, and Learning professionals to harness the latest in learning technologies and instructional design to one clear end: how to design persuasive content that enhances learner engagement.

    • LNTV explores ‘lean learning’ and ‘agile learning’

      Learning Now tv | London |

      Learning Now tv this month reports on lean and agile learning and the differences between them with learning strategist, David James. Plus LNTV looks at three people transformation projects at Transport for London, Citi Bank and Toyota, along with interviews with Ed Monk from the LPI and Andy Lancaster from CIPD.

    • Inspiring Women to Achieve – Helping women prepare and be ready for leadership positions

      Marshall E-Learning | Zurich |

      Marshall E-Learning will be attending the 11th Global Inclusion Seminar, otherwise known as INCLUSION 18. Taking place in Zurich, the event features 30 more than International Speakers and over 200 Senior-level International delegates together to discuss the latest thinking around modern equality, diversity and inclusion issues. For the conference, we have prepared a new product, “Inspiring Women to Achieve”, written by former Head of Diversity at Transport for London, Teresa Norman.

    • Kallidus sees strong growth for first half of financial year

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK, 20th March 2018 |

      Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has kicked off 2018 with strong growth for Q1 and Q2. Recurring revenues are up by 27% for the first half of the financial year compared to the previous year. Growth is being driven by Kallidus’ expanded product offering, customer-focused approach and investment in leading edge User Experience (UX) design.

    • Blended Learning Expert Jennifer Hofmann Authors New Book Published by ATD

      InSync Training | New Hampshire, USA |

      Jennifer Hofmann, blended learning pioneer and President of InSync Training, has recently published a groundbreaking new book in the What Works in Talent Development series with the Association for Talent Development (ATD). Titled "Blended Learning," this book introduces a new instructional design model that addresses the needs of the modern workplace and modern learners.

    • Kallidus has appointed Paul Morgan as Head of Customer Experience

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Award-winning learning and talent management provider Kallidus has appointed Paul Morgan as Head of Customer Experience. After a series of consultancy contracts Paul joins from O2 where he held the position of Head of Learning and Development for over four years.

    • Virtual College helping in fight against cyber crime

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtually all UK businesses are exposed to cyber security risks according to a recent government survey*. Virtual College’s new online course has been created to help organisations mitigate these risks.

    • Udemy Expands European Headquarters in Dublin and Adds New Jobs

      Udemy for Business | Dublin |

      Udemy is expanding the European headquarters in Dublin. The company is set to triple the workforce in Ireland as it continues achieving rapid growth of users and enterprise customers worldwide. Udemy will focus on hiring for engineering, product, content acquisition, sales, and marketing roles.

    • Udemy for Business Unveils Team Plan, a New Learning Product for SMBs

      Udemy for Business | Dublin |

      Udemy introduces Team Plan, a new corporate learning product from Udemy for Business designed to help teams of 5-20 employees master new skills. With Team Plan, managers can purchase subscriptions to a curated selection of 2,000+ courses and immediately gain access to learning content without a contracting process.

    • Kallidus’ LMS and digital content rated highly on 2018 Fosway 9-Grids™

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK, 25 January 2018 |

      Kallidus, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been rated once again as a Core Leader in Fosway’s 2018 9-Grid™ model for Digital Learning and a Core Challenger in the Learning Systems grid for its next-generation LMS, Kallidus Learn.

    • Unicorn to exhibit at Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition

      The Access Group | Bournemouth, UK |

      The innovative eLearning company is returning to one of the L&D event highlights of the year, Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition. Building on the foundations laid at last year’s show where Unicorn launched the Learning Ecosphere, visitors will be able to explore this concept further by putting into action an achievable learning programme, which balances traditional learning methods with more modern approaches such as BYOD and serious games.

    • How the Co-op embraced digital learning to reach a diverse audience

      Acteon Communication and Learning | London |

      In 2017 the Co-op created a new Member Pioneer role to support their work in local communities. Member Pioneers are people from many backgrounds, with different mindsets and expectations about learning. With such a varied audience, how did the Co-op use learning to help them make great things happen in their communities?

    • Unicorn Training Reports Another Record Year

      The Access Group | London |

      Award-winning online learning providers, Unicorn Training, have reported record sales with operating profits exceeding £1m for the first time as the group enters its 30th anniversary year.

    • Virtual College to deliver seminar with EEF at Learning Technologies 2018

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College, multiple award winners at the global Learning Technologies Awards 2017, will be exhibiting and presenting a case study led seminar at Learning Technologies 2018, Europe’s leading conference for organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work.

    • Docebo celebrates substantial growth with new American office opening

      Docebo | Athens, GA |

      Docebo recently welcomed customers, partners, and employees to celebrate the opening of its new and expanded North American office in Athens, Georgia. After a year of growth and significant market success, Docebo has outgrown its previous US office, which precipitated the move from its previous location.

    • Predictions for Global Learning and Development in 2018

      Headspring | London, UK, and Madrid, Spain |

      This year, the five annual predictions for the global Learning & Development sector from Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance follow the general view that technology – in the forms of machine leaning, artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) – will be a dominant force.