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.
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.
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.
Imparta reaffirms its commitment to the US market, opening a New York City office and appointing Steve Lunz as the new EVP of Imparta, Inc.
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.
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, 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.
Learning Now tv, the live-streamed monthly TV show on learning in business and Learning News, the learning sector’s newswire, are to collaborate to bring the hottest news, trends and views from the learning sector’s biggest events and conferences.
Kallidus has been named a Top Performer in the Corporate LMS Software category for the Summer 2018 Customer Success Report published by FeaturedCustomers.
The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition returns to Birmingham’s NEC, on 16 & 17 October. Alongside the exhibition showcasing over 100 L&D providers and offering interactive experiences, is a comprehensive programme of 40 free-to-attend seminars.
LPI further strengthens ability to serve customers’ needs in Iberia and Latin America; a solid step in Overlap's aspiration to be a key provider in the workplace learning industry.
Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) is hosting the 6th annual Raytheon Symposium focusing on “Enabling Learning for Maximum Impact” on 13th September in London and 19th September in Munich.
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.
Imparta is pleased to announce the company’s inclusion on the LPI’s 2018 list of the Top 20 Highest-Performing Learning Providers.
Using benchmark data from its well-established accreditation programme, the Learning & Performance Institute identifies the 20 highest-scoring learning providers, all of whom are operating at the very best levels of performance.
To combat the fraudsters, EssentialSkillz has added an eLearning course specifically about Phishing as part of their Business Protection Pack. The Pack now contains 17 Courses, all of which are accredited for CPD.
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.
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.
Overlap demonstrates a commitment to excellence with an accreditation from the Learning and Performance Institute.
Learnlight, a leading EdTech provider of blended language and soft skills training, brought together Human Resources professionals from major French companies for a special networking event in the heart of Paris.
Marshall E-Learning Consultancy, the leading diversity and equality e-learning provider, today announces the launch of its Performance Development training course. Created in partnership with University College London (UCL), the course focuses on coaching conversations and career development.
The World of Learning conference has long been recognised as the premier platform for sharing thought leadership and innovation in the Learning & Development (L&D) sector.
Noise Awareness is the latest addition to the Engage in Learning range of health & safety e-learning programmes.
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.
Learnlight has received an honorable mention in the Blended Learning category for its innovative Blended Soft Skills solution at this year's International E-Learning Awards
Learning Pool announced today the acquisition of MediaCorp, the Hamilton, Scotland based online learning and e-portfolio provider. The company, founded and run by James Marshall will become part of the Learning Pool group.
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.
Learning Programmes of Excellence aims to recognise innovative, leading-edge talent development programmes that attract new talent and retain existing employees.
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, 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.
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.
Senior L&D and HR professionals will gather at Birmingham’s NEC on 16 & 17 October for the year’s must-attend L&D event.
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.
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.
"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, 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.
Adding to an already market-leading portfolio of learning solutions for the Financial Services and associated industries, Unicorn has unveiled its latest unique offering in the form of regulatory meetings training.
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.
The University of Manchester has launched a new online e-learning course designed to help its staff respond to signs of mental illness in students.
Digital change consultant and tech commentator, Euan Semple, talks to Lisa Minogue-White on Learning Now tv. Also on May’s programme: curation skills, transforming learning at the RNLI and redefining blended learning.
Virtual College is bringing its wealth of experience to bear on the problems learners often face in accessing quality leadership and management training.
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.
The latest iteration of the EssentialSkillz Fire Safety eLearning Course has been updated with a role play to bring home the importance of taking prompt and correct action when an alarm sounds or fire is discovered.
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.
Award-winning online training provider, Virtual College, will be showcasing its online training solutions and resources at the Made in Yorkshire 2018 Exhibition.
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.
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.
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.
QA Cyber Security Trainer, James Aguilan, outlines steps towards demonstrating compliance with the GDPR.
Two day launch event brings together learning leaders in Spain and Portugal to tackle current challenges with action-based workgroups and inspirational speakers.
QA's Director of Digital Adoption, Tessa Swithenby, talks about the importance of user adoption in transformation projects and how it can be achieved.
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.
QA Cyber Security Trainer, James Aguilan, looks at the practice of mining cryptocurrency.
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.
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.
Award-winning online training provider, Virtual College, will be exhibiting at HR in Housing 2018, providing HR professionals with advice and guidance on the most effective learning programmes to facilitate change and aid cost savings.
Participant chosen from a wide range of applicants to be nurtured with targeted skills-building and networking opportunities.
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.
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.
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.
Training Industry, the most trusted source of information on the business of learning, today released the 2018 Top Training Companies selections for the sales training sector. Imparta is delighted to announce that it has, for the eighth year running, received this much sought after accolade.
Executives can now think like innovators, thanks to a new type of learning tool - the Data Wheel.
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, 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.
Programme to help learning professionals achieve their personal development goals, with targeted skills-building and networking opportunities.
Omniplex have become the certified Articulate training provider in China, bringing expert training to Articulate users across the country.
InSync Training's new workshop, Creating Virtual Classroom Experiences Using Microlearning, starts April 19, 2018. Consisting of a two-hour live virtual lesson, small group makerspace experience, moderated discussion, many videos, whitepapers, infographics, worksheets, and articles, as well as additional curated resources, this workshop will show participants how to design a virtual classroom microlearning strategy while experiencing learning through a microlearning virtual classroom.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and Learning Analyst, announces the appointment of its director of research, David Perring, to the international advisory board of the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI). He joins a select group of influential business leaders helping to shape and develop the LPI’s strategy for the global learning community.
Virtual College has been granted CPD Corporate Membership, bringing CPD accreditation to a huge range and variety of its learning resources.
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.
Imparta, a global leader in the sales and service training industry, won five 2018 Stevie® Awards for sales and customer service, highlighted by winning gold in Sales Consulting Practice of the Year and Sales Training Product of the Year for the Imparta Virtual Sales Academy®.
Imparta is delighted to be able to offer Association of Professional Sales (APS) accredited qualifications to its clients.
The Craig Weiss Group has examined over 1,000 LMS systems and ranked Kallidus as the 24th best system in existence for 2018.
InSync Training is pleased to present the Virtually There session, "7 Consumer Realities That Impact Learning and Development" with Treion Muller, Chief Product Officer, TwentyEighty, on February 20, 2018.
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.
Kallidus, an award-winning provider of learning and talent management solutions, has secured the Silver Learning Award in the most prestigious category of the awards - Learning Provider of the Year - against strong competition.
Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance, a leading global provider of customised corporate learning programmes for large corporations, has appointed Gustaf Nordbäck as its Chief Executive Officer.
Leading provider of eLearning, EssentialSkillz has successfully achieved certification for their Business Protection pack of 16 eLearning Courses from The CPD Accreditation Service.
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.
Virtual College had another successful night at the LPI’s Learning Awards with both Hayley Khan and John Hinchliffe picking up awards.
Celebrating the highest achievements in workplace learning and development.
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 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.
Dynamic and diverse board of industry experts will provide strategic guidance and support
Ilkley-based online training provider, Virtual College, has now helped over three million learners to develop their potential via its online courses, bespoke e-learning solutions and learning management software.
Unicorn Training is pleased to announce it has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer by The Living Wage Foundation.
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.
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.
Old paradigms in learning and development are struggling to keep up with millennial organisations and their audiences. So how can organisations think different and deliver impact?
Developed in partnership with VERCIDA Consulting, Marshall E-Learning, have launched a new Inclusive Managers Toolkit. Aimed at middle managers across public and private sector organisations, this inclusion themed toolkit is designed to build managers’ skills and confidence.
Award-winning learning and talent management provider Kallidus will showcasing how it is supporting the transformative learning journeys of some of Britain’s favourite brands at Learning Technologies 2018.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, today unveils its updated 2018 Fosway 9-Grids™ for Learning Systems and Digital Learning. Now in their sixth annual research cycle, the Fosway 9-Grids™ provide the only independent view of the HR and learning technology markets in Europe.
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?
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.
Omniplex will present a seminar demonstrating how to make eLearning courses more accessible with Articulate Storyline at the upcoming Learning Technologies event next week in London.
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.
Unicorn Training has further expanded its field of expertise with the acquisition of the UK’s leading legal training trailblazers, Socrates.
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.
London, England, January 4, 2018 – Leading global sales training provider Imparta will be showcasing the Virtual Sales Academy® at Learning Technologies 2018, Europe’s biggest organisational and technology-supported learning event.
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.
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