Online learning specialists, Virtual College and Day One, are working in collaboration to provide simulation training which delivers a true-to-life, immersive learning experience.
Each year Learnlight supports a charity that represents our values and dedication to raising education levels in the world. This year we have chosen to support Room to Read.
Virtual College have teamed up with Patrick Drake (Head Chef at Hello Fresh and founder of The 60 Second Chef) to create a short course on making the perfect Christmas dinner
Changing business priorities will see a greater emphasis on cybersecurity and digitalisation of processes over the next three years, according to almost 1000 senior executives in a survey by Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance.
December’s Learning Now tv interviews Nick Shackleton-Jones on the state of the learning sector and how L&D professionals need to rethink their role.
Training Industry has announced its Top 20 IT Training Companies List, celebrating the best providers of IT training services in support of corporate learning and development. QA, the UK’s leading provider of professional training, has featured for a fifth consecutive year.
InSync Training wins Bronze Award in the Learning and Development category for Best Use of Blended Learning in the 2017 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards for their blended learning program, Managing at Mercer, developed with Mercer.
Unicorn LMS has been rated the UK’s top learning management system in a new report, published by the Craig Weiss Group.
New research has launched which aims to uncover the real picture of next generation learning technology and what’s really working for organisations in practice. The Digital Learning Realities research, led by Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and leading workplace learning event - Learning Technologies - is now in its third year and is extending its reach worldwide for the first time.
Virtual College has been awarded gold for Best Training Partnership at the TJ Awards 2017 for their work on FGM awareness training with the Home Office.
Suite of courses achieves real-world validation for superb learner experience, quality of materials and standard of delivery.
Virtual College followed up their 2016 success by collecting two trophies at the global Learning Technologies Awards 2017.
Learning Pool have been recognised and formally endorsed by Skills for Care, the national body in England, which monitors workforce development in adult social care.
Marshall E-Learning is delighted to launch our new inclusive managers’ toolkit, developed in partnership with Vercida Consulting. The Inclusive Managers’ Toolkit is aimed at middle managers across public and private sector organisation, and designed to build managers’ skills and confidence.
Philanthropic arm of the world’s biggest news and information provider, Thomson Reuters, demonstrates commitment to excellence and outstanding customer satisfaction.
The partnership will help organisations upskill their workforce by providing greater eLearning content choice.
The University of Edinburgh has become the first university to launch an unconscious bias course tailored for the student context. The course, designed to be taken on mobile devices, will help students to be fair minded and critique without bias when evaluating staff and services.
November’s Learning Now tv interviews Owen Ferguson, MD of GoodPractice, on GoodPractice’s research into learning technology at work and the extent to which managers have a negative perception of it.
John Hinchliffe, Virtual College’s Instructional Design Manager, has been voted onto the eLearning Network’s (eLN) board of directors.
Global body for L&D now appointing business leaders to shape and develop its strategy for the international learning community
Kallidus, an award-winning provider of learning and talent management solutions, has won one of the UK’s most prestigious User Experience Awards for its next-generation learning platform, Kallidus Learn.
During the recent 2017 Online Learning Conference in New Orleans, InSync Training won the Training Magazine eLearning Design Challenge gold award in the social/collaborative category for the design of the Blended Learning Hub. This design, featuring a social collaborative community, provides a personal, curated approach to modern blended learning that can be adapted to any industry to meet the needs of modern learners.
Prestigious award presented at the 2018 Learning Awards expected to draw high-calibre candidates.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and Learning Technologies, the world’s leading workplace learning event, announce the launch of its annual Digital Learning Realities research at the inaugural Learning Technologies Asia on 7-8 November 2017.
Virtual College, in collaboration with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECWMF), will be exhibiting and presenting at this year’s eLearning Network Annual Conference.
Saffron Interactive, a leading provider of transformational digital learning experiences, is entering its tenth consecutive year of accreditation by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI).
EssentialSkillz, a global leader in online training and compliance software, has expanded its Business Development team to support its continued growth in the UK & Ireland.
InSync Training has recently been certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE). To qualify for WBENC certification, a business must prove, among other things, that: Majority control/ownership (at least 51%) belongs to a woman, and that a woman holds the highest office in the company, and is active in daily management and strategic direction.
Kallidus has been selected as a finalist for two Learning Awards this year: External Learning Solution of the Year in partnership with McDonald’s, and Learning Provider of the Year. Organised by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), the awards recognise outstanding achievement, best practice and excellence in corporate learning and performance.
Learning management system (LMS) producers and vendors can now promote their products and services via eLearning Industry's pay-per-click (PPC) platform.
At this year’s CIPD Conference and Exhibition, Virtual College, in collaboration with The Engagement Coach, will discuss how technology has transformed the learning experience throughout the work environment.
With economic, technological and social change creating a perfect storm for organisations and employees alike, 600+ HR leaders gave us their views on the future of work. Can HR's strategies hold the key to success in these turbulent times?
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2018 Learning Awards, the learning sector’s annual celebration of outstanding achievement, best practice and excellence in corporate learning and performance.
Unicorn Training has thrown its creative weight behind eLearning charity Learn Appeal. In a bid to provide eLearning to communities who don’t have easy or reliable access to the internet, Unicorn has produced three courses for the Learn Appeal Capsule this year.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst, today unveiled its updated 2017 Fosway 9-Grids™ for both Cloud HCM (Human Capital Management) and Integrated Talent Management (ITM).
Kallidus has been shortlisted for a User Experience UK Award (UXUK) for its next-generation learning platform, Kallidus Learn.
GDPR is the biggest change to data protection regulations in two decades and is a major challenge for many businesses. The new regulations introduce a much greater territorial reach in terms of liable businesses and harsher fines for non-compliance, so GDPR training is essential.
Warwick Conferences has been awarded ‘Accredited Learning Facilities’ status by the Learning & Performance Institute, a leading international authority on innovation in workplace learning and achieving organisational performance. The accreditation is a demonstration of Warwick Conference’s commitment to creating exemplary learning and development environments for clients.
Bringing a suite of bite-sized, microlearning content covering workplace skills and compliance topics through a new partnership with MicroLearn.
Virtual College a global eLearning consultancy and LMS specialist, is helping large and small organisations get to grips with a significant change in Data Protection legislation via an online course called ‘Introduction to GDPR’.
The new brand further aligns its apprenticeship business as a division within Global Knowledge UK, a leading learning services and professional development solutions provider
Unicorn Training is set to make a return to the hotly-anticipated World of Learning show at Birmingham NEC next week. Demonstrating a commitment to innovative, forward-thinking eLearning solutions, Unicorn will build on the foundations laid by the launch of the ‘Learning Ecosphere’ concept – bringing together a range of products and services designed to balance formal and informal learning to improve memory retention, engagement and understanding.
The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition opens on 17 October at Birmingham’s NEC. The two-day event has established itself as a highlight in the L&D calendar every year, bringing together a host of industry experts and leading suppliers with senior-level L&D professionals.
Over the past two decades research has repeatedly shown that when new employee onboarding is done correctly, it leads to higher job satisfaction, increased engagement, lower turnover, improved performance, career effectiveness and lowered stress.
Kallidus, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, today announced that it has acquired recruitment software provider Advorto to support the next stage of its growth strategy.
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), opened a national apprenticeship centre in Doncaster, United Kingdom, primarily to train automotive technicians. RPS will deliver apprenticeship learning services to both apprentices and employers through classroom training, virtual learning and workplace visits.
EssentialSkillz have announced a new webinar titled "GDPR Regulation Health Check" to help companies understand what steps they need to take to start the process of becoming GDPR compliant in time for the May 2018 deadline.
Virtual College has worked with The Links Group to develop an online course and resource pack to help improve the ‘Understanding Animal Welfare in Violent Homes.’ This is as a result of significant research findings which show that “When animals are abused, people are at risk; when people are abused animals are at risk.” (1)
Developing senior executives at FT IE Business School, Fuse Universal’s ‘experience platforms’ and CLO of the Year 2017: all on September’s Learning Now tv and at the new broadcast times of 10 am and 8 pm.
Leading online learning provider, Virtual College, one of the major providers of food hygiene training in the UK, is joining forces with ‘The 60 Second Chef’ to launch bite-sized, certificated courses for busy cooks.
A much-anticipated event in the L&D calendar, the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 17 & 18 October 2017.
David Perring, Fosway Group’s director of research, kicks off the new series of webinars from the Learning and Skills Group on Thursday 21 September exploring why organisations struggle to find the right solutions and how buyers should be looking at the digital learning market to make better choices.
Kallidus, an award-winning provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been shortlisted for two Learning Technologies Awards: Excellence in the Design of Learning Content in partnership with McDonald’s, and Learning Technologies Company of the Year.
Online learning provider, Virtual College, one of the major providers of food hygiene training in the UK, is joining in the fun of National Cupcake Week (18-24 September) by offering cupcake connoisseurs a number of tasty online treats to help them get creative in the kitchen.
Lyceum Capital has chosen Kallidus 360 to guide the internal promotion partner programme.
Safran Landing Systems, in partnership with learning solution provider Learning Nexus, have been shortlisted for their new revolutionary onboarding training.
Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance has appointed two experienced learning professionals in roles designed to strengthen its offering in executive education and leadership development.
QA, the UK’s leading provider of professional training has announced that they have become one of the first UK training organisations to be awarded with Premier Partnership status enabling them to deliver authorised Google Cloud Platform training and certifications.
The International Software Quality Institute (iSQI) and CGI, a globally active independent provider of IT and business processes, have announced a collaboration to improve training and certification of IT specialists in software testing, requirements engineering, agile software development, software product management, usability and user experience and software architecture.
busuu releases adaptive placement test that helps language learners to find their level and HR professionals to enhance language skills in their organisation.
New research collated by Happy Ltd shows the real life benefits of creating happy workplaces.
Learning sector recruitment specialist, Blue Eskimo, is hosting a session at the upcoming LearningLive event in London on the importance of personal branding.
August’s Learning Now tv: the latest L&D research from Fosway and Learning Technologies; collaboration at work - incorporating feelings to improve performance; plus Henry Stewart on modern apprenticeships and the Apprenticeship Levy.
Inspiration, advice and the latest technology are in abundance at the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition taking place on 17 & 18 October at Birmingham’s NEC.
The eLearning Network has announced its biggest ever digital learning conference with a three-track programme, over 40 conference speakers, keynotes from Dr Rebecca Gordon and Nick Shackleton-Jones, a dedicated exhibition and networking party to celebrate the eLN’s 30th birthday and the best in innovative learning. Training Journal will be supporting and covering the event as Media Partner.
Online learning provider, Virtual College, has created a range of online learning resources to help new tenants settle into their homes and support their pre-tenancy requirements.
EssentialSkillz, a global leader in online safety training and compliance software, has launched a new eLearning course on a topic all organisations in the EU need to ensure they are up to speed on this year – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Candidates can now gain Associate CIPD Membership in just 8 months; A brand new fast track CIPD Advanced Certificate in HR uniquely designed to be achieved up to six months faster than other comparable programmes is being unveiled today by leading courses and qualifications provider Watson Martin Partnership.
Nomad Foods Europe demonstrates a commitment to excellence with an accreditation from the Learning and Performance Institute.
An exemplary programme of L&D practitioners and thought-leaders will come together to deliver inspiration at the World of Learning Conference taking place on 17 & 18 October at Birmingham’s NEC.
Virtual College has launched a ‘Safe Summer Food’ campaign to help the catering trade reduce the incidence of food poisoning over the coming months.
Learning Now tv this month talks with Kwik-Fit’s People Director Paul Binks about Kwik-Fit's apprenticeship and leadership programmes; the LPI’s Ed Monk talks about the current state of L&D; plus interviews on workplace diversity and online learning in engineering.
Leading global sales training provider Imparta has formally integrated The Procter Consultancy into the Imparta business. This integration has been executed to deliver exceptional performance across the customer-facing elements of any customer-focused organisation. Imparta has developed a new website www.imparta.com that reflects these changes.
A prestigious line-up of L&D practitioners and thought-leaders will come together to share their expertise at the World of Learning Conference taking place on 17 & 18 October at Birmingham’s NEC.
The Premier Meeting Place for the Learning and Development Executive Community. In order to maintain their predominant position with their given industry, organizations must champion and support the professional development of their workforce. At the center of this lies the Chief Learning Officer (CLO)...
NPT Homes has chosen Kallidus 360 to facilitate 360 feedback within the organisation.
Peabody has chosen Kallidus Learn to modernise their learning approach, giving their employees the ability to drive their own development.
Unicorn Training are pleased to announce the launch of their new website. Having been in the pipeline for the past six months, the arrival of the new site completely overhauls Unicorn’s blog and content offerings, as well as giving a smoother, more intuitive user experience.
‘Safeguarding is Barnsley’s business’ is the key message of this year’s Barnsley Safeguarding Awareness Week (SAW17) which runs from Monday 3 to Friday 7 July.
Winners of the Patient Safety Awards were announced at a prestigious evening dinner which took place in Manchester on 4th July.
A Bournemouth University graduate is bringing his award-winning ideas to Unicorn Training after landing the prestigious international New Media Writing Prize Student Award earlier this year.
The Patient Safety Awards, which recognise outstanding practice within the NHS and independent healthcare organisations, will take place in Manchester on 4th July.
Learning Now tv this month includes an interview with mobile and virtual applications evangelist Ron Edwards on virtual reality, artificial intelligence and simulations in learning.
This is the fourth year in a row that Raytheon has been rated in the leader quadrant among learning BPS companies.
Virtual College is to present a paper entitled ‘Technology learning solutions for FE colleges’ at the ‘2020 Vision – Looking Towards the Future of Education’ conference.
Iceland has chosen Kallidus Recruit to support its entire recruitment team, streamline recruitment processes and improve the candidate experience
Virtual College is to host the first in a new series of knowledge-sharing events of particular value to safeguarding professionals and others working with vulnerable children or adults.
Bregal Investments ('Bregal') and CVC Capital Partners ('CVC') announced today that funds managed by Bregal Capital LLP and advised by EMK Capital LLP ('EMK') have agreed to sell QA, the UK's leading provider of IT education and skills, to CVC Fund VI.
NHBC has chosen Kallidus Learn and Kallidus Perform, the company’s innovative new learning and performance management solutions to enhance learning opportunities and employee development. Kallidus was selected because its solutions offer an outstanding modern user experience.
MERIT Summit announced for second consecutive year; HR and executive education directors will convene to discuss transformational corporate learning; Lisbon 17-18 January 2018.
Communiqué judges announced that Acteon has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Small Consultancy of the Year’ category after a record year.
A greater than twofold oversubscription for Blue Eskimo’s personal branding sessions at Learning Technologies 2017 demonstrates the subject’s importance to L&D professionals, says Blue Eskimo.
Learning sector recruitment specialist, Blue Eskimo, is expanding its business to include many HR roles, driven by the increasing convergence of corporate L&D and HR departments.
International author and winner of ATD's Distinguished Contribution in Workplace Learning award to address Heads of Learning, CLO's and senior decision-makers in highly anticipated keynote.
Kallidus will be helping L&D professionals understand how they can make user-generated content (UGC) a dynamic part of their learning mix at Learning Technologies Summer Forum, Olympia Exhibition Hall, 13 June 2017.
Some very familiar faces are coming to the Unicorn content library thanks to a new partnership with award-winning soft skills training providers Video Arts.
Today, DuPont Sustainable Solutions launches a library of 40 microlearning e-learning courses and videos, that deliver bite-sized safety tips to help improve learning retention and close performance gaps, from Back Safety to Device Distractions to Zika Awareness.
JF Renshaw Baking has chosen Kallidus 360 to support their new leadership and competency framework which was launched in March this year.
“Driving behaviour change”, “aligning with culture” and “getting buy-in from senior leaders” topped Acteon's ‘impact’ poll at the CIPD Learning and Development Show 2017.
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