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.
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.
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