What can L&D learn from behavioural science?
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Owen Rose, Managing Partner at Acteon explores effective ways to achieve behaviour change by adopting the 'nudge' theory.
Owen Rose, Managing Partner at Acteon explores effective ways to achieve behaviour change by adopting the 'nudge' theory.
Unconscious gender and racial biases still pervade academia and unconscious bias remains a big challenge in the higher education sector.
The pure technology group is working closely with Virtual College in developing new and innovative technology solutions to support their position as one of the UK’s leaders in e-learning, saving them over £1million in the process.
Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG) is pleased to announce the addition of NetDimensions to its growing group of specialist corporate digital learning companies.
Award-winning learning and talent management provider Kallidus has enhanced its off-the-shelf (OTS) e-learning content capability with the appointment of Dan Pinney as Learning Consultant.
According to a new investigation by the Guardian newspaper, sexual harassment, misconduct and gender violence by university staff are at ‘epidemic levels’.
Virtual College is to produce online learning courses for the National Governors’ Association to use as induction for new school governors.
Learning Pool has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed companies’ in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme, for the second year running.
London, England, March 2, 2017 – TrainingIndustry.com has announced its Top 20 Sales Training Companies list for 2017 as part of its mission to continually monitor the training marketplace for the very best providers of training services and technologies. We are pleased to announce that Imparta has, for the seventh year running, received this much sought after accolade. Being on the Top 20 Sales Training Companies list confirms Imparta as one of the best providers within the global sales training industry.
Imparta, an international leader in the sales and service training industry, won six 2017 Stevie® Awards for sales and customer service, highlighted by winning gold for both Sales Training Practice of the Year and Sales Consulting Practice of the Year.
Cross-European research into the impact of BREXIT on organisations from a HR perspective opens today. Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst is conducting the research in partnership with HRN, the world’s largest corporate HR network, with the results to be revealed at HR Tech World Congress in London next month.
Growth Engineering, the arch enemies of dull online learning, have moved into brand new headquarters. The move will help accommodate their rapidly expanding team of learning superheroes and their impressive arsenal of Weapons of Mass Instruction.
Kallidus, a multi-award winning content provider, has been rated as a Core Leader on Fosway’s 2017 9-Grid™ for digital learning.
Triple award-winning providers, Virtual College and Avery Healthcare, have agreed to work in partnership to provide a blended learning approach to the training of over 3,000 members of staff.
Clarity Consultants innovates pharmaceutical firm’s training program, yielding greater production results.
TOPSIM, the business simulations division of Tata Interactive Systems, sponsored the Social and Collaborative Learning category at the Learning Performance Institute (LPI) awards
Virtual College has been independently judged in the highly competitive ‘Learning Provider of the Year’ category at the Learning and Performance Institute’s 2017 Learning Awards and presented with the prestigious Silver Award.
Visitors to its booth at Learning Technologies in London raised five key issues with the digital learning content management business solutions producer, eXact learning solutions.
Virtual College is supporting Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (6th- 12th February 2017) with a donation each working day of this week to related charities.
A new online course has been released as a response to the need for universities to better serve their students, or face penalties such as students having their course fees fully refunded.
NetDimensions consolidates its position as a Core Leader in the European learning and talent market insight report, the Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems.
Postillion Hotels Netherlands has become the first major Dutch hotel group to be officially accredited as a learning facility.
BCS Learning & Development Limited is announced as headline sponsor of the Learning Awards 2017, held at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel in London on 3rd February 2017.
The Chief Learning Officer Forum USA 2017 will launch in March to capitalize on business critical initiatives including leadership development, workforce engagement and the retention of talent.
Virtual College has been chosen to create bespoke online learning resources for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
This coming Tuesday, Speexx presents insights into how L&D and HR managers can foster above par communication skills for their top management talent.
Business Performance Service focuses on sales strategy, marketing, event management and performance consulting as key areas to drive effectiveness.
Project managers can increase their influence on organizational success by developing strategic skills such as business analysis and relationship building.
Professional development will be fundamental in enabling IT Service Management (ITSM) practitioners to adopt the skills required to provide strategic business advice and grow their influence outside the traditional IT function.
HR and L&D content experts, the CIPD, partnered exclusively with leading online learning provider, AVADO, to create the world’s first online CIPD qualifications. Together they won Best Training Partnership at the Training Journal Awards 2016 and were awarded Silver in the Best Online Distance Learning Programme category in November’s Learning Technologies Awards.
Formerly part of Pearson English Business Solutions, GlobalEnglish reestablished as new, independent leader of customer-focused learning technology for Business English.
How do you achieve real behaviour change with learning interventions? Acteon show how a novel approach to learning design helped clients like Channel 4 achieve award-winning outcomes.
‘Learning Technologies supplier of the year’ for the second year running, Virtual College, will be using the Learning Technologies exhibition to showcase its bespoke online learning capabilities, its 300 ‘off the shelf’ e-learning courses and Enable, Virtual College’s cloud-based learning management system.
Learning Nexus have become a Gold Partner with Totara Learning after only joining the Totara community in April 2016.
During the Christmas period QA Apprenticeships saw a 25% increase in applications, compared to last year. Over 10,000 young people throughout the UK wanted to change direction, to take an apprenticeship rather than going back to University, after the Christmas break. Insight published in Nov 2016 proved tech apprenticeships can be worth more than a university degree – and uni students are taking note.
The Learning Technologies 2017 exhibition will see global eLearning provider, EssentialSkillz, contribute a range of proven solutions that educate, protect and support employees and organisations.
Logicearth Learning Services is announcing a new medical writing and instructional design service which will not only help the wider pharmaceutical sector develop modern digital eLearning content, but which could also have spin off benefits in supporting marketing and communications and other professionals working in the field.
To help tackle the sepsis crisis and save lives, Virtual College has worked with the UK Sepsis Trust to create engaging and thorough online training resources for these professionals.
QA Consulting to train 1000 young adults and military veterans in cloud computing technologies, working together with Amazon Web Services, The Prince's Trust and the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Unicorn is to launch the Learning Ecosphere at next month's Learning Technologies show, which introduces a brand new way of reimagining the dichotomy of traditional vs new eLearning.
NeoTrident and NetDimensions have entered into a reseller agreement focused on serving the life sciences sector of mainland China.
Multi-award winning learning and talent solutions provider Kallidus is turning the spotlight on virtual reality (VR) at the upcoming Learning Technologies Exhibition. VR guru Tim Drewitt will be running a seminar on how to add VR to your 2017 learning strategy and, back by popular demand, Kallidus will be giving away Google Cardboard VR headsets and its handy new pocket guide to VR at stand B1.
Matthew Lloyd, CEO of Omniplex Group, announces the company’s expansion in the China market.
Unicorn Training is supporting government efforts to provide impartial financial advice to all by helping the Money Advice Service develop appropriate staff conduct and behaviours in the areas of governance, risk, compliance and workplace skills.
Virtual College, recently judged independently to be ‘the Learning Technologies supplier of the year’ for the second year running, will be opening up dialogue about formative assessment at Learning Technologies 2017.
Multi-award winning learning and talent solutions provider Kallidus will be showcasing Kallidus Learn, its next generation learning management system, at Learning Technologies 2017.
A Glorious Conclusion to 2016: Tata Interactive Systems wins Gold at the Brandon Hall Technology awards.
Kallidus has launched Kallidus Learn, its next generation learning management system, to enable organisations to deliver a more engaging and effective learner experience.
Winning partnership scoops top awards at this year's TJ Awards and Personnel Today Awards
Virtual College has relaunched its ‘Safe Use of Insulin’ course after it was re-designed by its award winning design team. The course has been especially built to ensure that staff are only spending time completing training directly relevant to their job.
Delivered by learning and development expert and e-learning consultant, David Patterson, this webinar is ideal for anyone who is looking to buy their first LMS or considering switching to a new provider.
Virtual College has followed up its 2015 success by winning the ‘learning technologies supplier of the year’ award at the global Learning Technologies Awards 2016.
What will digital learning do differently in 2017? New research opened today to get beyond the hype surrounding the next generation of learning technology and uncover what is working for organisations in practice. The Digital Learning: European Realities research is led by Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, and Europe’s leading workplace learning event - Learning Technologies – and its supporting community – The Learning and Skills Group.
A new online course has been released as a response to the need for universities to increase awareness of issues surrounding students’ experiences of unwanted sexual incidents.
Last night marked the annual gala dinner and presentation ceremony of the Dorset Business Awards. Amongst a long list of deserving winners from a multitude of sectors, Bournemouth-based games studio Amuzo scooped the top prize for Creative Digital Impact.
Global Knowledge, worldwide leader in IT and business training is proud to announce that Global Knowledge UK have been awarded Training Provider of the Year 2016.
UK tech apprentice Satveer Kaur-Singh, age 22, is called to present at the European Parliament in Brussels, to get her voice heard ...QA apprentice shares her experience to contribute to debate with European ministers and industry heads.
Global body for workplace learning to offer members, accredited organisations, certificate holders, and award winners a verifiable recognition of their professional achievements.
Learning Nexus has launched its new Totara-based LMS ‘skillslab’ with the Science Museum Group. The implementation has resulted in a shift from classroom-focused learning to eLearning in a move to improve supported employee engagement and development.
QA's innovative tech consulting business, QA Consulting, hires Accenture's UK&I Director of Pega Practice.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International officially launches their ‘Behavioural Based Safety’ capability for organisations that recognise the need for establishing a culture of Safety excellence.
Irish based eLearning company EssentialSkillz is proud to announce that their recent success in world markets was recognised by Deloitte in their Technology Fast 50 Awards for 2016.
Millions of practitioners in the global DevOps and IT Service Management (ITSM) communities to gain access to new DevOps Awareness Training program - High-quality program, based on IT Revolution’s DevOps Handbook and drawing on combined expertise of IT Revolution and AXELOS in the fields of DevOps, Lean, Agile, and ITSM.
In this powerful webinar for safeguarding professionals, ‘Kill the e-safety policy… how to protect children online’, safeguarding expert Jim Gamble will openly discuss the challenges of child protection in a world ruled by technology.
Virtual College will be supporting DPG during its conference session, ‘Removing the Distance from Distance Learning: a revolutionary approach’, at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, 9 November.
QA announces the acquisition of The Training Foundation Limited, provider of one of the UK’s leading training accreditation programmes, The Training Accreditation Programme (TAP).
QA announces the acquisition of The Training Foundation Limited, provider of one of the UK’s leading training accreditation programmes, The Training Accreditation Programme (TAP).
Tech consulting innovators, QA Consulting, have ventured into Shropshire creating 50 local jobs, as they help to bridge the local digital skills gap.
The list highlights and showcases the fastest-growing businesses across the Yorkshire region. To achieve a place in the list, companies must have achieved five years of turnover growth. Virtual College is listed in 75th position with an adjusted average annual growth of 25%.
The Children’s Society has been recognised by online learning provider, Virtual College, for its contribution to safeguarding children.
City of Bristol College is working with online learning provider, Virtual College, to enhance its students’ digital learning experience.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust aims to set a new standard of learning delivery across the NHS by offering the LPI's certified programme for live online facilitators.
Leading global sales training provider Imparta today announced the release of the Virtual Sales Academy™. The Virtual Sales Academy is an immersive, cloud-based experiential technology platform where salespeople and managers learn, refine and apply their skills.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR analyst, and HRN, the world’s largest corporate HR network, today release new joint research into the realities of HR across the corporate landscape of Europe. The data includes responses from over 500 senior HR professionals and will be unveiled at HR Tech World Congress in Paris.
October’s Learning Now tv looks to artificial intelligence in the world of learning in an interview with learning and education sector futurist and commentator, Donald Clark.
Unicorn Training has joined Learning Heroes in their mission to save the world from boring eLearning after partnering to deliver brand new workplace skills content.
Virtual College will be on stand F52 at the CIPD Annual Conference and exhibition which is being held on the 9th and 10th of November at Manchester Central.
Global eLearning provider, EssentialSkillz, have launched a new eCommerce web site with automated 24 hour eLearning fulfilment.
Award-winning platform, Knowledge Centre LMS to be showcased at World of Learning 2016.
Kallidus Perform, a modern and simple to use cloud-based solution, has been designed to make performance management easier and more effective.
Leading online learning provider, Virtual College, has partnered with CIPD training experts DPG, to create an engaging, 100% online human resources management suite.
Multi-award winning learning and talent solutions provider Kallidus is running a free virtual reality (VR) in learning seminar at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition.
Gamification and digital storytelling in elearning top of the agenda as eLN line up the experts for its biggest ever conference in London on 10th November.
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International is to deliver a seminar unveiling its learner-centric philosophy and new, research-based, ‘Making Learning Stick’ model at the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition (WOLCE), at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on 19-20 October 2016.
Virtual College will be on stand B120 at the World of Learning Conference which is being held on the 19th and 20th of October at the NEC in Birmingham. They will be exhibiting their full service offer and illustrating the benefits of an integrated approach to sourcing, managing and delivering online training programmes.
The World of Learning Conference & Exhibition opens on 19 October at Birmingham’s NEC. The two-day show will deliver the most current insights and thinking in L&D as well as providing a highly effective environment for networking and business development. Visitors are encouraged to come ready to #TrainInYourTrainers.
Xyleme well positioned to bring innovation to learning content
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has launched Miracle on the Hudson Revisited: The Passengers’ Perspective, a compelling safety training program that stresses the importance of 4 Cs — competence, commitment, compassion and communication — in developing and sustaining safety excellence.
Based on community feedback and the results of a successful pilot, AXELOS has taken the decision to lower the prerequisite for PRINCE2 Agile to PRINCE2® Foundation level in addition to a number of other recognized project management certifications. This means the door has been opened to millions of business professionals who are now eligible to take the PRINCE2 Agile qualification.
Learning Nexus has been shortlisted for the Best Service Award category in the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland 2016/2017.
Affinity Sutton has selected Virtual College again as its online learning provider for its ‘Ready2Work ‘service which last year supported over 1000 people into work.
Henriette Kloots joins the LPI to head up the global channel business.
Amy Burvall, educational technologist and broadcaster, is to appear on September’s Learning Now tv discussing the importance and value of creativity at work. Also on this month’s show: campaign fundraising using social media; setting yourself up as a freelancer; and a review of LearningLive 2016.
Over 100,000 people have already registered for the Home Office’s online training package, developed with online learning specialist, Virtual College, to generate rapid, widespread awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM).
NetDimensions and eXact learning solutions announced today an affiliate agreement that will allow both companies to extend the impact of their flagship solutions to their respective client bases.
De Taaltrainer demonstrates commitment to excellence with an accreditation from the Learning and Performance Institute.
This year's World of Learning Conference & Exhibition is set to be highly interactive and engaging as L&D innovators, practitioners and thought-leaders come together to share expertise and insights at Birmingham's NEC on 19 & 20 October.
Italian staffing firm Gi Group has acquired global training and consulting companies TACK and TMI.
Online learning provider, Virtual College, is helping CatZero, the Hull-based charity, to equip young people with the skills, belief and attitudes to help them move on in the world.
Annual performance reviews are becoming a thing of the past with organisations embracing a more continuous approach to performance management, however they need the right tools to support them, shows a new study by Kallidus, an award-winning provider of learning and talent management solutions.
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