A World of Learning survey shows many enterprises are not ready for the apprenticeship levy, are not pushing their employees beyond their comfort zones and are not embracing the potential of Virtual Reality.
Wins 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze at the Brandon Hall HCM awards 2016.
Following its success in last year’s Learning Technologies Awards, Virtual College has been nominated in three categories for the 2016 Awards: • Learning technologies supplier of the year • Excellence in the design of learning content - public and non-profit sector. • Learning technologies designer of the year
The Training Foundation, under the TAP (Training Accreditation Programme) has developed a wholly online, tutor-supported set of International Qualifications, offered by the Institute from 1st September 2016.
Award-winning learning and talent management provider, Kallidus, has been shortlisted for two Learning Technologies Awards: Best Learning Game and Learning Technologies Designer of the Year.
Unicorn is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted in two categories for this year's prestigious Learning Technologies awards: Learning Technologies Supplier of the Year and Best Enterprise Platform Implementation.
This year’s World of Learning Conference is set to bring L&D theory and innovation into practice for delegates, as experts leading the way in performance excellence share insights and case studies within an engaging and interactive environment.
The Student Loans Company successfully launches Totara LMS based Digital Learning Academy with Learning Nexus to help meet L&D objectives.
NetDimensions has been selected by Mott MacDonald as the provider of its cloud Learning Management System (LMS).
With the increasing demand for student focused courses, Marshall E-Learning, the leading e-learning consultancy for higher education, have designed a suite of courses in partnership with universities, tailored to meet the mental, physical and emotional needs of today’s students.
Financial mutual OneFamily has chosen Kallidus LMS, 360° and Performance to provide its employees with a single and centralised cloud-based learning and performance management platform.
Sharing expertise at the internationally renowned World of Learning Conference & Exhibition taking place this year on 19 & 20 October at Birmingham’s NEC will be a host of L&D innovators, practitioners and thought-leaders.
Netherlands-based learning technology company to appear at premier UK L&D conference and exhibition
Leading global training and development consultancy TACK International is to deliver a Business Solutions workshop and reveal insights from its global research study into effective learning transfer at this year’s popular industry event, organised by the Learning and Performance Institute.
At a time of significant and perhaps even unprecedented change post-Brexit, it is more important than ever for L&D to be responsive to fast-evolving business needs.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 independent HR analyst, marks 20 years of learning and HR technology research since its inception in 1996. As part of its anniversary, Fosway is opening its archive of research, sharing some of its original papers, models and insights. Its analysts will also be exploring what the next 20 years will bring, as organisations try to keep pace with the digital revolution.
The eLN annual conference has been renamed eLN CONNECT and will be its biggest ever event, moving to the Minories Suite at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in central London. Open to members and non-members alike, registrations for this major conference are now being taken.
Learning Nexus, Gloucester-based eLearning company, is set to host a breakfast meeting on Wednesday 31st August 2016 for local businesses.
Appeal to learning professionals to donate ‘time and talent’ to help avert digital divide disaster for African education.
On August’s Learning Now tv Mel Milloway discusses Pokemon Go and its application for learning. Plus GSK’s global Director of Learning Quality and insights into learning design with PwC.
Virtual College has worked with the UK Sepsis Trust to create online training resources to tackle the sepsis crisis. Sepsis claims 44,000 lives annually in the UK and costs the NHS an estimated £2.5 billion.
The UK’s most comprehensive learning event takes place 19 & 20 October at Birmingham’s NEC. Featuring extensive opportunities to discover the latest in L&D and with a real focus on driving learning forward to deliver optimal results for business, visitors to World of Learning will come away with inspiration, solutions and tactics to apply immediately to their learning initiatives.
Some 400 women in Oman have now completed the Springboard women’s development programme.
Leading L&D experts from the NHS, GSK, Travis Perkins Group, Marks & Spencer, KPMG, McDonald’s and more are set to share their expertise at the illustrious World of Learning Conference & Exhibition.
The Springboard Consultancy’s ‘Sprint’ programme answers recent concerns about female graduates being able to get jobs.
Global learning company, eXact learning solutions, has signed an escrow agreement with NCC Group, a FTSE 250 listed global expert in cyber security and risk mitigation.
Virtual College, won the contract for the creation of a bespoke online learning solution, and has been working in collaboration with subject matter experts Connecting With People to develop the e-learning content.
To support professionals dealing with forced marriage in the course of their work and quickly improve general awareness, the government commissioned online learning specialist, Virtual College, to produce a new, e-learning package.
Pareto Law to discuss research on how graduates attitudes and capabilities have changed during the last 20 years through the internet revolution and beyond.
The UK’s largest study into the use of virtual reality (VR) in learning, published today by award-winning learning and talent management provider Kallidus, shows VR has captured the imagination of L&D professionals and could prove to be the next big transformational learning technology. The study reveals that 91% of L&D professionals plan to use VR for learning in their organisation, with over a third planning to roll out VR over the next three years.
iKBBI launched an online learning portal to its members at a House of Commons Event, developed by online learning specialist Virtual College in conjunction with CTSI.
Virtual College has partnered with Bradford College to develop innovative and engaging digital resources for the free of charge Hairdressing Training service from Jisc, the digital services and solutions organisation for UK education and research..
Training Industry has released the Top 20 Workforce Development Providers list, as part of its mission to continually monitor the training marketplace for the best providers of training services and technologies.
A new online course recognises the need for education in adult as well as child sexual exploitation and has been developed in association with subject matter experts from 9 organisations within the North East Safeguarding Training Group.
Some 1,000 women employed by Rolls-Royce plc, have completed the Springboard Women’s Development programme.
The Patient Safety Awards, which recognise outstanding practice across healthcare, took place in Manchester this week. Virtual College sponsored the Education and Training in Patient Safety Award and was invited to be on the judging panel to represent the important role technology and online training plays in the healthcare sector.
Matthew Syed, best-selling author of Bounce and Black Box Thinking, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the internationally renowned World of Learning Conference & Exhibition taking place this year on 19 & 20 October at Birmingham’s NEC.
Kallidus today announced that it is extending its award-winning learning and talent management suite with the launch of Kallidus Recruit, a powerful cloud-based recruitment management solution that streamlines complex recruiting processes and reduces the time and cost of hiring talented people.
The APEX 2016 Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.
Virtual College has worked in association with Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk, an internationally acclaimed specialist in infants’ abilities to communicate, to create a series of online learning resources that will help all professionals caring for babies and young children in understanding how the attachment process works.
Jam Pan, the on-demand elearning services platform, has added fee-based targeting and skills testing: two enhancements to enable learning and development teams to more quickly match their elearning needs with the right elearning services and providers.
International Customer Management Institute honors Barcelona customer service center
Following their two major industry awards this year and major project wins with Bristol-Myers Squibb, Zoetis and AstraZeneca, Acteon is heading into the second-half of 2016 with ambitious plans to grow their Medcomms team to support their expanding client base.
Bryan Eldridge, Senior Business Consultant with the global learning company, eXact learning solutions, is speaking at EDULEARN16, in Spain, in July.
Supporting new talent programmes in the learning sector
Omega Performance has implemented NetDimensions Analytics to provide its clients with a self-service, online reporting and analytics solution.
This award is a tribute to the astounding team work and relentless efforts by TIS team in delivering exceptional business performance for the year 2015.
The selection of this year's "Top 20" list was based on the following criteria: industry visibility, innovation and impact, capability to deliver multiple types of content, company size and growth potential, depth & breadth of subject matter expertise, quality of clients and geographic reach.
Kallidus, a multi-award winning provider of learning and talent solutions, has been listed in Gartner’s Market Guide for Corporate Learning Suites as a representative vendor.
Multi-award winning learning and talent solutions provider Kallidus will be showing how virtual reality (VR) can deliver a truly immersive learning experience for hard and soft skills training and development at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum.
A New Spring demonstrates commitment to raising standards in learning though continuous performance improvement.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, today announces the appointment of Fiona Leteney as a new Senior Analyst. The role will support the continuing growth of its next gen learning analyst practice and engagement with corporate clients and organisations across Europe.
On this month’s Learning Now tv Julian Stodd talks about the rise of the community with Nigel Paine. Plus interviews on machine and cognitive learning and managing for the first time; insights into Adobe’s research about the state of content.
Virtual College, has worked in association with JDRF, the type 1 diabetes charity, and members of the National Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Network to create online learning resources to help teachers, support staff and any other professionals who work with young people with this condition.
LearnX Impact Awards honour companies making an impact in Learning and Development throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
"The most interesting and innovative experimental psychologist in the world today" to speak at top UK learning event.
QA, the UK leader in IT and business skills training, has launched an Online ITIL® Academy, as part of a planned series including: Project Management, Cyber Security, Business Systems Development and App and Web Development.
QA is pleased to announce its’ headline sponsorship of this year’s IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, annual Freelancer Awards which recognise the UK’s best independent professionals.
Global eLearning provider, EssentialSkillz, have launched a new eLearning course to help staff be prepared and know what to do in the event of a terrorist attack.
Marshall E-Learning Consultancy, the Equality and Diversity specialist e-learning consultancy, has today launched a dedicated video e-learning service for its e-learning courses, tapping into the 74% of people who use mobile devices for e-learning.
Karen Daly-Gherabi has become Managing Director of The Springboard Consultancy, a UK-based international training company specialising in women's development issues.
In 2015, there were already an estimated 850,000 people living in the UK with dementia. These numbers are set to rise dramatically to over one million by 2025. This year around 225,000 people will develop dementia – that’s one every 3 minutes.
Discover how Channel 4 used campaign-led e-learning to meet diversity objectives.
Dutch learning provider demonstrates high level of operational quality after recent growth
Every year, over two million people in England & Wales suffer some form of domestic violence or abuse and every 30 seconds, someone contacts the police in relation to these issues.
Peter Cheese, CEO of the CIPD, commented in his welcome to the March 2016 issue of People Management, that innovation is urgently needed...we are delighted and proud to announce on this very special day, HRH The Queen's 90th birthday, that The Training Foundation has received the most prestigious business award in the UK for a second time - a Queen's Award for Enterprise for 'Innovation in the Quality Assurance of Learning & Development'.
The Medical University of South Carolina has partnered with NetDimensions to better manage learning and provide content-related services for more than 18,000 learners across the organization.
Marshall E-Learning Consultancy, the Equality and Diversity specialist e-learning consultancy, today held a Diversity and Inclusion Workshop with 10 leading UK universities and other sectors, such as legal and construction, at Woburn House, London.
The Learning and Performance Institute has announced the launch of a brand new certification programme, the ‘Webinar Masterclass’, designed to improve the confidence and delivery skills of anyone who presents webinars.
BMW Group Northern Europe has awarded Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), a three-year contract to provide training for BMW and Mini dealers in the Nordic Markets and Baltic States. The contract includes an option for two additional years.
The one-dimensional and outdated cyber security awareness learning provided by most UK organizations is not ‘fit for purpose’ and is limiting employees’ ability to understand what good cyber behaviours look like, according to research* from AXELOS.
Leading global training and development consultancy, TACK International, announces the appointment of new Sales Manager, Michael Copestake, with immediate effect.
Largest online educator in the Netherlands is awarded accredited status; demonstrates commitment to excellence and outstanding customer satisfaction.
NextSteps 2016, NetDimensions' global user conference, takes place this week from April 13-15 in Boston, MA.
Selection to this year's Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies List was based on industry visibility, innovation and impact; capability to deliver multiple types of training services; company size and growth potential; strength of clients and geographic reach.
Custom-Built Facility Enables Enterprises to Simulate a Cyber-Attack and Learn to Practice Defending their Systems and Data
Fifth Annual Internet of Things Day, April 9th 2016. As the technology industry prepares to celebrate technical achievements in connecting objects together, the UK’s largest training provider, QA, warns that from a security perspective, the IoT is broken.
PDS Group, a leading IT and Business Apprenticeship company, today announced a new Microsoft Software Tester Higher Apprenticeship. In partnership with Microsoft and Testhouse, an IT consultancy company, it’s collectively working with Software Industry Partners and companies across England to develop and nurture skills for growth.
Marshall, the Equality and Diversity specialist e-learning consultancy, have launched a new training course that looks at the student context of Unconscious Bias, available now to universities across the UK.
Virtual College has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses
New research from Towards Maturity, sponsored by Kallidus, reveals that mid-sized businesses are struggling to support the needs of today’s self-driven learners. It shows how they must modernise their learning strategies if they want to achieve the same business benefits as top learning organisations.
New research finds that those organisations using collaborative learning register significantly higher take up in all other L&D interventions; and enjoy average engagement scores around 10% higher than those that do not. In addition, two-thirds (67%) of those surveyed say that a more collaborative approach to working and learning would help boost productivity by at least 5% in their organisation.
The lack of robust cyber security strategies in many UK law firms and barristers’ chambers is putting them at a significantly higher risk of attacks, according to a new discussion paper from AXELOS.
To provide thorough guidance, Virtual College has created an online course – ‘Understanding pathways to extremism and the Prevent programme. This course is now highlighted in the Home Office’s Prevent Training catalogue.
'True data protection, and true data security, starts with training your people' says QA Technical Director. Many backup vendors have been touting their wares ahead of World Backup Day (March 31, 2016). In response, the UK’s largest training provider, QA, is warning firms not to try and solve the problem by simply buying more technology. Instead, QA is counselling a more holistic approach to backup and data protection – one that gives training and education of staff equal billing to technology investment.
Global eLearning provider, EssentialSkillz, has released a new Prevent eLearning course to help organisations provide knowledge on how to safeguard against extremism and radicalisation and to help prevent vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism.
Virtual College is sponsoring the ‘Education and Training' category at the Patient Safety Awards, part of the Patient Safety Congress being held in Manchester from 5-6 July 2016.
Learning now tv interviews Paul Morgan, Head of L&D at Telefonica, about how he has lead the digital transformation in this global enterprise. March’s Learning now tv goes out Thursday 31 March at 8 pm, hosted by Kim George and Nigel Paine.
Global provider of health and safety software solutions, Safety Media, has opened a London office, expanding its business to serve London's health, safety and compliance training market.
In its recent independent review of Virtual College’s Learning Management System, Enable, independent reviewer, Learning Light, said:” Virtual College has really set a new standard in learning management systems with this latest version of Enable.”
QA, the UK leader in IT and business skills training, has been presented with a Director’s Award from Red Hat. Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, gives one Director's Award a year to partners that go the extra-mile in their work with Red Hat.
QA, the UK leader in IT and business skills training, has been presented with the EMEA Training Partner of the Year Award from Hortonworks.
Global eLearning provider, EssentialSkillz, has released an addition to their acclaimed Learning Management System providing employers with a powerful tool for company wide policy compliance.
The GSMA’s Mobile World Congress took place in the vibrant city of Barcelona, at the end of February 2016. The event is an opportunity for organisations to showcase leading mobile innovations and explore new developments that will shape our use of mobile technology in the future.
Kallidus, the multi-award winning provider of learning and talent solutions, has appointed renowned industry expert Tim Drewitt as product innovator to help shape the future of Kallidus’ product suite.
The performance of online training provider, Virtual College, has been recognised by Plimsoll Analysis as it achieves its latest milestone of two million online learners.
While more than 35,000 women in Australia have now experienced the Springboard development programme, the programme’s results are greater than mere numbers.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR and learning analyst, reveals the critical realities of HR technology across Europe, in partnership with HRN, the world’s largest corporate HR network focused on the future of work and technology. Ahead of the HR Tech World Spring event in London next week, the new research is being made available through a series of reports and infographics.
Leading e-learning provider, Learning Pool, has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards for superior business performance.
Global Knowledge Wins Cisco Learning Partner Award for Partner Enablement and Innovation
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