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The one-dimensional and outdated cyber security awareness learning provided by most UK organizations is not ‘fit for purpose’ and is limiting employees’ ability to understand what good cyber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
UK organisations are putting their reputation, customer trust and competitive advantage at greater risk by failing to provide their staff with effective cyber security awareness and capability to defend against cyber attacks, according to the latest research from AXELOS.
Unicorn Commercial Director, Mark Jones, believes the financial services industry has seized the opportunity to “look at compliance in the context of cultural transformation” as landmark new Accountability regulation comes into force on Monday (7 March).
NetDimensions has been ranked as a ‘Leader’ in the Aragon Research Globe™ for Corporate Learning, 2016 for excellence in enterprise LMS functionality, talent management, compliance, analytics, and language support.
NetDimensions is positioned again as a “Core Leader” in the Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Management Systems (LMS).
A doctor from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has become the 300,000th National Patient Safety Suite learner.
Global Knowledge, worldwide leader in IT and business training, today announced that it has been named as an AWS Authorized Training Provider in the UK to deliver the complete curriculum of AWS training courses.
The UK-based training company, The Springboard Consultancy, has revealed that over 35,000 women in Australia have now experienced its ‘Springboard’ development programme.
This month’s Learning now tv covers virtual reality in training, data analytics in L&D, trends in imagery and communicating technical subjects. February’s Learning now tv goes out this Thursday at 8 pm, hosted by Kim George and Nigel Paine.
Blind women throughout the Middle East now have the chance to build the skills and confidence to make a better world for themselves at work, home and in their wider communities. They are now able to do so through being able to access the award-winning ‘Springboard’ women’s development programme.
Award-winning learning provider, Learning Pool, today announced that it has gained the ‘ILM Recommended’ stamp of approval for the content in its ready-to-go premium suite of business e-learning.
TMI World, the global consultancy for cultural transformation, announces the launch of its new book “SHIFT!” - comprising a collection of informative and engaging organizational transformation stories, based on real experiences of helping clients across the globe to embrace change.
The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a global leadership development and management training company, today released First-time Manager—its new training programme built on the time-tested secrets of The New One Minute Manager.
When the Nursing and Midwifery Council announced that nurses revalidation would be introduced across the whole nursing profession from April 2016, Nursing Times turned to Learning Pool and Totara for a technology solution that would help their users keep their registration up to date with the regulator.
The latest edition of Fosway Group’s 9-Grid Report for Authoring Tools sees eXact learning solutions’ learning content management system (LCMS) improve its rating as a ‘Potential Leader’.
Kallidus, a multi-award winning provider of learning and talent solutions, has had its LMS rated as the #2 LMS in the world for financial services organisations by e-learning analyst Craig Weiss.
A recent poll by Brightwave found that more than two-thirds of Learning Technologies delegates felt that greater employee engagement was the most significant improvement that personalised learning could bring to the workplace.
Significant milestone for global learning provider.
TrainingIndustry.com recently named The Ken Blanchard Companies® to the Top 20 Leadership Training Companies List for the seventh year in a row. The Top 20 List is a part of TrainingIndustry.com’s mission to continually monitor the training marketplace for the best providers of training services and technologies. TrainingIndustry.com is a US based organisation, though it's lists do include global organisations.
Multi-award winning learning and talent solutions provider Kallidus has won the coveted gold award for External Learning Solution of the Year, in partnership with Transport for London, at the 20th annual Learning Awards.
Blue Eskimo’s most recent annual work and salary survey suggests that the company has become the learning sector’s top choice for finding new jobs.
Adapt Learning, the highly popular authoring language pioneered by the UK e-learning industry is set to benefit from an ambitious initiative led by Learning Pool. From April this year, Adapt Learning will be available online and completely free for users who want to create highly interactive e-learning that works across multiple devices.
Television personality returns to present the 2016 Learning Awards ceremony at London's Dorchester Hotel.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, will again be sponsoring the Coaching and Mentoring Award offered by the British Association for Women in Policing (BAWP).
ITIL Practitioner will help organizations and individuals increase the value they obtain from adopting and adapting the ITIL framework.
Publication of new book entitled the Mindfulness at Work Pocketbook, written by Margaret Chapman-Clarke and published by Management Pocketbooks Ltd of Alresford, Hampshire.
Leading training and development consultancies TACK International and TMI International officially announce and congratulate Award Winners from annual Global Congress event.
The 2016 benchmark study from specialist recruitment consultant Blue Eskimo has revealed that more than three quarters of the UK’s learning professionals wish to change jobs – despite being happy in their roles.
MicroTek, an industry leader in training room rentals and virtual delivery solutions, is continuing its growth and expansion into the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region to meet the increased global demand for their training delivery solutions.
KPMG is delighted to announce it has been awarded a landmark contract to deliver high quality, innovative learning to over 400,000 civil servants nationwide. A consortium of companies, led by KPMG, won the formal tender process managed by Crown Commercial Service on behalf of Civil Service Learning (CSL), and will deliver learning programmes for civil servants across the country from March 2016.
The role gamification can play in powering-up e-learning will be explored at Learning Technologies 2016, by multi-award winning learning and talent management provider, Kallidus.
Italy-based eXact learning solutions has announced its intention to bring a radical and innovative approach to the online learning technologies industry in 2016.
Join experts and senior leaders from Brightwave, the BBC and Learnworks for a panel discussion around whether personalisation holds the key for smart organisations to re-engage their learners.
Leading German Totara partner, Synergy Learning will be exhibiting and presenting at this year’s Global International Trade Fair and Convention for Learning with IT, Learntec 2016 on the 26th-28th January.
Acteon and Channel 4 are taking part in the upcoming Learning Technologies event in London.
AXELOS, the owner of Global Best Practice portfolios including ITIL® and PRINCE2®, today announces a RESILIA™ cyber resilience certified training partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Education Services.
Leading e-learning provider, Learning Pool, has been named in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work for 2016.
Survey reveals UK managers do not care how good their learning resources are, they are still going to use Google first, because it is easy.
Capita has today announced the acquisition of Brightwave, an e-learning company that specialises in designing learning solutions to improve performance in businesses.
Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has launched its new brand identity and website today. The new branding reflects how far the award-winning company has evolved in recent years with its growing product portfolio and as a result of its commitment to building longstanding partnerships with customers.
Online training specialist, Virtual College, has created a new course ‘Self-harm and suicidal thoughts in children and young people’ for professionals who come into contact with children or young people.
17th December, 2015. Global Knowledge, the world's leading provider of IT and business skills training to the corporate sector, announced the appointment of Sean J. Dolan as President and Chief Executive Officer.
BP's Director of Online, Nick Shackleton-Jones, is interviewed on this month’s Learning Now tv, discussing how BP has moved from courses to resources and how it is making the most of wearables, apps and touch in learning. Thursday’s programme also takes an indepth look at curation in L&D, with Martin Couzins and Jon Kennard.
On Wednesday the 9th of December Coldharbour Systems, part of Civica Group, was presented with a TAP® (Training Accreditation Programme) Partners shield in recognition of their “commitment to quality assurance in learning and development.”
Marshall E-Learning Consultancy has announced a partnership with leading law firm Shakespeare Martineau to ensure training compliance and to strengthen the knowledge and relevance of the content in its training courses so that they continue to meet the ever evolving needs of clients.
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) announces SAS as headline sponsor for the 20th annual Learning Awards, the learning sector’s premier showcase of outstanding achievement in corporate learning and performance.
The Learning and Performance Institute is to provide local operations and support to the workplace learning sector in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
The POD Awards (Positively Different Staff Awards) are held annually by South Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust’s Learning and Leadership Development team, working with Virtual College, won the coveted ‘Chris Holley’ award for innovation .
EssentialSkillz is proud to announce that their recent success in world markets was recognised by Deloitte in their Technology Fast 50 Awards for 2015.
Ilkley-based Virtual College has joined forces with global publisher, William Reed Business Media, to help plug the skills gap in the food sector.
LPI launches refreshed website to celebrate 20 years in workplace learning
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are increasingly being used to support the delivery of training, as Learning & Development teams continue to face budgetary pressures to downsize and deliver more. However, SMEs are often ignored when it comes to professional development in training delivery skills, primarily due to the fact that line managers are under pressure not to release them for training and face budgetary constraints. The Training Foundation has developed a simple, effective and practical solution to this issue, which includes a one day programme giving SMEs critical TAP delivery skills.
ILT Solutions and NetDimensions announced today that they have signed a reseller agreement for the DACH market.
Promoting staff and organisational growth and development remain key to the success of businesses and organisations worldwide. Now a new course from Marshall E-Learning Consultancy is aiming to unlock gains in employee productivity and enhanced performance that modern, forward-thinking employers are looking for.
Bristol’s Computershare (ASX: CPU) was today presented with a trophy in recognition of its “commitment to quality assurance in learning and development.” Partner status is only granted to organisations that commit to the robust 'Queen's Award for Innovation - winning, skills-based, assessable TAP methodologies for learning.
Global learning and performance agency Brightwave and PwC are celebrating after success at Wednesday night's E-Learning Awards ceremony. Over 700 guests gathered at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, London on 25th November for the annual award gala to recognise the best of e-learning.
Virtual College’s Gold Award for E-learning development company of the year was in recognition of its position at the forefront of developing collaborative, customer-focused e-learning for organisations across the UK for the last 20 years.
Organisations across the UK who successfully link learning and skills development to business performance will soon be able to receive national recognition, thanks to a brand new awards programme delivered by the City & Guilds Group.
A programme intended to end the gender pay gap by helping undergraduate women develop to their fullest potential, has now amassed over 2,000 ‘graduates’ since it began in May 2013.
Despite eight out of ten IT decision makers experiencing a data or cyber security breach in their organisation in 2015, less than one-third plan to invest in cyber security technologies in 2016.
Telecoms giant, Telefónica, has standardised its technology-delivered learning materials thanks to eXact learning solutions’ learning content management system (LCMS).
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