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).
Morses Club implements NetDimensions Talent Suite to manage their regulatory compliance training for employees and agents to assure that their workforce is fully compliant with the latest legal requirements.
AXELOS – the UK Government/Capita joint venture – has warned that organisations which concentrate their time and resources on technology solutions to manage cyber attacks rather than raising employee awareness of cyber resilience risk limiting their ability to prevent and recover from cyber attacks.
In a new video from Marshall E-Learning consultancy, Dan Robertson, explores the nature of unconscious bias at work.
Celebrating quality, excellence and best practice in corporate learning.
Over 200 staff, partners and friends celebrated Virtual College’s 20 year anniversary at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 independent HR analyst, today announces the appointment of Kate Graham as its head of content and communications. The new role will support the accelerated growth in research output following the launch of the organisation’s rebrand and next generation HR analyst practice in April 2015.
AXELOS has announced that ITIL Practitioner – the new qualification of the world’s most widely adopted service management framework – will launch globally in February 2016.
The Training Foundation is delighted to welcome David Annets, who joined the team as Global Director for the Policing sector on 2 November 2015. David comes with a fantastic pedigree, with over 30 years in Policing, the last four of which have been spent in Learning & Development closely associated to the College of Policing Ryton and delivering senior management & leadership programmes across the globe.
TACK International and TMI International officially announce new Executive Appointment of Samantha North as Global Operations Director. The appointment of this position further cements the company's commitment to increase global footprint and accessibility to the quality training solutions TACK and TMI are known for.
Celebrating quality, excellence and best practice in corporate learning.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 independent HR analyst, today releases its new Vendor Reports for the Learning Management Systems market. These comprehensive reports are a unique resource for European-based companies making decisions on their next generation learning and talent solutions.
Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), was honored with four coveted Brandon Hall Excellence Awards, often called the 'Academy Awards' of the learning and training industry.
Brazil has become the 44th of the world’s 196 countries to implement the ‘Springboard’ Women’s Development Programme.
PATH has selected NetDimensions Learning to manage training of more than 1,300 staff at offices in 44 cities across 20 countries.
On this month's LNTV Nigel Paine talks to Robin Hoyle on the state of L&D in 2015; features on agile learning, BP’s learning portal, Devlearn 2015; interviews with BT Learning Academy’s Martyn Stevenson-Read on his involvement with the eLearning Network and LEO’s learning design lead Thomas Winter.
Tata Interactive’s track record in gamification is impressive with many of its games and gamified solutions winning awards and customer appreciation every year.
Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 independent HR Analyst, today announces the latest research release from its Next Generation HR practice. Fosway Group will unveil the update to its popular 9-Grid™ analysis for the integrated talent management market at HR Tech World Congress in Paris.
Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been named as a finalist for its work with Transport for London (TfL) in the 2016 Learning Awards.
The Training Foundation has been approved by the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) as an Employer Nominated Training Provider. NSAN has welcomed TAP’s inclusion as an Employer Nominated Approved Provider and recommends TAP, as they firmly believe that the quality of employee training is crucial to the sector’s success in addressing the skills challenges the sector is facing for the planned nuclear programme.
Munich, Wednesday, 21st October 2015 – Speexx, the leading global provider of corporate online language training, has won China’s Brand of the Year Award, hosted by Training Magazine. The winners were officially announced last week in Shanghai, China.
NetDimensions' client Norton Healthcare, one of the largest integrated health care systems in Kentucky, won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Bronze Award for Excellence in the Best Advance in Learning Technology Implementation category.
Pedro De Bruyckere to reveal the urban myths surrounding some of our most dearly held learning theories, including 70-20-10, when he speaks at ‘Beyond Click Next’, the eLearning Network's annual conference on 11 November.
Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, is supporting Transport for London (TfL) through what is considered to be the largest business transformation programme in Europe.
Global Knowledge, the world's leading learning services and professional development solutions provider, has further invested in supporting its customers with the acquisition of DevelopMentor.
BJU International (BJUI), an independent charity for the advancement and improvement of education in urology and men's health, has selected Brightwave's Total Learning System tessello for its continuing professional development (CPD) platform, BJUI Knowledge. The platform launches in January 2016 and has been designed to provide urologists with a comprehensive CPD resource available on any device, combining e-learning content with a CPD diary function.
Springboard, a women’s development programme from The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), is helping Royal Mail cement its place as one of The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women.
For the first time, millions of professionals across the globe qualified in ITIL®, PRINCE2® and PRINCE2 Agile™ will be able to track and record their professional development through a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme as part of the new AXELOS Professional Development Programme.
A new online course, ‘Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery,’ has been developed to help support professionals’ and individuals’ understanding of human trafficking.
Brightwave shares collaborative insight into the latest development techniques in interactive video production and game-based learning as part of the main conference programme at this year's World of Learning Conference and Exhibition.
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, has selected NetDimensions' learning management system to manage training and certifications of 15,000 members of personnel.
Merlin has implemented Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) to streamline learning administration and improve management reporting. The company has also invested in Kallidus Performance which is set to go live later this year.
The World of Learning exhibition and conference features even more opportunities to discover the latest in L&D with over 120 exhibitors, The Technology Test Drive, live workshops, one-to-one consultations, free seminars and its renowned annual conference.
Best Advance in Custom Content - 1 Gold, 2 Silver; Best Use of Games and Simulations for Learning – 1 Gold; Best Use of Blended Learning - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze.
Users of the eXact learning solutions’ suite of digital learning content management business solutions met in Rome recently. There, they discussed the latest product features and gained an insight into forthcoming advances in the eXact learning solutions’ suite of products: eXact learning LCMS, eXact learning Packager and eXact learning Mobile.
Global eLearning provider, EssentialSkillz, are hosting a series of webinars with the aim to help companies improve training efficiency by up to 200%.
Hundreds of Midlands-based managers responsible for learning & development (L&D) will be discovering the latest in workplace learning when a national business event returns to the NEC for its 23rd year, with many of the region’s L&D companies taking part.
Courses on Cybersecurity from Industry Experts Help IT Professionals Meet the Needs of the Growing Industry.
QA, the leader in IT and business skills training, has acquired NETbuilder Academy, a leading provider of STEM-graduate consultants providing specialist IT skills into Clients.
Thomson Reuters Compliance Learning solutions is now available through NetDimensions Learning.
E-Learning Awards judges announced that Acteon, an eight-time Gold E-Learning Award winner, has been selected as a finalist in two categories for its work with UK broadcaster Channel 4.
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