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    • Walkgrove shortlisted for Training Journal Award 2019

      Walkgrove | Derby |

      Walkgrove’s Security and Counter Terrorism eLearning module and alternative f2f delivery module aimed at HGV drivers, has been shortlisted for The Best Public Service/Not for Profit Programme Award by the Training Journal Awards 2019.

    • Virtual College partners with experts to address the future of L&D

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College are launching a new thought-leader series ‘Shaping the Future of L&D’. In this series, they have partnered with 14 learning and development experts to address how L&D is changing as technology rises.

    • Virtual College shortlisted for three Training Journal Awards

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College, renowned for its online courses and learning management software, has been shortlisted in all three categories which it entered in the prestigious Training Journal Awards 2019.

    • Fuse Universal Brings Next-Level L&D to the USA

      Fuse Universal | Boston, USA |

      From London to Cape Town to Sydney, Fuse Universal has been changing the face of Learning & Development. With a number of marquee US clients already signed up, Fuse is now set to open its first US office in Boston.

    • Cyber Security - we all have our role to play

      The Access Group |

      Nick Wilding, General Manager of Cyber Resilience at Unicorn's content provider RESILIA shares some key learnings from his experience in offering GCHQ-certified online cyber awareness training that can help organisations combat the ever-growing cyber threat.

    • New eLearning to support charity staff

      Charity Learning Consortium | UK |

      The Charity Learning Consortium has added a wide range of new content to its existing eLearning library, to support charity staff and volunteers. A new course on career development, and new content added to popular courses such as workplace wellbeing, enhances the eLearning portfolio.

    • Preview of World of Learning Conference 2019

      World of Learning | Birmingham, United Kingdom |

      World of Learning 2019 takes place on 15 & 16 October at the NEC, Birmingham. Four of the conference’s speakers – Tom Cheesewright, Jonathan Kettleborough, Paul Matthews and Krystyna Gadd - and its chair, Robin Hoyle, share their thoughts on L&D and key points from their sessions with event organiser, Andrew Gee.

    • Unicorn Training Q2 Update and Q3 Preview

      The Access Group |

      2019 continues to see exciting changes for Unicorn with the launch of its Governance Risk and Compliance suite as well as new third-party content. All GRC courses that were updated in Q2 have also now been converted to the improved version of Unicorn's authoring tool - eCreator 2.0.

    • Corinium announces launch of L&D Influencers Europe 2019 in London 17-18 September

      Corinium Global Intelligence | London |

      Building upon previous success of the Chief Learning Officers US series, the new European event is set to host 100+ C-level L&D and HR professionals from across mainland Europe for two days of in depth discussion exploring L&D strategies, delivering insights and examining the latest developments in areas like employee engagement, personalisation of training, the ROI of L&D, digital and continuous learning.

    • LPI announces top 20 highest-performing learning providers of 2019

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

      Using benchmark data from its well-established 'Performance Through Learning' programme, the LPI identifies the 20 highest-scoring accredited learning providers, all of whom are operating at the very best levels of performance.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.5

      The Access Group | Bournemouth, Brighton, London, UK |

      Unicorn LMS 8.5 brings improvements to many existing features, with enhanced form functionality with new fields and email options, as well as introducing better ways to report on them. Unicorn continues to update eCreator making it even easier to design content. There have been improvements to My Team Activity for tracking Team activity progress. This release also sees the introduction of the Qualification Portlet enhancing the Qualification functionality of the LMS.

    • Virtual College Finalists in EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards 2019

      Virtual College by Netex | Ilkley, UK |

      Virtual College were chosen as one of twenty finalists out of 250 applicants in the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Startup Awards for education and training companies who have shown the most revenue growth momentum over the last three years.

    • Kallidus showcases the power of a great learning experience at LTSF 2019

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Award-winning learning and talent management provider Kallidus will be showcasing its latest innovative tools and techniques for creating learning experiences that boost engagement and improve performance at Learning Technologies Summer Forum, at ExCel London on 11 July 2019.

    • Brand new AML and CTF training

      The Access Group |

      Release of Unicorn's redesigned and revamped AML and CTF course is imminent. The updated course features enhanced content surrounding the practical tools and prevention methods for these crimes, as well as Countering Terrorist Financing content and its parallels to AML preventative measures. This course is targeted for release in July 2019.

    • L&D’s misconceptions about ‘digital’ on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On June’s Learning Now tv Myles Runham presents a clearer view of ‘digital’ for L&D, Cathy Moore talks about performance-focused learning design and a review of Royal Mail’s VR-based dog safety training programme.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.4

      The Access Group | Bournemouth, Brighton, London |

      Unicorn LMS 8.4 builds on Certification Regime support by introducing validation for Forms. Unicorn has significantly enhanced Diagnostic Assessments, which will now allow customers to use Likert scale-style questions to create learner-driven gap analysis assessments. In this release Unicorn has also made several improvements to eCreator and Administrators will notice a new-look Organisation & Users area. For its Users, Unicorn has introduced new portlets for Surveys and Qualification Plans.

    • Kallidus announces new AI recommended learning feature

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Kallidus, the award-winning learning and talent management provider, has announced a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) feature for Kallidus Learn. Available as beta-release, the AI recommended learning feature suggests new learning courses to employees that other similar learners in the organisation have rated highly. The algorithm learns and improves as feedback increases on courses, providing ever-improving recommendations to help employees boost their skills with relevant and engaging digital learning.

    • Unicorn Release Note 8.3

      The Access Group | Bournemouth |

      Unicorn LMS 8.3 continues to enhance the Forms and Workflows functionality with the addition of Mandatory Training categories.

    • Women In Learning Conference announced

      Women In Learning | London |

      Women In Learning Conference endeavours to join a collective of men and women together to begin to raise awareness of the challenges women are facing in the workplace, but also highlight their successes and fascinating career trajectories. It’s an event intended to inspire, motivate, empower, and most importantly, instigate a change.

    • Be a GDPR Hero

      Skillcast |

      Skillcast has released a new version of GDPR Hero. This is a serious game where people are challenged to make decisions on everyday data-processing scenarios.

    • Rise to the challenge of mobile learning

      Omniplex Learning | Harpenden, UK |

      Omniplex is co-hosting an event with Asda on mobile learning. The event will teach delegates how to create inherently responsive eLearning courses.

    • Unicorn Training Q1 Content Update

      The Access Group |

      2019 has already got off to a flying start at Unicorn with the launch of its brand new Mortgage and Home Finance suite and updates to a good many courses, not only from its Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) collection but also from its content partners.