The Secret Learning Life of UK Managers
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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.
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.
Creativedge Training has today announced that its 90-minute bite-size training will now be also be available in 180-minute sessions
Kallidus, leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, has been shortlisted for five prestigious E-Learning Awards for the second year running.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, has become a member of WISE.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company, based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues, is presenting its range of development programmes to members of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) at their annual conference, being held at the University of Warwick on 2nd and 3rd September.
The Italy-based digital learning content management business solutions producer, eXact learning solutions, is expanding its operations in North America. Among other things, this involves opening of a new North American headquarters office in Washington DC.
Learning Now tv this month includes features on skills predictions in L&D, getting the best from social media and an interview with Kate Rash of Getty Images on communicating in a meaningful and impactful way.
To support professionals dealing with forced marriage in the course of their work and quickly improve general awareness, the government has commissioned online learning specialist, Virtual College, to produce a new e-learning package.
Improved performance in the learning industry is fuelling rapid growth for Blue Eskimo, the specialist provider of recruitment services to the sector.
Acteon is delighted to be supporting Towards Maturity in their latest In-Focus Report: Building Engagement – 7 techniques to improve staff engagement.
One of the largest NHS Trusts providing community, mental health, learning disability and social care services in England is transforming its workplace training with 13 new elearning modules aimed at helping to improve safety and free up more time for staff to spend with patients.
TrainingIndustry.com Recognized Xyleme for Fourth Consecutive Year.
Nigerian women are developing their education outside the formal education system and also building their confidence levels as a result of a development programme, devised by The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company, based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues.
Women in the Caribbean are now benefitting from the award-winning development programme from The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues.
Marshall E-Learning, the Equality & Diversity specialist consultancy, has launched a tool to help businesses and their employees to better understand Unconscious Bias in the workplace.
The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, is now finding success in also helping men to clarify their priorities and life goals.
Learning Technologies Group (LTG) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Eukleia, a provider of e-learning to the financial services sector, in keeping with its ‘buy and build’ strategy to create a global leader in e-learning in excess of £50m of revenue.
Warwick Conferences’ independent Value of Satisfaction research investigated the key factors into what generates satisfaction with an event for delegates, event bookers, and managers at an off-site event, and provided valuable insights into what counts when it comes to conferencing.
A women’s development programme, developed in the UK and now delivered around the world, is continuing to prove its worth in this country.
New website from leading UK training provider offers visitors and users a more interactive and participatory experience, thanks to its responsive design in order that they might exchange knowledge, information and receive support for their training and L&D issues. Site also includes a social learning forum and live online chat feature.
Brightwave, the leading global provider of learning content, products and services, has reported record levels of growth with profits having trebled in the 2014/15 fiscal year.
Facilities provider showcases strong links with Warwick University - presents workshop on how an understanding of economics can boost business.
LNTV this month includes features on leadership development at Sony Music Entertainment, learning design with LEO’s Elly Davies and a look ahead to September’s Learning Live event in London.
The Patient Safety Awards, which recognise outstanding practice across healthcare, took place in Birmingham this month. 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.
Mental toughness is a current buzzword in L&D. It is frequently used but often without context. What exactly does ‘mental toughness’ mean? Peter Clough, Chair in Applied Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, is set to explore this in his keynote speech at the forthcoming World of Learning Conference.
Talent management practices should be more transparent, according to a new study by Kallidus, a leading provider of learning and talent management solutions. In a survey of 518 directors, managers and employees, 71% of respondents said their organisation should be more open about which employees are in their company’s talent pool.
Future trends, motivating the younger workforce and workplace design are just some of the industry topics covered in a series of seminars of a renowned L&D event.
Acteon is delighted to be working with the Creative Diversity Network to develop blended learning in support of the new Diamond diversity monitoring initiative for the UK TV industry.
AXELOS Global Best Practice has today launched the new Cyber Resilience Best Practice portfolio - RESILIA - aimed at putting employees at the centre of an organization’s cyber resilience strategy, providing business with the confidence they need to recognize, respond to and recover from cyber-attacks effectively.
AXELOS has released a new version of the popular Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3) following extensive customer feedback and a successful pilot programme with consulting organizations.
Organizations can be more effective in preventing and responding to cyber-attacks by ensuring effective collaboration between those responsible for cyber resilience and IT Service Management (ITSM) teams, according to a new white paper by AXELOS Global Best Practice.
AXELOS is using crowdsourcing - gathering ideas, challenges and advice from IT Service Management (ITSM) professionals from across the world - as part of the development of the new ITIL Practitioner qualification.
AXELOS is launching PRINCE2 Agile, the latest addition to the AXELOS Global Best Practice portfolio of products, which already includes the market leading qualifications of PRINCE2®, ITIL® and the recently launched cyber resilience portfolio, RESILIA™.
APEX 2015 Awards were based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.
Webanywhere, the elearning provider headquartered in Leeds, has announced that it has opened a new office in the heart of London to support its growing customer base in the South of England.
Virtual College will be demonstrating online careers guidance resources for schools at the Digital Education Show, London Olympia from 30th June to 1st July.
Learning Now tv this month includes interviews with Donald Taylor of the Learning Technologies Summer Forum, Designer Shoe Warehouse’s Sarah King on in-store training, an in-depth look at Network Rail’s award-winning learning project and a review of learning trends in the UK.
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