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    • Financial Times and IE Business School launch Headspring

      Headspring | London, UK |

      As a result of rapid expansion and success of a collaboration that set a new standard in the executive development sector, Financial Times and IE Business School have announced the launch of Headspring, the new identity of the joint venture formerly known as FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance. The re-brand comes four years after the original launch and is a result of a new approach towards greater client-centricity and value creation in the leadership development sector.

    • Walkgrove e-learning wins counter terrorism award

      Walkgrove | Derby |

      After a training requirement was identified to tackle issues of security and counter terrorism, Walkgrove was commissioned by the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) in conjunction with Transport for London, to develop an e-learning module aimed at HGV drivers. The resulting course went on to win the nationally recognised Counter Terrorism Education Project Award at the Counter Terror Awards, March 2019.

    • Skillcast Seminar: SCORM Games

      Skillcast | London, UK |

      Skillcast is presenting a seminar on how to build serious games that work on SCORM-compliance learning management systems (LMS) and the exciting possibilities this opens up for engaging employees, personalising e-learning courses and generating a wealth of information on compliance and competency in organisations.

    • Imparta Features on Training Industry’s Top 20 Sales Training Company List for the Ninth Year

      Imparta | London, UK |

      Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders, today released its selection for the 2019 Top Training Companies lists for the Sales Training sector of the learning and development market. Imparta is delighted to announce that it has, for the ninth year running, received this much sought after accolade.

    • Women in Learning on Learning Now tv

      Learning Now tv | London |

      The Women in Learning campaign is showcased on March’s Learning Now tv along with David James on learning at the point of work, how AI is being used to develop lawyers’ skills and Learning Now tv welcomes a new regular reporter, Euan Semple.

    • LPI announces top 15 highest-performing learning departments

      Learning and Performance Institute | UK |

      Using benchmark data from its well-established accreditation programme, the Learning & Performance Institute identifies this year's 15 highest-scoring internal learning departments, all of whom are operating at the very best levels of performance.

    • Corporates back project to support charity digital skills

      Clear Lessons Foundation | UK |

      The Clear Lesson Foundation has teamed up with River Island, Aviva, Costa Coffee and Good Things Foundation to produce video resources to help charities tackle their digital skills.

    • QA is teaching the nation to code in a series of coding workshops

      QA |

      Workshops hosted at Northumbria University were opened by Chi Onwurah MP who supports initiative that seeks to address tech diversity and the skills gap in Tyne and Wear. Teach the Nation to Code is a coding workshop run by QA aimed at career changers and graduates to inspire careers in tech and software development.

    • QA celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with a reception in parliament

      QA | London, UK |

      Brexit talks were set aside – in the grand Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons at least – on Tuesday 5th March as employers, apprentices and Parliamentarians gathered to celebrate the life-transforming power of apprenticeships for National Apprenticeships Week (NAW).

    • UK’s first female cyber security apprenticeship achiever earns highest possible grade

      QA |

      QA cyber security apprentice Stephanie Haynes of HORIBA MIRA just became the first woman in the UK to successfully complete the Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 apprenticeship programme – and she knocked her end-point assessment out of the park with a Distinction, the highest possible grade achieved by only one other learner so far.

    • Seasalt develops leaders of the future

      Learning and Performance Institute | Falmouth, UK |

      Lifestyle fashion brand, Seasalt, has received recognition from the Learning & Performance Institute (LPI), the global body for learning professionals, for its positive approach to workplace culture and leadership.

    • February’s Learning Now tv: in depth features and comment on the learning sector

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On February’s Learning Now tv Michelle Ockers challenges L&D’s to support a wider range of performance needs. Martin Couzins highlights some worrying news from the Learning Technologies’ and Fosway’s latest research. Nigel Paine catches up with young L&D professionals in the Netherlands. Plus Robin Hoyle on impact measurement, Good Practice’s annual 70:20:10 research and Learning News reports from Learning Technologies 2019.

    • Learnlight Launches Modern Learner eReport with Key Insights from AXA, Orange and BNP Paribas

      Learnlight | London, United Kingdom |

      Learnlight recently organized a Round Table in Paris focused on the topic of the Modern Learner and how corporate learning professionals are facing up to the challenges of engaging these impatient, overwhelmed and distracted learners. Following the event, Learnlight has produced an eReport with the key takeaways from the event and the insights of the panel of HR and Learning experts.

    • Skillcast releases 2019 update to its Essentials compliance e-learning library

      Skillcast | London, UK |

      Skillcast's latest release of its best-selling compliance e-learning library - Essentials 2019 - features advances in accessibility, content updates, UI/UX enhancements and test-out options that maintain its position as the comprehensive, high-quality, affordability staff compliance training solution for companies in the UK.

    • Raytheon wins multiple corporate training excellence awards in 2018

      Raytheon Professional Services |

      Dallas, Texas, (January 28, 2019) Raytheon Professional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has been recognized as a leader in training excellence in 2018 by multiple industry analysts and publications, including NelsonHall, Brandon Hall Group, Learning Technologies Awards and Chief Learning Officer magazine.

    • Kallidus Content launches new website showcasing award-winning projects ahead of Learning Technologies 2019

      Kallidus | Cirencester, UK |

      Award-winning digital content provider Kallidus Content has unveiled a new website to showcase its clients’ digital learning success stories. Kallidus has won 39 prestigious industry awards in recent years and the website shows how many of their customers are using innovative bespoke elearning and games to transform their learning and drive major programmes of organisational change.

    • Enhance global e-learning with multimedia localisation

      Capita | Manchester, UK |

      Sally Haywood and Kamil Juljanski from Capita Translation and Interpreting will be holding a seminar on e-learning and multimedia localisation at Learning Technologies, Europe’s leading L&D exhibition and conference, covering 10 steps on how to take e-learning content global through audio-visual and multimedia localisation.

    • Omniplex Group unveils new look

      Omniplex Learning | Harpenden, UK |

      Omniplex kick starts 2019 with a fresh new look, including a redesigned website and blog. The new website improves user experience, ensuring eLearning professionals can easily find the best product on the market and develop their eLearning expertise.

    • Career structure in learning and development

      CIPD | London |

      Andy Lancaster discusses CIPD's efforts to bring greater structure into L&D careers, through CIPD’s new profession map and qualifications, and two new L&D apprenticeships.

    • Young L&D professionals: Learning Now tv panel

      Learning Now tv | London |

      On January’s Learning Now tv a panel of young L&D professionals discusses how they like to learn. Matthew Holman and Paul Morgan discuss mental health awareness in the workplace. LNTV’s workplace diversity and inclusion series continues with ‘digital accessibility’. Plus regular contributors, Robin Hoyle and Ajay Pangarkar.

    • QA on a mission to boost tech diversity by signing Tech Talent Charter

      QA | London, UK |

      QA has signed the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) as part of its ongoing commitment to break down career barriers, bridge the UK’s skills gap, promote a diverse workforce and support women in tech. Founded by employers across the recruitment, tech and social enterprise fields, the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) brings together industries and organisations to drive diversity and address gender imbalance in technology roles. The government supported the TTC in its UK Digital Strategy policy paper published in March 2017.

    • What’s really happening in digital learning in 2019?

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      The hype surrounding the future of digital learning keeps coming; Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality...but what should L&D professionals be prioritising in their organisations today to ensure future success? New research opened today aims to understand the truth about digital learning, including the critical drivers and trends to watch, who’s really using what technologies today and making sense of the market and managing suppliers.

    • The L&D Global Sentiment Survey

      Donald H Taylor |

      Taking the pulse of of the L&D community worldwide, the 2019 L&D Global Sentiment Survey has opened for submissions.

    • InSync Training Announces New 2019 Programs and Services Catalog

      InSync Training | New Hampshire, USA |

      InSync Training has released its 2019 catalog of programs and services, listing all of the upcoming certificates and workshops for the upcoming year, as well as the many services available. Topics include facilitation, instructional design, production, microlearning, gamification, and more.

    • Six predictions for learning and development in 2019

      Headspring | London, UK |

      The annual look by Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance at what’s going to be hot in learning and development (L&D) in the year ahead focuses, perhaps inevitably, on the continuing impact of all things digital.

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