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    • Learning from Marks and Spencer - a one off price reduction opportunity

      The Performance Solution | Bath, England |

      Due to the current economic climate, many companies such as Marks and Spencer have been giving one off special price reductions.

      The Performance Solution is pleased to be able to announce half price training in Extended DISC in January 2009, exclusively for those working in human resources, coaching, or training and development.

    • Ladbrokes Improves Retail Performance through New HR Initiatives and Training

      KnowledgePool | Bracknell, UK |

      Ladbrokes, Britain's biggest bookmaker, is aiming to further improve the performance of its UK shop business by introducing a series of HR initiatives and creating a more supportive management style. The HR initiatives include a new focus on performance management and talent management. The company has also created a leadership framework and it is working with learning specialist KnowledgePool to design, develop and deliver new training programmes.

    • DAK Americas Implements OSHA Training with NetDimensions EKP

      PeopleFluent | Hong Kong |

      NetDimensions, a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, announces that DAK Americas LLC, a leading producer of PET Resin, Polyester Staple Fibers and raw materials for polyester-based products, will be transitioning their training programs and implementing the NetDimensions' Enterprise Knowledge Platform (EKP).

    • DECOM 2008 debates the future for educational publishing

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      According to Vijay Kumar, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – and an advisor to India’s National Knowledge Commission – the traditional education model has been based on scarcity and assumed limited educational resources.

    • ELIG sets learning priorities in Europe for 2009

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy |

      Exploring a compelling vision of learning in the 21st century; demonstrating how 'learning' can ensure economic survival in the light of the current global financial crisis, and promoting technology for 'upskilling' learning as well as building knowledge and skills within professional communities are the priorities for The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) in 2009. These priorities were agreed at the organisation's annual general meeting (AGM), which was held in Sestri Levante, Italy, at the end of October and hosted by Giunti Labs, a leading learning and mobile content management solution provider, whose CEO, Fabrizio Cardinali, is chair of ELIG.

    • Coastal HealthTrain Offers A Must-Have Infection-Control Program

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions | Virginia Beach, VA |

      Coastal HealthTrain offers a program that deals with a perennial threat to healthcare professionals. BBP In Your World: Don't Risk It examines the ever-present danger of bloodborne pathogens and explains how they can be prevented. The program identifies common BBPs, traces their transmission routes and cites infection-control measures.

    • Impact International short-listed for prestigious training award

      Impact International | Lake District, UK |

      Global people development company Impact International has been short-listed for a prestigious World of Learning Award. Joining just three other finalists in the Coaching Programme of the Year category, Impact was selected for its innovative work with Barclays Bank. The awards recognise organisations and people who have significantly advanced workplace productivity and performance within the field of learning and development. Impact's innovative methodology develops leadership and coaching skills through the medium of movement.

    • Raytheon opens new training center in Samara, Russia

      Raytheon Professional Services | RUESSELSHEIM, Germany |

      Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has opened a training center in Samara, Russia, to provide basic and advanced technical and sales training for automotive dealerships.

    • The ROI Academy™ works with e-skills UK to measure the value of ITQ

      The ROI Academy | Henley on Thames, UK |

      The ROI Academy™ has been contracted by e-skills UK to measure the value of the ITQ to corporate clients. The ITQ is a qualification based on building capability in the use of IT systems and software. The ROI Academy is developing a case study looking at the impact of the ITQ programme within a major National Retailer.

    • BTL to exhibit and present at CBT Conference 2008, Baarn Holland

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd is proud to support the CBT (Computer Based Testing) conference in Baarn, Holland on 16th October 2008. The aim of the conference is to share experiences in using computer based technology to administer exams.

    • BTL to exhibit at Federation of Awarding Bodies 2008

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at this year's Federation of Awarding Bodies Conference, Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 15th and 16th of October.

    • Coastal Training Launches a Spill-Prevention Training Program

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions | Virginia Beach, VA |

      Coastal Training Technologies announces the release of a timely environmental protection training program. Spill Prevention & Control: Insuring A Safer World examines the safeguards and procedures to prevent and contain oil spills and leaks. It addresses the training needs of oil facilities for production, distribution, consumption and storage, helping them comply with SPCC regulations and maintain safe and environment-friendly operations.

    • Coastal Releases "Combustible Dust" Safety Training Program

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions |

      Coastal Training Technologies has released a timely program to address an issue that puts thousands of facilities and their surrounding communities at risk. Combustible Dust: Up In A Flash explores the nature of dust explosions and examines how they can be prevented.

    • IITT Launches ground breaking move to upgrade trainer performance quality

      Learning and Performance Institute | Coventry, UK |

      In a ground breaking move following extensive research and development, the Institute of IT Training (IITT) has today launched a nationwide programme to upgrade and monitor the performance quality of trainers of all disciplines.

    • KnowledgePool launches white paper on how to cut learning costs By 30%

      KnowledgePool | Bracknell, UK |

      Organisations can cut up to 30 per cent off their learning costs by addressing four areas of inefficiency, according to a new white paper launched today by KnowledgePool.

      Called Are You Cutting It?, the paper exposes supplier management, administration, scheduling and solution design as four areas where organisations can make significant savings. It features a worked example showing how a company with a £1m learning budget could cut its learning costs by 31.9 per cent.

    • Coastal Training Technologies Shows Public Employees How To Work Safely In Confined Spaces

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions |

      Coastal Training Technologies has released a vital new training program, Confined Space Entry: Keeping Public Employees Safe. It surveys the issue’s critical aspects - confined space definitions, permit space characteristics, the permit space process, changing conditions, OSHA permit, lockout/tagout, ventilation, flammability, testing, toxicity, retesting, heat precautions, communication, equipment, PPE, and rescue and training duties. Available on DVD or video, the program provides life-saving know-how to keep public employees safe and well-informed in confined space conditions.

    • FAA awards Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution contract to Raytheon team

      Raytheon Professional Services | United States |

      A team led by Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has received a 10-year contract to provide training support for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers. The single contractor award is valued at $437 million for the five-year base period. The contract also has two options. If exercised, the first option is three years and the second option, two years.

    • Further your career with TPS

      The Performance Solution |

      Gaining additional qualifications may be an excellent way to boost your employability. The trick is to choose training that relates directly to your career or develops transferable skills.

    • NLP: What is it?

      The Performance Solution |

      Today and unbeknown to most people, NLP forms the basis of much of today’s communication that employees and employers are embracing the term with infinite ease

    • BTL e-Assessment Tools Ranked Number One in Recent UKCDR Analysis

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      The University of Manchester's UKCDR project team (UK Collaboration for a Digital Repository for High Stakes Exams) found that BTL e-Assessment solutions came out on top in their independent study analysing current e-Assessment tools. The study, funded by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee), was conducted to determine which tools could potentially form part of an e-Assessment solution that would be sophisticated enough to support in house and national examinations.

    • Coastal Takes Driver Safety Training to the Next Gear

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions |

      Coastal Training Technologies just released a timely and much-needed driver safety training program, Before You Turn The Key. This compelling DVD program re-examines simple, life-saving practices that many drivers neglect, often at great personal cost to themselves and others.

    • Coaches: The benefit of training

      The Performance Solution |

      The Performance Solution have become one of the leaders of providing Executive Coach training through the support of Managing Director, Sally Vanson – but often she is asked what are the benefits of becoming a coach?

    • QA-IQ appoints Director of Professional Best Practice: Jeff Payne to lead business unit

      QA |

      QA-IQ has appointed its first Director of Professional Best Practice to lead and develop a new business unit. Jeff Payne, previously Head of the Service Management Practice at QA-IQ, will broaden his focus from August 2008 to include the Project and Programme Management and Business Analysis and Systems Development Practices as well as ensuring the continued success of the fast-growing Service Management portfolio.

    • The importance of CPD in coaching

      The Performance Solution |

      The Performance Solution know that the concept of CPD is not new, but agree that effective professionals in all fields have always realized the importance of new knowledge, improved skills and the development of personal qualities.

    • BTL and AlphaPlus launch e-Assessment Development: Principles and Practice

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      - An Essential Course for Authors Facing the Challenge of Creating e-Assessments - BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent provider of e-Assessment solutions, has teamed up with AlphaPlus, a team of highly experienced educational consultants with extensive experience in e-Assessments, to launch the 'e-Assessment Development: Principles and Practice course'.

    • BTL commits to ITIL: best practices in the provision of IT services

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK e-Assessment development and delivery company, announced today that all of its senior management and the majority of its Project Management, Software Development and IT/Technical Support teams are now ITIL qualified. This further enhances the commitment previously made by BTL to ensure all Project Managers and other relevant members of staff are PRINCE2 qualified.

    • SQA Releases White Paper on Sustainable Development of e-Assessment

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), a prominent BTL Group Ltd customer, has released a white paper, Innovating Assessment in Scotland, outlining a sustainable model of e-Assessment development utilising BTL's state-of-the-art authoring tool, ContentProducer.

    • Pearson steps up investment in China

      Pearson VUE | London |

      Pearson, the international education and information company, today announces that it has agreed to acquire two privately-owned English language school chains in China.

    • Content Master at the new format two week TechEd conference in Orlando

      Civica | UK |

      Content Master will be at the big TechEd show in Orlando from 3rd to 13th June. The show is the premier event of its kind aimed at technical staff and training and education professionals working in the Microsoft technology field with over 12,000 delegates expected.

    • BTL provides AAT with complete e-Assessment solution

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK Learning and Assessment solutions provider is pleased to announce that they will be assisting the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) with a three-year project to move from traditional paper based exams to On-Screen delivery.

    • Exciting new management qualification from QA-IQ:Accredited by Middlesex University's Institute for Work Based Learning

      QA |

      QA-IQ has today launched a new accredited programme for management development in a unique partnership with Middlesex University's Institute for Work Based Learning. This degree-level qualification combines the flexibility of building knowledge through QA-IQ's renowned 'Art of People' courses with guided learning in the workplace to embed skills and deliver hands-on experience. The programme will be completed by a work based assignment, applying the skills learnt directly to a relevant project.

    • SQA signs landmark e-Assessment contract with BTL

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK Learning and Assessment solutions provider, announced today that the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has selected BTL to provide an enterprise wide e-assessment development and delivery system.

    • Alpha Plus/BTL white paper reviews the current and future vision of e-assessments

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL, in partnership with AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd, has produced a highly informative white paper on the current market for e-assessment, taking into consideration the drivers for change and development, and presenting a vision of where e-assessment could be in five years’ time.

    • WoLLNET project to use BTL e-Assessment tools

      BTL | Shipley, United Kingdom |

      BTL is delighted to announce that it will be the ‘Technology’ partner in the Workplace Literacy, Language and Numeracy Evaluation Toolkit Project (WoLLNET).

    • KnowledgePool acquires BTP

      KnowledgePool |

      In a move to consolidate its position as the UK market leader in managed learning, KnowledgePool has acquired Business Training Partnership (BTP).

    • BroadSkill joins with Bray Leino

      Bray Leino Learning | Chester |

      As part of Bray Leino's commitment to creating a world class Learning and Training business, we have joined forces with BroadSkill Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of business process and IT Training.

    • Coastal Training Technologies releases a new, cutting-edge program on roadwork safety.

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions | Virginia Beach, VA |

      Coastal Training Technologies has recently released Roadway Worker Safety: In the Zone, its latest program on road construction safety.

      Roadway Worker Safety: In the Zone identifies crucial roadwork hazards, from falls, excavation and trenching to electrocution, equipment mishaps and runovers. The program outlines specific safety preventive measures for each, including PPE, Traffic Control Pattern Awareness, and night-work operations. It also offers practical tips on flagging, MSDS use and general safety procedures.

    • Kuwait Petroleum Company engages with The ROI Academy to measure the value of its BTEC training programme

      The ROI Academy | Henley on Thames, UK |

      The Petroleum Training Centre (PTC), the training division of the Kuwait Petroleum Company wanted to measure the alignment and value of its BTEC programme which it delivers to all new employees. As the BTEC is an academic qualification providing essential skills that are applied over a working life, it makes measurement more challenging. Therefore, PTC consulted and engaged with The ROI Academy, the UK's leading organisation in this field.

    • Blue Eskimo's Jobs Triple - ready for New Year job seekers

      Blue Eskimo |

      Blue Eskimo, the leading recruitment provider to the training and e-learning sector, says that, as we enter the new year, more people than ever are looking for new jobs within this sector – what’s more, there are a record number of jobs being advertised.

    • Global Knowledge Named Finalist in 2008 SC Magazine US Awards for Best Professional Training Program

      Global Knowledge | Wokingham, UK |

      Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT and business training, has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine US Awards program for outstanding achievement in information-technology (IT) security. The company’s Best Professional Training Program was recognized in the Professional Award category. This is the third year in a row that Global Knowledge has been recognized in the SC Magazine Awards program.

    • The ROI Academy appoints new Commercial Director

      The ROI Academy | Henley on Thames, UK |

      With projected growth in excess of 100% per annum over the next 3 years, The ROI Academy, the UK's leading organisation for evaluating and measuring training, appoints Mike Leeson as its Commercial Director.

    • Coastal Training Technologies takes a back-seat look at distracted driving

      DuPont Sustainable Solutions | Virginia Beach, VA |

      Driven To Distraction is a groundbreaking new training DVD and video from Coastal that is sure to raise the awareness of the danger of distracted driving. This unique program features a narrator who is the personification of all the distractions drivers face - cell phones, mp3 players, eating and drinking, children, maps, and many more. He candidly demonstrates how distractions can sneak in on every ride with tragic results.

    • What has your digital repository done for you lately?

      Intrallect | Online Educa Berlin 28-30 Nov 2007 - Exhibitor |

      Imagine a scenario. A researcher in Bali, working on an international project investigating changes in world weather patterns takes a video of a particularly spectacular typhoon. She quickly uses her mobile phone to upload the video to the project's digital repository.

    • Seventh Develop Training Centre Opens

      Develop Training | Warrington, UK |

      Develop Training Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of Technical Skills Training within the Utility, Transport and regulated business sector opens new centre in Warrington.

    • Tata Interactive Systems expands in Germany

      MPS Interactive Systems | London, UK and Mumbai, India |

      No sooner had the global learning provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) (www.tatainteractive.com), established a presence in the Netherlands in order to service the Northern European market than it also opened a new office in Koln, Germany.

    • Giunti Labs announces 'SCORM 2004' certification for the new version of its learn eXact e-learning suite

      eXact learning solutions | Sestri Levante, Italy, & London, UK |

      Giunti Labs, Europe's leading vendor of e-learning and mobile learning content management solutions (LCMS), has announced that the new version of its learning eXact LCMS meets the SCORM 2004 final edition specification. SCORM 2004 is the ‘de facto’ e-learning standard for interchanging learning content between compliant LMS and LCMS systems.

    • Communication is key to successful change management: Managing awareness drives trust in development

      QA |

      Managing business awareness of change is the biggest challenge faced by management teams, according to customers of QA-IQ at a recent change management workshop.

      Experienced L&D professionals agreed that making sure that change is effectively communicated, and staff reactions are managed, is central to the success of significant business change – particularly where a wider change in behaviour is sought.

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