Browsing news: Research

    • Eleonora Colombo joins Fosway Group as Research Operations Manager

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Eleonora Colombo has joined Fosway Group as Research Operations Manager. In this newly created role, Ele will be responsible for managing all the supporting operational processes behind Fosway’ corporate and vendor research.

    • Learning News Bulletin July 2021

      Learning News | London |

      A round up of popular stories from Learning News over the last month: Learning Performance Benchmark; hybrid working; Learner Survey 2021 shows fewer worker trained; acquisitions and investment.

    • Launch of the new ‘Learning Performance Benchmark’ by Mind Tools for Business

      Mindtools | London |

      Robust L&D analytics and actionable insights for performance driven L&D. Previously known as the Learning Health Check, the new Learning Performance Benchmark by Mind Tools for Business proudly holds an 18-year trusted legacy of cutting-edge research and personalised analytics on L&D strategy and practice.

    • Fosway Group appoints Martin Couzins as Head of Content

      Fosway | UK |

      Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR Industry Analyst, today announces the appointment of Martin Couzins as its Head of Content. The appointment supports the continued growth of the firm and further enhancing the impact and value of Fosway’s research with corporate clients and the wider HR, talent and learning market.

    • New report into learners’ preferences

      Learning News | London |

      Interview with Simon Falconer, Virtual College, on the first of three reports into how learners’ preferences are changing.

    • Business facing pressure from increasing skills gaps

      Learning News | London |

      Interview with Lynsey Whitmarsh from Hemsley Fraser and Duncan Barrett from 5App following their report into re-skilling and it finding that over half of businesses in the UK are under severe pressure due to widening skills gaps.

    • Elearning market $370 Bn plus by 2026

      Learning News | Market research |

      Two market reports out this week have the global elearning market growing to between $370 Bn and £388 Bn over the next five years.

    • Digital skills shortage: growing concern in UK

      Learning News | FourthRev | London |

      Over half of UK businesses are concerned about missing out on key strategic deliverables as a result of digital skills shortages and 81% will need to recruit from outside of UK over the next year.

    • A new breed of leaders emerges in 2021 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released its new 2021 9-Grid™ for Talent Acquisition. Following a year of untold disruption, with polarised realities of recruitment putting some organisations into ‘Explode’ mode and many others into ‘Implode’, the research provides a timely temperature check post-COVID-19.

    • LMS satisfaction rates rise bucking downward trend

      Learning News | London |

      Training Industry survey shows organisations’ satisfaction with their learning management systems has risen for the first time: interview with Gordon Johnson from Totara.

    • Research Findings Offer Boost for Consultancy Services

      eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |

      When it comes to corporate learning and development, never has the need for external consultancy services been greater, believes the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland.

    • Digital learning in 2021

      Learning News | London |

      Interview with Fosway's David Perring on the 2021 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning market report.

    • Measuring the business impact of learning

      Learning News | London |

      Interview with Piers Lea and David Ells, authors of the 5th annual report into the progress L&D is making with measuring the business impact of learning programmes.

    • Priorities shift for learning and development

      Learning News | London |

      L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2021 report published; Donald H Taylor outlines key shifts in sentiment; re-skilling and up-skilling emerge as top L&D priority; collaborative and social learning increasingly recognised by L&D.

    • Learning systems market analysis

      Learning News | London |

      David Wilson, from market analyst Fosway, discusses the learning systems market, offering an in-depth view during the pandemic and where the market's priorities lie for 2021.

    • What’s different about digital learning in 2021?

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Following a year of disruption and unprecedented demand for digital learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Digital Learning Realities research opens today to uncover what’s different as we begin 2021. Run in partnership by Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst and Learning Technologies, Europe’s leading learning workplace event, the survey aims to uncover what is really happening in digital learning today and provide practical insights into what is helping people learn – especially as the world remains in a moment of crisis.

    • Virtual classrooms powering learning but potential remains for high value people development

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      New research shows virtual classrooms are powering learning through the pandemic …but still have untapped potential for high value people development. 97% of organisations are now using virtual classrooms to support learning and development, with over half (53%) reporting that they have proved to be their most successful learning platforms during the COVID-19 crisis. This data is part of new research conducted by Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, in partnership with Barco, a global provider of networked visualisation solutions. It follows Fosway research earlier in 2020 which showed that 95% of learning leaders believe L&D has changed forever because of the pandemic.

    • Learning Health Check: initial findings

      Learning News | London |

      Learning News in conversation with Nahdia Khan on the initial findings of Emerald Works’ annual Learning Health Check: spend on learning and development is up; tech proportion increased to 31%; shift from compliance to building capability; data analytics growing at quicker pace; improvements to strategic behaviour.

    • Dramatic shifts in this year’s L&D Global Sentiment Survey

      Donald H Taylor | London |

      The 8th annual L&D Global Sentiment Survey – launched at the beginning of this month – is already showing some dramatic shifts in comparison with last year, according to survey author, Donald H Taylor.

    • CrossKnowledge presents A Qualitative Study on the Digital Learners Perspective

      CrossKnowledge | London, United Kingdom |

      Digital learning has experienced a rapid acceleration of popularity during 2020 with many organisations implementing digital solutions for the first time. CrossKnowledge has commissioned a qualitative study to discover what our end users really want from their learning platforms. The resulting research is a must read for any L&D professional no matter of their organisations maturity with digital learning.

    • Learn to read ‘digital body language’

      Acteon Communication and Learning |

      As we all increasingly move to virtual meetings and training, how can we improve our skills in keeping participants engaged online? This upcoming webinar this Wednesday with Jo Cook and Breeio will share tips and tricks for skillfully reading and responding to participants in your virtual classroom.

    • 2020 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR captures digital disruption and overdue innovation created by COVID-19 crisis

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst, has released the new 2020 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR. The research shows the far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as HR remains in the eye of the storm, supporting people and organisations through the turmoil of the crisis. From HCM, to workforce management and employee engagement, there is no area of HR tech that has escaped new demands during this tough time. And it is driving real innovation, often where it has been long overdue.

    • Discover the realities of HR tech in a post-pandemic world at Zukunft Personal Virtual HR Week: ZP 365

      Fosway | Cirencester, UK |

      Interim data collected in April 2020 suggests 100% of HR functions have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Zukunft Personel has partnered with Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR Industry Analyst to understand the immediate challenges, as well as looking ahead to HR investment, headcount and priorities over the coming 12 months. CEO David Wilson, will exclusively reveal the results of the 2020-21 HR Realities research for the first time at ZP 365 Virtual HR week next month.

    • Live online learning in lockdown and beyond

      Mindtools | London |

      "Coronavirus has hastened large-scale changes to how we work and learn, whether we felt ready, or not. Put simply, we’ve all had to adapt, and fast." Jo Cook explores the data behind live online learning.

    • The Learning Health Check is open for 2020

      Mindtools | London |

      What is it and why should you do it? The Learning Health Check from Emerald Works is the only independent and confidential benchmarking tool in the L&D industry.