Browsing news: Skills

    • Leading the way in end-point assessment

      City & Guilds |

      According to the latest report published by Ofqual on apprenticeships, City & Guilds is leading the way in end-point assessment (EPA) certifications.

    • UK productivity and skills

      Features |

      Making Skills Work: The Path to Solving the Productivity Crisis; Interview with Patrick Craven, City & Guilds.

    • Skills economy report 2024

      Features |

      Mike Bollinger, Cornerstone OnDemand, joins Learning News to discuss in-demand skills and future skills trends.

    • Demand soars for human skills in the age of AI

      Learning News | Cornerstone |

      New report highlights growing workforce readiness gap as technology and innovation demand continue to outpace workforce skills; despite AI boom demand for human skills outstrips x2 demand for digital skills.

    • Hemsley Fraser Wins Golds At 2024 Brandon Hall Group Awards

      Hemsley Fraser |

      Hemsley Fraser has won two gold awards at the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards for its work with Coca Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Coca-Cola’s largest multinational bottling partner. The two accolades stem from CCEP’s new ‘Great People Manager Program’ (GPMP), a global initiative to build world-class people manager capabilities.

    • Boost “human skills” to thrive in an AI world, says Hemsley Fraser

      Hemsley Fraser |

      Learning and talent development provider Hemsley Fraser says we need more "human” skills to prosper in the new world of work. The company has named 12 key capabilities that companies will need to perform and thrive given seismic changes to the nature of work from technologies such as AI.

    • Introducing the CLO100 - Strategic Business Alignment Programme for L&D Leaders

      CLO100 |

      CLO100 introduces "Strategic Business Alignment for L&D Leaders," a dynamic 3-month programme designed to align learning initiatives with business goals. With CMI Level 7 accreditation, it features live workshops, group coaching, and peer mentoring. Participants gain strategic impact, professional growth, and an affordable path to enhance their skills and credentials.

    • Class chasm in creative industries

      Learning News |

      Research from Netflix and the National Youth Theatre has uncovered a significant “class chasm” within the UK’s creative sector; Nine out ten working-class do not want their children in creative jobs.

    • CIM digital agility courses

      Features | CIM |

      A new suite of qualifications targeting skills and behaviours in digital agility for marketeers; interview with Maggie Jones, Chartered Institute of Marketing.

    • Hemsley In Training Industry Top 20 for Online Learning Library

      Hemsley Fraser | Plymouth, UK |

      Training Industry, Inc., the market-leading research and information source for corporate learning needs, has selected global learning and talent development provider Hemsley Fraser as a Top 20 Online Learning Library Company for 2024. This is the eighth consecutive year that Hemsley has been selected for this Training Industry Top 20 learning & development (L&D) award.

    • New flagship report from Mind Tools: Building Better Managers

      Mindtools |

      Today, Mind Tools has published its 2024 Building Better Managers report. In the report, we have introduced a new framework for measuring manager skills, developed in line with the research evidence showing relationships between manager capabilities and people outcomes, manager outcomes and business outcomes.

    • Hemsley Fraser Named A Top 20 Learning Service Company by Training Industry

      Hemsley Fraser | Plymouth, UK |

      Hemsley Fraser has been listed in the Top 20 Training Companies for Learning Services by Training Industry, Inc., the leading research and information source for corporate learning needs. It’s the third year in a row that Hemsley has been named in the Top 20 for Learning Services, and the 14th consecutive year that Hemsley has been recognised for its outsourcing/service capabilities overall, by Training Industry. This key rating recognises Hemsley’s ability to provide end-to-end or targeted solutions to client organisations by utilising various learning services and learning strategies.

    • Working with L&D leaders in strategic roles

      Features |

      Interview with Andy Lancaster on his new role as Learning Community Lead with CLO100, his latest book, Organizational Learning Communities and his new consultancy, Reimagine People Development.

    • Working with L&D leaders in strategic roles

      CLO100 |

      Interview with Andy Lancaster on his new role as Learning Community Lead with CLO100, his latest book, Organizational Learning Communities and his new consultancy, Reimagine People Development.

    • Imparta joins Showpad Partner Ecosystem

      Imparta | London, UK. |

      This new partnership provides clients who have invested in Showpad the option to deploy i-Coach LMS/LXP or integrate Imparta's sales training methodologies, modular skills library and assessments into Showpad.

    • Cornerstone acquires SkyHive

      Learning News | Cornerstone |

      Cornerstone's latest acquisition adds an AI-powered skills intelligence platform to help build future-ready workforces.

    • Hemsley in Training Industry's Top 20 Leadership Training for 15th year

      Hemsley Fraser | London, UK |

      Global learning and talent development provider Hemsley Fraser has been listed in Training Industry’s Top 20 Leadership Training Companies for 2024. This latest award maintains Hemsley’s unbroken record of making the learning industry’s top notch line-up every year since the inception of the awards.

    • Managed Learning Services Grow In Scope, Hemsley Fraser report finds

      Hemsley Fraser | London |

      A new report from Hemsley Fraser has found that UK and global companies are starting to use managed learning services providers in a more strategic advisory role alongside outsourced L&D programme provision as they build resilience to meet changing learning, upskilling and talent management needs. The study, called "Industry Report: the evolution of managed learning", also revealed that most organisations plan to expand their use of outsourcing over the next 12-18 months as they require “more with less”.

    • New Instructional Design Diploma

      Features | Omniplex Learning |

      Omniplex Learning’s Leena Randhawa joins Learning News to discuss a new qualification for instructional designers.

    • New Instructional Design Diploma

      Learning News | Omniplex Learning |

      Omniplex Learning’s Leena Randhawa joins Learning News to discuss a new qualification for instructional designers.

    • Hemsley Fraser's new management and leadership programme launched

      Hemsley Fraser | London, UK |

      Hemsley Fraser has launched its new management & leadership programme that helps managers and leaders develop the key capabilities needed for success in today's fast-changing work environments. The new programme helps enterprises and fast-growth firms alike deliver modern and authentic leadership training while its preconfigured elements take the heavy lifting out of organisations designing and delivering their leadership programmes.

    • L&D Work and Salary Report

      Blue Eskimo |

      In its 12th Year, The Blue Eskimo L&D work and Salary Report is based on a survey of over 900 Learning and Development professionals across all disciplines.

    • £2.5 billion for UK AI

      Learning News |

      Microsoft is to invest £2.5 billion in the UK over three years in AI infrastructure and skills; Chancellor welcomes investment in future growth and innovation.