Announcing the 2013 Learning Awards winners
The learning communities top organisations and outstanding individuals gathered together in London last night (7th February) to celebrate the 17th annual Learning Awards.
The Learning sector turned out in force on Thursday evening (7 February 2013) in support of The Learning and Performance Institute’s annual Awards ceremony, The Learning Awards.
Popular BBC Breakfast host, Susanna Reid hosted the event which took place at the 5-star Dorchester Hotel, on London’s Park Lane. The ceremony was filled with international figureheads from the global learning community, who joined the awards finalists to celebrate outstanding success across 14 award categories.
The standout categories included Learning Company of the Year which was won by The Mind Gym. The category for Learning Department of the Year, which was dominated by a host of household names including McDonald’s Restaurants, Legal & General and Ernst & Young, was won by First Data.
This year’s Colin Corder Award for services to learning was presented to Jane Hart. Jane is renowned for her commitment to the learning profession and in particular helping the sector embrace new tools and models for learning.
The complete list of recipients of the 17th annual awards follows.
Apprenticeship Programme of the Year – Sponsored by OCR
Winner: QA
External Learning Project of the Year - Sponsored by RICOH
Winner: Toolwire & Leeds Metropolitan University
Learning Technologies Solution of the Year – Sponsored by Microsoft Learning
Winner: LearningAge Solutions
Live Online Learning Facilitator of the Year - Sponsored by Saba
Winner: Lorna Matty, Crown Agents
Innovation in Training Services Award – Sponsored by Afiniti
Winner: SpeakingPal
Instructional Designer of the Year – Sponsored by Toolwire
Winner: Moira Nicolson, Saffron Interactive
Internal Learning Project of the Year – Sponsored by QA
Winner: National Express Bus
Social Media Programme of the Year – Sponsored by Blue Eskimo
Winner: QA
Staff Development Programme of the Year - Sponsored by The Learning and Performance Institute
Winner: Market Makers
Learning Company of the Year – Sponsored by Prometric
Winner: The Mind Gym
Learning Department of the Year – Sponsored by KnowledgeAdvisors
Winner: First Data
Trainer of the Year – Sponsored by BCS
Winner: Sadi Khan, Nobel Khan
Learning Manager of the Year – Sponsored by SAS
Winner: Ashley Sterland, DLA Piper UK LLP
The Colin Corder Award – Sponsored by Cisco
Winner: Jane Hart
Further information about the awards is avialable at www.thelearningawards.com and details of how to get involved next year are available via e-mail to [email protected] or telephone +44 (0)2476 496210.