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Winners of The Learning Awards 2023 announced

LondonLearning NewsLPI (Learning and Performance Institute)

Celebrating the very best in learning and development.

 

Over 800 international guests from the workplace learning and development sector gathered in London last night (16th February) to celebrate the 27th annual Learning Awards. 

Designed and hosted exclusively by the LPI, the Learning Awards is widely regarded as the L&D sector’s premier awards ceremony. 

Presented by British TV and radio icon Claudia Winkleman at the iconic JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, the awards ceremony celebrated the human success stories of innovation and achievement in workplace learning and development. 

Continuing its upward trend, the 2023 awards received its highest ever number of submissions with entries from 56 countries. Fifty-four industry leaders formed the independent judging panel, who meticulously reviewed the hundreds of submissions to select the finalists and ultimate winners. 

Following an opening address from the LPI’s Chief Executive Officer, Edmund Monk, the evening commenced with the LPI Charity Auction in aid of Dreamflight, a UK Charity that takes seriously ill or disabled children to Disneyland Florida each year. The LPI is a long-term supporter of Dreamflight, having raised thousands of pounds through its work with the charity and the L&D industry. 

 

The Learning Awards 2023 Winners

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC SECTOR/NOT FOR PROFIT

WINNERS

Gold:  Collaborative Newcastle

Silver:  CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity)

Bronze:  Liberty Global

FINALISTS

Arizona Department of Transportation
Jobsplus
National Fire Chiefs Council & Learning Pool
PDST Technology in Education
RSPCA

 

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR – PRIVATE SECTOR (Sponsored by Valamis)

WINNERS

Gold:  St James’s Place

Silver:  PayPal

Bronze:  Allianz

FINALISTS

BAE & Hemsley Fraser
British American Tobacco
Grant Thornton UK LLP
PwC
Santander

 

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR

WINNERS

Gold:  Coach Core Foundation

Silver:  Bitwise Industries

Bronze:  Newcastle Building Society

FINALISTS

HearingLife
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
RSM UK
Yorkshire Ambulance Service

 

ONBOARDING PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by getAbstract)

WINNERS

Gold:  Sponge & Newcross Healthcare

Silver:  HSBCFirst Direct & GP Strategies

Bronze:  DLG & Media Zoo

FINALISTS

AXA Travel Insurance
Elsevier
JLL
La Fosse Associates
Merlin Entertainments

 

LEARNING LEADER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Go1)

WINNERS

Gold:  Nick Holmes – Fishawack Health

Silver:  Sandra Murtagh – Dell Inc

Bronze:  Shwetal Randive – Radisson Hotel Group

FINALISTS

Janardhan Santhanam – Tata Consultancy Services
John Gregg – 
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Mike Blanchette – 
Veeam
Nadine Tanner –
 S&P Global
Serena Gonsalves-Fersch – 
SoftwareONE

 

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR

WINNERS

Gold:  Maisie  Howes – Thales UK

Silver:  Deborah  Madelaine – Mars

Bronze:  Laura Hernando Marcos – Santander

FINALISTS

Alice  Sowden – ASOS
Bethany  Bergeron – 
Lighthouse Labs
Ellie  Pilkington – 
Kingswood Group
Shruti  Ganguly – 
Sage
Steph  Howe – 
Victoria’s Secret

 

INTERNAL LEARNING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR 

WINNERS

Gold:  Poundland,Dealz & Pep&Co

Silver:  Quick Release Automotive Ltd

Bronze:  Santander UK Plc

FINALISTS

Barclays – Specialist Customer Care
Direct Line Group
EY
NatWest
Tata Consultancy Services

 

EXTERNAL LEARNING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR 

WINNERS

Gold:  Learning Pool & Lidl

Silver:  LEO, PRELOADED & Invesco QQQ

Bronze:  QA ltd & Lloyds Banking Group

FINALISTS

AstraZeneca & DoThinkDo
Burberry & Mind Tools for Business
Dechra Academy & MAAS Marketing
Empower Development Ltd
SiyonaTech & Novartis

 

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES AWARD (Sponsored by Performitiv)

WINNERS

Gold:  Bell Canada – RTO

Silver:  Sponge & Travelodge

Bronze:  Feed Your Elephant

FINALISTS

Attensi & Starbucks
Go1 & Lumanity
GoodHabitz
Logitech
Rapid7
Warp VR

 

INNOVATION IN LEARNING AWARD (Sponsored by Microsoft)

WINNERS

Gold:  Attensi & The Fragrance Shop

Silver:  Samaritans & Saffron Interactive

Bronze:  Solvd Together

FINALISTS

PwC & Media Zoo
Radisson Hotel Group
SiyonaTech & Swiss Re
TryHackMe
World Health Organization

 

DIGITAL LEARNING TRANSFORMATION OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Capita)

WINNERS

Gold:  MSCI

Silver:  St James’s Place

Bronze:  ARuVR Ltd

FINALISTS

Dell Technologies
Deutsche Bank
Growth Engineering & L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia
Infosys BPM Ltd.
Radisson Hotel Group

 

START-UP LEARNING PROVIDER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by iAM Learning)

WINNERS

Gold:  Project Controls Solutions (Global) Ltd

Silver: Hatch

Bronze: Uhubs

FINALISTS

BRC Learning
Entelechy Academy
Filo
Money Masters
Solvd Together

 

LEARNING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Lidl)

WINNERS

Gold:  Yasmine  Alani – Media Zoo

Silver:  Racheal  Smith – Entelechy Academy

Bronze:  Louise Boundy – NatWest

FINALISTS

Adam  Landy – Ministry of Justice
Aimee  Young – Snowplow Analytics
Netrah  L – 
Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital
Peter  Innes – 
Glasgow City Council
Roxana  Talef – FintechOS

 

LEARNING PLATFORM OF THE YEAR 

WINNERS

Gold:  World Health Organization

Silver:  ARuVR Ltd

Bronze:  Connectr

FINALISTS

Growth Engineering & L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia
Netex Learning
NSPCC
Realise & Learn Amp
WPP Open

 

LEARNING TEAM OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Docebo)

WINNERS

Gold:  Bentley

Silver:  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Bronze:  OVO Energy

FINALISTS

ASOS
BT Consumer
Dell Technologies
Dunnhumby
GroupM

 

LEARNING IMPACT AWARD  (Sponsored by Babington)

WINNERS

Gold:  ERM (Environmental Resources Management) & Imparta

Silver:  Ocasta & Victoria’s Secret

Bronze:  aNewSpring & BSL 

FINALISTS

AstraZeneca
Capella Associates
Capita & Natwest
Network Rail
SoftwareONE Academy

 

THE LEARNING CULTURE OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Degreed)

WINNERS

Gold:  Dell Technologies

Silver:  Jardine Motors Group UK Ltd

Bronze:  NatWest

FINALISTS

Acacia Training
Barclays – Specialist Customer Care
Heathrow & Mind Tools for Business
The Law Society
Virgin Atlantic

 

LEARNING PROVIDER OF THE YEAR 

WINNERS

Gold:  NewGlobe

Silver:  Learning Pool

Bronze:  BARBRI

FINALISTS

Acacia Training
Babington
CodeClan Limited
GoodHabitz
Raise the Bar Ltd

 

THE LEARNING GIVEBACK AWARD (Sponsored by QA)

WINNERS

Gold:  MVF

Silver:  L&D Shakers

Bronze:  Openreach

FINALISTS

Claire Revell – Opening Doors
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (with Optimus Team Learning & Mind-It)

 

THE COLIN CORDER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LEARNING (Sponsored by GoodHabitz)

WINNER

John Hinchliffe - Jam Pan