Winners of The Learning Awards 2023 announced
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: HSBC, First Direct & GP Strategies
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