England Football Learning redesigns digital learning model at national scale
Learning News | England Football Learning |
FA education arm, which supported 360,000 learners last year, introduces modular, role-based digital learning platform.
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Abilitie launches short-form simulations to bring leadership practice inside real-world scenarios
Learning News | Abilitie |
Abilitie launches Case Challenges, two-hour practice-based experiences that immerse participants in realistic business scenarios. Designed to target key leadership capabilities, the simulations help leaders practise real-time decision-making, navigate trade-offs, and see the consequences of their choices.
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Hiring slows worldwide as labour markets fragment
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Global hiring demand is weakening, but emerging economies and services roles continue to grow as employers delay hiring amid uncertainty.
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Bupa creates AI, data and leadership apprenticeship academies
Learning News | National Apprenticeship Week |
Bupa has launched three new apprenticeship academies focused on AI-enabled improvement, data and technology, and leadership in customer-centric care. The academies will train around 900 employees over three years and were announced ahead of National Apprenticeship Week.
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Learning becomes the constraint on AI productivity
Learning News | AI and learning |
AI tools scale faster than learning systems. Skills and role design lag behind adoption. Time saved lost to checking and rework. Learning now limits AI value.
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Consulting firms cut junior hiring as AI reshapes workforce
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Consulting firms are hiring fewer junior consultants while expanding AI roles and senior expertise.
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Government links AI skills push to future of work planning
Learning News | AI skills |
Alongside its AI training expansion, government has set up a new unit to examine AI’s impact on jobs, bringing unions, business and academia into workforce planning.
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Government turns to skills to tackle low AI adoption among SMEs
Learning News | AI skills |
With AI use lagging among smaller firms, government is positioning workforce skills as a route to wider business adoption and productivity gains.
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Government-backed AI benchmarks raise new questions for corporate learning
Learning News | AI skills |
The rollout of national AI foundations training brings external definition and recognition of skills that have so far developed informally at work.
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Was 2025 really the worst year to graduate?
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Graduate job starts fall in the US, degree relevance declines, real starting pay hits a four year low.
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Government expands AI training to reach 10 million UK workers
Learning News | AI skills |
Every UK adult will be eligible for AI foundations training as government and industry expand a national upskilling programme to reach 10 million workers by 2030.
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goFLUENT acquires Learnship business operations
Learning News | goFLUENT |
Language training provider goFLUENT has acquired the business operations of Learnship Networks GmbH, expanding its presence in Germany and increasing its scale in the corporate language training market.
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Workload is the blind spot in AI-driven work
Learning News | AI and learning |
New employee experience research shows 36% of employees do not feel able to cope with their workload, pointing to sustained pressure at work.
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AI's learning gap gets multi trillion dollar price tag
Learning News | AI and learning |
Economic modelling finds that AI alone will not deliver expected productivity gains, with learning and skills development identified as the key constraint on value, potentially worth up to $6.6 trillion to the US economy, over a fifth of GDP, by 2034.
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AI value depends on learning speed
Learning News | AI and learning |
AI tools are advancing quickly, but learning and role design now determine whether organisations realise value or simply accelerate activity.
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E-learning market forecast to exceed $2tn by 2035
Learning News | Market |
Analysts project sustained growth for digital learning, driven by scale, cloud delivery and enterprise demand.
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Learning investment emerges as AI’s key differentiator
Learning News | AI and learning |
Nearly 40% of AI time savings are lost to rework, with organisations that invest in skills and learning far more likely to realise real value.
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Coursera and Udemy set out integration rationale and buyer value
Learning News | Coursera and Udemy |
Last month Coursera and Udemy agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valuing the combined business at around $2.5 billion. Learning News asks what the new business will prioritise, about the integration, about the significant forecast cost savings, and more.
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HR Summit 2026 connecting buyers and suppliers
Learning News | Forum Events |
The HR Summit is a focused HR event hosted in London and Manchester UK, that brings those working in the HR Industry together with leading solution providers, for focused one-to-one meetings.
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Gen Z workers report generational tensions in first year at work
Learning News | Kahoot! |
Young UK professionals face criticism, limited recognition and rising stress, shaping their early workplace experience.
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Coursera and Udemy agree merger in major learning platform deal
Learning News | Coursera and Udemy |
Coursera and Udemy have agreed an all-stock merger, creating a $2.5bn learning platform as providers seek scale, AI investment and enterprise growth.
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IMC expands APAC footprint through RockMouse partnership
Learning News | IMC and RockMouse |
Scheer IMC partners with RockMouse to expand its enterprise learning technology presence across Australia and New Zealand.
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Fitch Learning completes acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions and CSI
Learning News | Fitch Learning |
Fitch Learning has completed its acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions and the Canadian Securities Institute, adding to its financial training and certification portfolio.
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US labour market weakens again as job losses continue in November
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Further cooling in US employment and slowing demand.
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Training pressures rise as new data links learning to retention
Learning News |
L&D benchmark data shows training drives retention but workloads, AI disruption and perception gaps block employee development.
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US data shows sharp rise in early-career entrepreneurship
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
New US labour market data shows more young workers turning to entrepreneurship as hiring cools, with tech attracting the largest share of first-job founders.
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Widening gap between AI awareness and workforce readiness
Learning News | Udemy |
New survey shows UK workers recognise AI’s importance yet are not pursuing training to prepare.
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AI slowdown and widening skills gaps
Learning News | Pluralsight |
A new tech skills forecast predicts a correction in AI investment and renewed urgency for workforce upskilling.
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AI skills boom meets reality check in new data
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Data shows AI skills catching up fast, narrowing the gap with programming in employer demand but findings temper popular narrative that AI skills already dominate hiring.
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Docebo posts double-digit revenue growth and expands public sector reach
Learning News | Docebo |
Docebo reports 11% revenue growth and stronger US and European public sector adoption in Q3 2025.
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L&D caught between leadership mandates and learner autonomy in AI era
Learning News | Go1 |
New research finds AI adoption in learning widespread but ownership and strategy unclear.
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CIPD chief executive Peter Cheese to retire in 2026
Learning News | CIPD |
Peter Cheese will retire as CIPD chief executive in June 2026 after 14 years leading the professional body through a period of major growth and transformation.
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From surplus to strategic: How learning can help companies ride the next wave of job redesign
Learning News |
Amazon confirms major job cuts: with the tech giant shifting from a pandemic-era hiring spree to re-structuring for the AI age, learning teams must recalibrate from ‘training what we have’ to ‘building who we’ll need’.
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Employers double down on global hiring as domestic pressures rise
Learning News | Pebl | The era of hiring domestically is over |
A new survey finds UK firms expanding global hiring fastest among major economies, with 85% planning to double overseas recruitment within two years as wage inflation and AI skills shortages bite.
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City & Guilds sells commercial operations to focus on social impact
Learning News | City & Guilds, PeopleCert |
City & Guilds of London Institute to sell its awarding and training businesses to PeopleCert, refocusing its mission on charitable impact through The City & Guilds Foundation.
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Corporate training market to double by 2035 amid digital transformation
Learning News |
Global corporate training market projected to reach $805.6 billion by 2035, driven by digital transformation and upskilling demand.
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AI reshapes startup workforces with leaner, more productive teams
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Series A startups are raising twice as much per employee as in 2020, staying leaner as AI boosts productivity.
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Leadership says learning is a priority, but workers aren’t feeling it
Learning News | Pluralsight |
New research shows a gap between leaders’ claims of a learning culture and workers’ experience of support for tech learning.
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Gen Z and manager disengagement pose dual challenge for UK workplaces
Learning News | Kahoot! |
Workplace Engagement Report finds Gen Z hardest to engage, while managers face burnout and disengagement.
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David Kelly joins Bluewater Learning as SVP of Strategy & Transformation
Learning News | Bluewater Learning |
Bluewater Learning has appointed David Kelly, one of the learning sector’s most recognised voices, as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Transformation.
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Human-First Sales Transformation: Three Pain Points from the LPI’s Learning Live conference floor
Learning News | KWC Global |
At Learning Live, KWC Global highlighted three sales capability challenges: embedding a sales culture beyond business development, enabling cross-selling through collaboration, and proving ROI of sales training. Their Rainmaker programme delivers measurable results, boosting engagement, revenue, and confidence, emphasising a human-first approach in an AI-driven world.
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Workday to acquire Sana for $1.1 billion
Learning News | Sana and Workday |
Workday is to acquire AI learning firm Sana in a $1.1bn deal, adding AI-driven learning and agents to strengthen workplace skills and employee experience.
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360Learning launches L&D Performance Academy to equip learning teams for the AI era
Learning News | 360Learning |
ATD-accredited nine-course academy helps L&D teams align with business goals, master AI, and demonstrate measurable impact.
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Joggle Learning makes debut at Learning Live: AI-Powered Knowledge Platform to Turbocharge your LMS
Learning News | Learning Live, Joggle Learning |
Joggle Learning, the groundbreaking AI-powered corporate knowledge delivery platform, will make its official UK market debut this week at Learning Live 2025. The innovative solution directly addresses the critical challenge facing learning professionals: making valuable LMS content instantly accessible when employees need it most.
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Whitepaper calls for sales enablement to start with pipeline health
Learning News | Mentor Group |
Many sales programmes fail not for lack of training, but because they rest on weak pipeline data, poor qualification and unbalanced coverage.
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UK sickness absence at record high
Learning News | CIPD |
CIPD warns rising absence, mental health strain and budget pressures are putting UK workforce wellbeing under growing strain.
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26 Steps nominated for Kings Award for Voluntary Service
Learning News | 26 Steps, Malvern, UK |
Royalties from 26 Steps toolkits fund BYOB, helping homeless young adults gain skills, confidence and qualifications to move into work and independence.
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Velocity Global rebrands as Pebl with new hiring platform
Learning News | Pebl |
New AI-enabled platform combines compliance expertise with self-service tools to accelerate cross-border hiring and workforce management.
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Whatfix introduces AI Agents to bridge enterprise software adoption gap
Learning News | Whatfix |
Launch adds three AI-powered agents for authoring, analytics and guidance, aiming to improve enterprise software adoption and user productivity.
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US jobs growth slows as new data shows weakening labour market momentum
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
The US added 50,000 jobs in August, with postings and hiring both down. Salaries edged higher, in the first release of a new monthly labour data series.
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2025 top experiential learning technologies companies
Learning News | Training Industry |
Training Industry has named its 2025 list of top experiential learning technologies companies, recognising providers that use immersive solutions such as virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), simulations and serious games to support corporate training.
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Building trust in the AI-powered customer experience
Learning News |
AI is reshaping customer service but trust remains fragile, making training, transparency and workforce wellbeing critical to success.
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US PhD graduates turn away from Europe despite rising demand for research talent
Learning News | Revelio Labs |
Europe signals rising demand for PhD talent but weak salary growth leaves US industry roles more attractive for new research graduates.
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Generative AI climbs as YouTube holds top spot in 2025 learning tools survey
Learning News |
Survey highlights stability at the top, the rise of generative AI, video’s dominance, social platforms regaining ground and more focus on personal tools over training tools and course libraries.
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Training & Development Summit 2026 Connects Buyers and Suppliers
Learning News | Forum Events |
The Training & Development Summit is a focused event organised for senior professionals who are directly responsible for their organisation’s learning & development requirements, as well as for those who provide the latest and greatest products and services within the sector.
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Abilitie to Showcase New Senior Leader Simulation at Learning Live 2025
Learning News | Abilitie |
Simulation expert Abilitie announces the launch of 'Director Challenge': a new and immersive simulation-based programme for leaders of leaders.
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AI steps up as meeting facilitator, could this change workplace learning?
Learning News |
AI meeting tools are beginning to move beyond administrative support into active facilitation. Rather than just transcribing or summarising, some platforms are experimenting with guiding activities, shaping group dynamics and even injecting energy in real time.
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LPI 2025 speaker releasing new book predicted to top the charts
Learning News | Tree of Knowledge |
Unapologetically raw, uplifting, and life-changing: New book Confidently Lost is here to rewrite the rules of resilience.
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Axia Solutions delivers workplace training to power West Midlands industry
Learning News |
Axia Solutions is playing a growing role in strengthening the West Midlands economy through targeted workplace learning programmes tailored to local industry needs.
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Embedding learning into the flow of sales work: four principles for high-performing teams
Learning News | Mentor Group |
Continuous development in sales requires a shift in mindset, method and technology.
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Docebo Q2 revenue and gross profit rise, net income dips
Learning News |
Docebo has reported strong growth in revenue and gross profit for the second quarter of 2025, alongside a slight drop in net income.
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L&D Doctor Clinic launches to support HR and learning professionals
Learning News |
Paul Morgan, a seasoned learning leader, has launched the L&D Doctor Clinic, a bi-weekly forum for HR, L&D and talent professionals to seek confidential advice and support.
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AI ‘teammates’ and EQ leaders among four mid-year workplace trends
Learning News |
Four emerging workplace trends highlight the rise of AI as a team member, the demand for emotionally intelligent leadership and the strategic value of adaptability, resilience and unlearning.
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Project Management Institute selects D2L Brightspace to power global learning ecosystem
Learning News |
The Project Management Institute (PMI), the global authority for project professionals, is overhauling its digital learning ecosystem in a move to deliver more personalised, career-aligned learning at scale.
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Helix skills intelligence platform launch
Learning News | 5app |
5app launches breakthrough skills intelligence platform, Helix, which assesses skills in work, in real time.
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Bersin calls for rethink of corporate learning in the AI era
Learning News |
A new report from the Josh Bersin Company urges L&D leaders to abandon outdated models and embrace a fundamental transformation, placing enablement not training at the heart of learning strategy.
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Learning Team of the Year
Learning News |
AstraZeneca was awarded gold awards for Team of the Year and Innovation at the Learning Awards earlier this year for its training programme on AI for its 90,000 employees. AstraZeneca's Global Capability Development Leader for Digital, Data, AI and Learning Agility, Dr Bonnie Cheuk, joins Learning News.
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Top companies for AI in training
Learning News | Training Industry |
Training Industry has announced its 2025 lists of the top 20 companies providing AI Coaching & Learner Support and AI Content Creation & Authoring, highlighting the vendors driving innovation in learning technology.
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Reimagining learning in the age of the infinite workday
Learning News | Work Trends |
Why Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index challenges L&D to rethink time, teams and technology.
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AI readiness tool for L&D teams
Learning News | AI Readiness |
Ross Stevenson, founder of learning consultancy Steal These Thoughts, has released an AI readiness assessment aimed at learning and development professionals.
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National Physical Laboratory upgrades digital learning to support UK science and engineering skills
Learning News |
The National Physical Laboratory has launched a new digital learning platform to expand access to STEM training. The system supports blended delivery, personalised pathways, and advanced analytics, aligning with national efforts to scale technical skills in science and engineering.
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AI, accessibility and enterprise growth dominate learning tech updates
Learning News |
The latest round of product updates from learning technology vendors, including Docebo, Axonify, Go1, Udemy, ReadSpeaker, Kahoot!, Cognota, Thrive and Cornerstone.
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Axonify launches AI-powered ‘Co-Creator’ tool and names new CEO
Learning News | Axonify |
Workplace learning platform Axonify has launched a new AI-powered content development tool, ‘Co-Creator’, designed to help organisations transform business materials into training content. The announcement follows the appointment of Melissa Burghardt as the company’s new CEO.
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Generation Green connects 26,000 disadvantaged young people with nature
Learning News | Personal development |
Youth-focused outdoor learning initiative exceeds targets and calls for policy integration.
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AI advantage gap emerges as leaders reap benefits while staff lag behind
Learning News | AI adoption |
New research from Employment Hero highlights a widening gap in AI use between leaders and junior staff, with poor implementation linked to productivity loss. Smaller firms are most at risk, prompting calls for more inclusive, skills-focused AI adoption strategies.
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Cornerstone integrates with Salesforce AgentExchange to embed AI-driven learning in the flow of work
Learning News | Cornerstone OnDemand |
Cornerstone has launched a new integration with Salesforce’s AgentExchange, enabling AI-driven learning to be embedded directly into CRM workflows. The move supports skills development in the flow of work and advances multi-agent interoperability across enterprise systems.
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What’s in and what’s out for L&D leaders in 2025
Learning News | Degreed |
Degreed's new analysis spotlights the trends reshaping workplace learning priorities this year. Here's what's gaining momentum and what's falling out of favour.
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Lavasource bolsters leadership team with two senior appointments
Learning News | Lavasource |
HR transformation specialist Lavasource has appointed two senior leaders to support what it describes as a new phase of global expansion. Glen Bagnall joins as Change Management Leader, while Shayne Byron becomes Global Head of Finance.
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CoachHub rolls out AIMY, AI coaching tool designed to scale personalised learning
Learning News | CoachHub |
CoachHub has launched AIMY, an AI-driven coaching tool designed to support employee development at scale by providing accessible, personalised coaching across the workforce.
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Universities urged to tackle AI skills gap as graduate job market hits six-year low
Learning News | Jobs |
Graduates face shrinking job prospects as AI reshapes employer expectations. Experts urge universities to prioritise digital and AI literacy to better align with evolving workforce needs.
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Business groups welcome Industrial Strategy but urge broader skills commitment
Learning News | Industrial Strategy |
Industry groups and professional bodies broadly welcomed the UK’s new industrial strategy, but warn its success depends on sustained workforce investment. While targeted skills funding is seen as a positive first step, leaders stress the need for broader inclusion and employer-focused delivery across all sectors.
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Workforce as strategy: Government repositions skills as critical infrastructure for a competitive, resilient economy
Learning News | Industrial Strategy |
The UK’s industrial strategy and skills funding package, announced this week, reframes skills as a national asset and a pillar of economic resilience and sovereignty.
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Second Nature to demonstrate AI-led role plays at Learning Live AI
Learning News | Second Nature, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Matt Conway and Michael Ouzzan of Second Nature will showcase the ways that AI-powered role play learning can improve employee confidence and prepare teams to master every situation, no matter how complex or challenging; Learning Live AI Edition, 26 June, London.
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Employers urged to act on future skills as Open University report shows planning gaps
Learning News | Open University |
The Open University’s latest Business Barometer reveals that most UK employers lack a plan for future skills, despite mounting shortages. The report urges bold action, with Gen Z ready to engage, but leadership, investment and strategy falling short.
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AI assistant doubles completion rates in tech skills training
Learning News | Codio |
New study shows that embedding AI-powered support into online tech skills courses can double completion rates and boost grades by 15%, highlighting AI’s potential to improve learner outcomes across both education and workforce training settings.
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Toolkit aims to help L&D leaders build strategic credibility
Learning News | Guild |
A new toolkit has been launched to support L&D leaders working to improve alignment with business strategy and increase their influence at senior levels.
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Training gap after redundancies fuelling staff turnover
Learning News | Kahoot! |
Nearly half of employees who survived recent redundancies say they’re likely to leave within a year if training needs remain unmet; highlights a growing link between post-layoff learning gaps and rising attrition.
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EdTech firms urged to act as European Accessibility Act nears implementation
Learning News | ReadSpeaker |
Digital learning providers must shift from compliance to strategy, say experts at a webinar discussing the implications of the European Accessibility Act which becomes legally enforceable later this week.
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Joggle Learning launches revolutionary AI-powered knowledge platform to transform enterprise learning delivery
Learning News | Learning Live, Joggle Learning |
Joggle Learning announces the launch of its groundbreaking AI-powered knowledge platform that revolutionises how enterprises deliver learning content to employees. Launching at ‘LEARNING LIVE AI Edition’ by industry veteran Mike Alcock (formally MD of Gomo Learning and Atlantic Link), the platform addresses the critical challenge of knowledge accessibility in the workplace.
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UK Government launches £187m ‘TechFirst’ skills programme with AI focus
Learning News |
UK’s £187m TechFirst scheme will deliver AI and digital skills to 1m pupils and 7.5m adults, backed by industry and regional training partnerships.
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Don’t fear AI, train with it
Learning News | ATD Middle East 2025, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
Global talent leaders charted the future of learning at the ATD Conference in Abu Dhabi this week with a clear message for learning and development to embrace AI.
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Liverpool University strikes over RTO policy
Learning News |
Major employers like HSBC and Google are tightening return-to-office rules, but pushback is growing. Research shows many workers resist rigid policies, crystallised in Liverpool this week with University staff heading for the picket line over its new policy requiring 60% office attendance.
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Corporate Training Landscape Map
Learning News | Training Industry |
Training Industry’s 2025 map covers 1,300+ providers across 21 segments; New market categories including agentic AI and learning strategy; Designed to help L&D teams navigate vendor landscape.
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Language barriers and accent anxiety undermining workplace performance
Learning News | Babbel for Business |
Learning and development leaders are being urged to address language-related anxiety and communication gaps, after a new study found they are impacting productivity, safety and equity in US workplaces.
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Abilitie Unveils AI Cases 2.0: Preparing leaders for real-world challenges
Learning News | Learning Live AI Edition, Abilitie |
The latest release of Abilitie’s AI Cases introduces a suite of powerful new features to help leaders navigate their most common challenges by engaging with AI-enabled characters.
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Virti at Learning Live AI Edition
Learning News | Learning Live AI Edition, Virti |
Role-play platform and immersive video provider, Virti, is exhibing at the upcoming Learning Live AI Edition event, next week in London.
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GenAI skills surge globally; UK, US and Australia lag behind
Learning News | Coursera |
Demand for generative AI skills is accelerating rapidly, with enrolments in online GenAI courses rising 195% year-on-year; Switzerland, Netherlands and Sweden top global rankings.
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Customer learning grows in importance
Learning News | LearnUpon |
Learning and development has a growing role in customer retention and growth and is set to expand with 92% of organisations in 2025. Business impact is clear, but tech and measurement challenges persist.
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Performance reviews damaging employee mental health
Learning News | Acorn |
New U.S. data links poor review practices to anxiety, low motivation and lost talent.
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AI clock starts now: Altman sets 24-month timeline for L&D to rebuild around AI agents
Learning News | By Rob Clarke, Editor |
A new blog from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman forecasts that AI agents will begin replacing routine cognitive work in 2025, accelerating the pressure on L&D leaders to radically reframe skills, systems and learning cycles, within a window far shorter than typical planning horizons.
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