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.
Coursera and Udemy have agreed an all-stock merger, creating a $2.5bn learning platform as providers seek scale, AI investment and enterprise growth.
Scheer IMC partners with RockMouse to expand its enterprise learning technology presence across Australia and New Zealand.
L&D benchmark data shows training drives retention but workloads, AI disruption and perception gaps block employee development.
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.
Docebo reports 11% revenue growth and stronger US and European public sector adoption in Q3 2025.
New research finds AI adoption in learning widespread but ownership and strategy unclear.
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’.
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.
Global corporate training market projected to reach $805.6 billion by 2035, driven by digital transformation and upskilling demand.
Series A startups are raising twice as much per employee as in 2020, staying leaner as AI boosts productivity.
Bluewater Learning has appointed David Kelly, one of the learning sector’s most recognised voices, as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Transformation.
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.
ATD-accredited nine-course academy helps L&D teams align with business goals, master AI, and demonstrate measurable impact.
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.
Many sales programmes fail not for lack of training, but because they rest on weak pipeline data, poor qualification and unbalanced coverage.
CIPD warns rising absence, mental health strain and budget pressures are putting UK workforce wellbeing under growing strain.
Royalties from 26 Steps toolkits fund BYOB, helping homeless young adults gain skills, confidence and qualifications to move into work and independence.
New AI-enabled platform combines compliance expertise with self-service tools to accelerate cross-border hiring and workforce management.
Launch adds three AI-powered agents for authoring, analytics and guidance, aiming to improve enterprise software adoption and user productivity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unapologetically raw, uplifting, and life-changing: New book Confidently Lost is here to rewrite the rules of resilience.
Axia Solutions is playing a growing role in strengthening the West Midlands economy through targeted workplace learning programmes tailored to local industry needs.
Docebo has reported strong growth in revenue and gross profit for the second quarter of 2025, alongside a slight drop in net income.
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.
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.
5app launches breakthrough skills intelligence platform, Helix, which assesses skills in work, in real time.
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.
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.
The latest round of product updates from learning technology vendors, including Docebo, Axonify, Go1, Udemy, ReadSpeaker, Kahoot!, Cognota, Thrive and Cornerstone.
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.
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.
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.
CoachHub has launched AIMY, an AI-driven coaching tool designed to support employee development at scale by providing accessible, personalised coaching across the workforce.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Strategic alignment across HR, L&D, and IT is essential for scaling GenAI readiness, a new study finds; Organisations with integrated support see faster adoption, higher confidence, and better business outcomes.
The former England Cricket captain, Sir Andrew Strauss, will speak on mindset, adaptability, and performance under pressure at next week’s Training & Development Summit in London.
Deloitte is investing in a new agentic network to accelerate AI solutions and reimagine work processes, while upskilling its workforce to help drive agentic AI implementation with clients.
Study reveals UK workers buckling under financial pressure and the positive effects of greater financial literacy on improving wellbeing and reducing stress.
Conference Chair, Donald H Taylor, joins Rob Clarke with his reflections on Learning Technologies 2025.
Participants at Learning Technologies offer their thoughts on how L&D can show its value in the AI age.
With challenge and change on all sides what are the priorities for Learning and Development?
Real Projects, a leading provider of custom and off-the-shelf elearning content, has officially launched Languages Unlocked.
Where do vendors fit in the market?
Exhibitors at Learning Technologies 2025 present new product announcements.
The International Coaching Federation Germany has collaborated with CoachHub to develop AIMY™, the AI coach, ensuring top industry standards.
Myles Runham from the HR and learning market analyst, Fosway, provides an assessment of the learning tech market and how the vendors' solutions are evolving.
Dani Johnson and Dave Kelly discuss emerging technologies with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Phil King from HR, learning and recruitment solutions provider, Ciphr, in discussion with Learning News at HR Technologies 2025.
Marlon Fuentes Sanchez from avatar-based AI video creator, Colossyan, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Steve Dineen discusses the advances in Fuse 4, the latest version of the Fuse LXP/LMS platform.
Ryan Austin, founder of the LearnOps L&D systems provider, Cognota, discusses a new Strategic Alignment feature.
Jeff Fissell presents GP Strategies’ new ai-powered learning content development platform.
Matt Donovan, GP Strategies, in discussion with Learning News on the AI revolution in workplace learning.
David Brannon, from learning technology and solutions integrator, GuyKat, with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Hannah Frame discusses the Learning Technologies Thirty under 30 programme with Learning News.
Roxy Miller, iSpring, talks about iSpring's products in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Cammy Bean from learning design and solutions provider, Kineo, highlights Kineo's focus on retaining the human voice in learning solutions as the AI revolution gathers pace.
Matt Mella from learning design and solutions provider, Kineo, highlights Kineo's analytics, which is embedded across Kineo's design services and platform.
Paul Welch from learning design and solutions provider, Kineo, discusses a compliance learning project at Rolls Royce, which is delivering valuable results.
Edtech innovator, advisor and strategist, Lars Hyland, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Rebecca McDowall and Richard Price, explain the importance of the Learning Network community and go through its upcoming events.
Lindsey Coode and Stuart Kruse from learning systems and content provider, Learning Pool, explain how the market is changing in response to AI and introduce Learning Pool's latest product, AI Assess, which uses Gen AI to improve knowledge and skills testing.
Tammy Rutherford from Rustici talks about the companies latest products and how learning tech sector is evolving to better meet learner needs.
Learning marketing expert, Hannah Clark, MAAS Marketing, explains the importance of marketing skills in L&D.
Farley Thomas, Manageable, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Giles Smith, CEO, Media Zoo, at Learning Technologies 2025.
Simon Riddlesden from learning applications ecosystem and content provider, Netex, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Nuz Saeed from learning technology and solutions provider, Omniplex Learning, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Andrew Howie from AI-powered LMS provider, Open eLMS, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Laura Martin, Open LMS, explains the benefits of the open source LMS in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Hugh McNeela, ReadSpeaker, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Sarah Clayton-Jones, from bitesized, action-based, leadership learning provider, Read to Lead, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Camilia Miccolis, from LMS, LXP, authoring and adaptive learning provider, Rise Up, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Simon Bratt on a new vendor-focussed, readiness role in learning and development.
Armin Hopp, founder of the language training and coaching platform, Speexx, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Bethany Chudley from learning consultancy, Sponge, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Thrive launched an AI learning assistant, Kiki, at Learning Technologies 2025, to help learners quickly surface the resources they need. Helen Marshall explains.
Rachel Griffith-Boyes from the customisable LMS provider, Totara, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Andy Wooler with an appeal to the learning sector in aid of Ukraine.
Henry White, xUnlocked, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Highlights from Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
The latest learning provider to announce its portfolio of AI products; Docebo unveils product and technology roadmap to become an AI-First learning platform.
AI is stepping in to democratise access to coaching but can AI coaching really deliver the same impact as human coaches? CoachHub debunks myths about AI coaching, from concerns over bias to fears about diminished critical thinking.
AI technology to shape the next frontier of digital adoption.
Docebo reports an increase in net profit in 2024 to $26.7M ahead of expectation and an increase on $2.8M in 2023; Revenue up 20% to £217M.
Kahoot! and TED announce a TED@Work channel on the Kahoot! platform.
Digital coaching platform CoachHub has announced AIMY, an AI coaching solution created with a built-in technology collaboration with Microsoft.