Virtual College has relaunched its ‘Safe Use of Insulin’ course after it was re-designed by its award winning design team. The course has been especially built to ensure that staff are only spending time completing training directly relevant to their job.
Delivered by learning and development expert and e-learning consultant, David Patterson, this webinar is ideal for anyone who is looking to buy their first LMS or considering switching to a new provider.
Virtual College has followed up its 2015 success by winning the ‘learning technologies supplier of the year’ award at the global Learning Technologies Awards 2016.
In this powerful webinar for safeguarding professionals, ‘Kill the e-safety policy… how to protect children online’, safeguarding expert Jim Gamble will openly discuss the challenges of child protection in a world ruled by technology.
Virtual College will be supporting DPG during its conference session, ‘Removing the Distance from Distance Learning: a revolutionary approach’, at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, 9 November.
The list highlights and showcases the fastest-growing businesses across the Yorkshire region. To achieve a place in the list, companies must have achieved five years of turnover growth. Virtual College is listed in 75th position with an adjusted average annual growth of 25%.
The Children’s Society has been recognised by online learning provider, Virtual College, for its contribution to safeguarding children.
City of Bristol College is working with online learning provider, Virtual College, to enhance its students’ digital learning experience.
The Learning and Performance Institute has selected Virtual College as a finalist for the 2017 Learning Awards. These highly competitive awards highlight the highest achieving individuals and organisations in the field of learning and development.
Virtual College will be on stand F52 at the CIPD Annual Conference and exhibition which is being held on the 9th and 10th of November at Manchester Central.
Leading online learning provider, Virtual College, has partnered with CIPD training experts DPG, to create an engaging, 100% online human resources management suite.
Virtual College will be on stand B120 at the World of Learning Conference which is being held on the 19th and 20th of October at the NEC in Birmingham. They will be exhibiting their full service offer and illustrating the benefits of an integrated approach to sourcing, managing and delivering online training programmes.
Affinity Sutton has selected Virtual College again as its online learning provider for its ‘Ready2Work ‘service which last year supported over 1000 people into work.
Over 100,000 people have already registered for the Home Office’s online training package, developed with online learning specialist, Virtual College, to generate rapid, widespread awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Online learning provider, Virtual College, is helping CatZero, the Hull-based charity, to equip young people with the skills, belief and attitudes to help them move on in the world.
Following its success in last year’s Learning Technologies Awards, Virtual College has been nominated in three categories for the 2016 Awards: • Learning technologies supplier of the year • Excellence in the design of learning content - public and non-profit sector. • Learning technologies designer of the year
Virtual College has worked with the UK Sepsis Trust to create online training resources to tackle the sepsis crisis. Sepsis claims 44,000 lives annually in the UK and costs the NHS an estimated £2.5 billion.
Virtual College, won the contract for the creation of a bespoke online learning solution, and has been working in collaboration with subject matter experts Connecting With People to develop the e-learning content.
To support professionals dealing with forced marriage in the course of their work and quickly improve general awareness, the government commissioned online learning specialist, Virtual College, to produce a new, e-learning package.
iKBBI launched an online learning portal to its members at a House of Commons Event, developed by online learning specialist Virtual College in conjunction with CTSI.
Virtual College has partnered with Bradford College to develop innovative and engaging digital resources for the free of charge Hairdressing Training service from Jisc, the digital services and solutions organisation for UK education and research..
A new online course recognises the need for education in adult as well as child sexual exploitation and has been developed in association with subject matter experts from 9 organisations within the North East Safeguarding Training Group.
The Patient Safety Awards, which recognise outstanding practice across healthcare, took place in Manchester this week. Virtual College sponsored the Education and Training in Patient Safety Award and was invited to be on the judging panel to represent the important role technology and online training plays in the healthcare sector.
Virtual College has worked in association with Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk, an internationally acclaimed specialist in infants’ abilities to communicate, to create a series of online learning resources that will help all professionals caring for babies and young children in understanding how the attachment process works.
Virtual College, has worked in association with JDRF, the type 1 diabetes charity, and members of the National Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Network to create online learning resources to help teachers, support staff and any other professionals who work with young people with this condition.
In 2015, there were already an estimated 850,000 people living in the UK with dementia. These numbers are set to rise dramatically to over one million by 2025. This year around 225,000 people will develop dementia – that’s one every 3 minutes.
Every year, over two million people in England & Wales suffer some form of domestic violence or abuse and every 30 seconds, someone contacts the police in relation to these issues.
Virtual College has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses
To provide thorough guidance, Virtual College has created an online course – ‘Understanding pathways to extremism and the Prevent programme. This course is now highlighted in the Home Office’s Prevent Training catalogue.
Virtual College is sponsoring the ‘Education and Training' category at the Patient Safety Awards, part of the Patient Safety Congress being held in Manchester from 5-6 July 2016.
In its recent independent review of Virtual College’s Learning Management System, Enable, independent reviewer, Learning Light, said:” Virtual College has really set a new standard in learning management systems with this latest version of Enable.”
The performance of online training provider, Virtual College, has been recognised by Plimsoll Analysis as it achieves its latest milestone of two million online learners.
A doctor from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has become the 300,000th National Patient Safety Suite learner.
E-learning development company of the year, Virtual College, will launch its third generation learning management system, Enable, at ‘Learning Technologies’.
Online training specialist, Virtual College, has created a new course ‘Self-harm and suicidal thoughts in children and young people’ for professionals who come into contact with children or young people.
The POD Awards (Positively Different Staff Awards) are held annually by South Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust’s Learning and Leadership Development team, working with Virtual College, won the coveted ‘Chris Holley’ award for innovation .
Ilkley-based Virtual College has joined forces with global publisher, William Reed Business Media, to help plug the skills gap in the food sector.
Virtual College’s Gold Award for E-learning development company of the year was in recognition of its position at the forefront of developing collaborative, customer-focused e-learning for organisations across the UK for the last 20 years.
Over 200 staff, partners and friends celebrated Virtual College’s 20 year anniversary at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley.
The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust are the first to be presented with a Gold Certificate of Achievement by Virtual College in recognition of the high level of engagement achieved by their staff in National Patient Safety Suite learning.
A new online course, ‘Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery,’ has been developed to help support professionals’ and individuals’ understanding of human trafficking.
Now in its 20th year of operation, Virtual College is celebrating after being shortlisted in four eLearning award categories, including an ‘outstanding contribution’ nomination for founder and CEO, Rod Knox.
To support professionals dealing with forced marriage in the course of their work and quickly improve general awareness, the government has commissioned online learning specialist, Virtual College, to produce a new e-learning package.
The Patient Safety Awards, which recognise outstanding practice across healthcare, took place in Birmingham this month. Virtual College sponsored the Education and Training in Patient Safety Award and was invited to be on the judging panel to represent the important role technology and online training plays in the healthcare sector.
Virtual College will be demonstrating online careers guidance resources for schools at the Digital Education Show, London Olympia from 30th June to 1st July.
Delegates from Workers’ Educational Association together with several colleges involved in the national Learning Futures Programme visited Virtual College for a full day programme of activities to understand more about building and deploying e-learning within blended training programmes.
Ilkley-based online learning provider, Virtual College, has donated £5,000 to help Hive fund a pioneering woodwork and technology project.
Virtual College’s Health and Social Care director, Judith Clarkson, will be on the judging panel for the ‘Education and Training in Patient Safety’ award at the prestigious Patient Safety Congress and Awards 2015.
Virtual College donates five percent of its turnover from Safeguarding children online courses. A recent example of this is a donation of £1,500 to Streetlife, a youth work charity.
Virtual College is a registered Digital Marketplace provider via the latest release of the G-Cloud, making it easier for the public sector to purchase its online learning solutions.
Virtual College create inspiring digital training solutions from ready-to-go courses to large scale training transformation programmes, underpinned by great learning technology and real-world learning and development expertise. We have experience of delivering training to more than 4.8 million learners and a wide range of organisations. In December 2021 Virtual College was acquired by Netex, a technology-based company that offers a complete ecosystem of cloud-based learning solutions applied in enterprise, publishing and educational institutions.