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New items added to the Learning Directors Network between 1/1/2009 and 30/11/2009

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LDN Economic Update – week commencing NOV30 2009
Apart from Dubai World and Nakheel (its property subsidiary) it was mainly good news last week. ...

Computers enter learning 'core'
Computer technology is to move centre stage alongside English, maths and personal skills in an ov...

National IT skills academy awarded £7.9m grant
A National Skills Academy for IT will be launched in late 2010, with the backing of a £7.9 millio...

The commission of inquiry into the future for lifelong learning
Time off for learning can be just as refreshing as a holiday and is not just a boon to the employ...

Global Knowledge expands its portfolio to include EMC
Global Knowledge, the leader in IT and Business Skills training, today announced its partnership ...

Government’s skills proposals criticised by education leaders
College leaders have warned that ministers’ investment plans for training and skills programmes n...

LDN Economic Update – week commencing NOV 23 2009
1. Upbeat Tempo Economists ignored last week’s gloomy figures from the ONS and believe ...

Government outlines new Skills Strategy
The Government yesterday set out how it will invest in the skills critical to the recovery and lo...

TfL moves learning to Kallidus LMS
Transport for London (TfL) has chosen e2train's Kallidus LMS to replace an existing system and ex...

£350m training cuts revealed in leaked government document
Government funding for training could be cut by over £350m, a leaked Whitehall document has revea...

Red Hat Expands Training, Certification and Consulting Offerings for Virtualization
Red Hat has launched Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, a product set including the R...

Brightwave wins E-Learning Development Company Award
Brighton-based Brightwave scooped its second award win in less than ten days with the E-Learning ...

Govt issues guidance to employers on changes to the vocational qualification system
BIS, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills, have produced a leaflet for employers about...

QA wins award for service management
QA has proven the quality of its service management training once again, scooping this year's itS...

Global Knowledge announces new MD
Global Knowledge has appointed Allan Pettman as the new UK Managing Director. Allan brings a weal...

ILX grows e-learning revenue but total down 6%
ILX Group has announced its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2009. They show to...

REDTRAY acquires First Stop Training
REDTRAY has purchased the business of First Stop Training Ltd. The deal adds authorised Microsoft...

Shortlist Announced for IT Training Awards 2010
The Institute of IT Training is pleased to announce the shortlisted entrants for its IT Training ...

How to keep your staff productive during consolidation
Consolidation, whether through merger or business streamlining, doesn’t have to result in a produ...

The Reality of Challenges in 2009
Andi Campbell, Director of Education & Consulting for LPL Financial, embraces the reality of chal...

Bellinger's Economic Update for LDN Members
A week of mixed messages; but one in which the good news was eclipsed by the bad news! In the bac...

Learn.com opens EMEA headquarters in London
Learn.com® has announced today that the company has officially opened its EMEA headquarters in Lo...

Action Learning in a virtual world
Action Learning (AL) has an impressive pedigree dating back to the 1950s, but does it have a role...

Giunti Labs partners with Saffron Interactive
Giunti Labs, a leading global vendor of learning content management solutions (learn eXact LCMS) ...

Looking Beyond Training Budgets
Key studies on the impact of training investments have focused on heavier versus lighter spending...

National Training Awards for LINE
At a ceremony in London's historic Banqueting House, LINE, one of Europe's leading providers of l...

QA and Epic form partnership
QA and Epic, leading providers of training solutions to the Public Sector in their respective fie...

New National Occupational Standards for IT and Telecoms now available
New national occupational standards (NOS) for IT & Telecoms have been approved, and will replace ...

Training will be compulsory for long-term unemployed
The long-term jobless will have to undertake four weeks' training or work experience as part of w...

Streater joins OU
Kevin Streater, formerly Customer Learning Manager at Sun Microsystems, is now Executive Director...

Tackling today's learning challenges
During the last five years, many organisations have seen a marked change in their working process...

New e-learning provision unlocks people potential at AVEVA
Edvantage group, an e-learning company, has launched a Managed Learning Services e-learning progr...

Learning Tree Presented with 'Learning in Practice" Award
Learning Tree International (NASDAQ NGM: LTRE) was awarded a CLO Magazine Learning in Practice aw...

Bellinger's Blog: Hot Technologies – Hot Courses
If only we could be the first to jump on to the bandwagon of a new technology it would be great f...

2009 Top 20 IT Training - World
CompaniesTrainingIndustry.com continuously monitors the IT training marketplace looking for the b...

Atlantic Link selected as Best of Elearning! 2009, receiving 3 Excellence Honours
Atlantic Link has won 3 Excellence Honours for their collaborative rapid e-learning tools – ‘Cont...

Government to scrap 'appalling' IT GCSE following employers' complaints
The government is to scrap the ICT GCSE in an effort to stop children turning away from the subje...

Happy's Henry Stewart rated as 'A Thinker Shaping the Future'
The list of the world's 50 most influential business gurus is published today at the Thinkers 50 ...

E-learning academic warns businesses they need to move with the times
Organisations risk widening the gap between how their staff want to learn and the training being ...

A blueprint for planning learning
Jay Bahlis (bahlis@bnhexpertsoft.com) has outlined a six-step process for aligning training with ...

Employees would take pay cut to work from home
According to a study from Citrix, one-fifth of employees would sacrifice five percent of their sa...

Companies turn to mentoring as training budgets dry up
More companies are combining outside training courses with internal efforts as their resources ti...

New appointment reinforces QA's ITIL credentials
Jeff Payne, Director of Professional Best Practice at QA, has been nominated by ISEB as the repre...

Trainer1 delivers first Social Environment Learning Connector
The vendor neutral e-learning specialist, Trainer1, has launched its latest version of the CSL de...

The future of e-learning and social learning
Social learning is here, and working in some of the world's leading organizations including HP. T...

BCS Launch Rebrand at IITT’s Training 2009 Conference and Exhibition
A packed audience of almost 200 training professionals attended the IITT's annual conference and ...

Kineo publishes new Compliance E-Learning Guide
Compliance training is a critical issue for today's organizations. In an increasingly regulated w...

BCS rebrands as The Chartered Institute for IT
The British Computer Society (BCS) has re-branded itself as "BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT...

Skills reform wranglings
As all employers know, restructuring a large organisation is a time-consuming and stressful busin...

Lord Puttnam to outline future learning strategies
David - now Lord - Puttnam, the Oscar-winning film producer turned e-learning advocate, says L&D ...

Global Knowledge acquires top Canadian training firm
Global Knowledge announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Nexient L...

Preparing for Takeoff: Get Leadership Ready for Economic Recovery
Whether the economy springs back in the fourth quarter of 2009 or we climb out slowly over the ne...

HR and Learning: One big happy family?
In a series on HR and learning strategy, Paul Kearns asks whether it is about time learning and H...

New head of digital learning for Bray Leino Broadskill
Following strong growth in its digital learning business, Bray Leino BroadSkill has appointed Ker...

Small business can now access Government small contracts
Every small business in the UK will now have free access to thousands of lower value government c...

New booklet helps to close the e-learning skills gap
Clive Shepherd and Laura Overton have released a new booklet which explains 'what every learning ...

Vortex 6 - a new star is born
Peter Olive, former Fast Lane Managing Director, has launched a new Cisco training provider for ...

South Africa's oldest University selects Kaplan STT Trainer
Kaplan IT Learning has announced that The University of Cape Town are using eLearning lessons cre...

LINE extends service with 3D
LINE Communications, the provider of learning and communications solutions, has announced formal ...

e2train wins NHS e-Learning contract
e2train, an established provider of learning solutions to the NHS, have launched a new library of...

Atlantic Link to provide content delivery solution to Blackboard
Atlantic Link has formed a partnership with Blackboard Inc., a global leader in education technol...

ILX grows 25% in e-Learning software
ILX Group plc, the AIM quoted provider of e-learning software and business training to both the p...

Workplace e-learning gets further funding boost
Training providers are being invited to bid for £3 million of funding to help transform the way p...

Why you should know about the Qualifications Credit Frameowrk
By the end of 2010, all key vocational qualifications must be registered on the Qualifications an...

New Blue-Chip wins for Atlantic Link
Atlantic Link, the leading provider of collaborative rapid e-learning authoring software, has won...

Futurelab's 'Call for ideas' on learning with games is now open
Education innovator Futurelab is calling for new ideas on learning with games. More specifica...

Use Smartphones for language learning
The boom in Smartphones, led by Apple's iPhone, has inspired language learning tools that would h...

REDTRAY acquires PPi Learning Services
REDTRAY, a leading Training Outsourcing provider, has purchased the business of PPi Learning Serv...

UK Software & IT Services Spending to Fall Faster in 2009
Software and IT services spending in the UK will decline slightly faster than expected in 2009, a...

Elisha and Kineo win FCO e-Learning contract
Eliesha and Kineo have won a major e-Learning contract with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office t...

Bray Leino BroadSkill grows despite tough economic times
Bray Leino BroadSkill is bucking the market and difficult business climate by reporting 7% growth...

Cobent announces record growth in the first half of 2009
Cobent, a leading provider of learning management and regulatory compliance solutions, has announ...

Virtual College celebrates 250,000th user
When Firefighter Sam Wood, of the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, logged on to E►nabl...

Learning Tree Announces Q3 Results
Learning Tree International Inc has announced its results for the quarter to July 3 – the third q...

CompTIA Strata available from Prometric & Pearson VUE
The newly-released Strata certifications are now available at both the Prometric and Pearson VUE ...

CompTIA announces new Strata Fundamentals Exams
CompTIA has released its new CompTIA Strata Fundamentals exam series. CompTIA Strata exams are ve...

BCS signs MOU with Service Desk Institute
BCS has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Service Desk Institute (SDI) to enable both...

Focus expands range of software testing courses
IT training specialist, Focus, has expanded its range of services to help those looking to build ...

New major client wins for ILX CTG Group
ILX Group, the AIM quoted provider of computer based business training to both the private and pu...

Simplification of Employment and Skills Services - Consultation Launched
England’s complex patchwork of employment and skills services urgently needs to be simplified to ...

E-Learning Market Update (Jul 09)
This month we take a look at the e-learning market from an offshoring perspective and the growth ...

PPi goes broke - again!
PPi Learning Services is in administration. The Administrators are Andrew Stoneman and Jason Gode...

OutStart unveils 'Next-Gen Single-Source LCMS'
OutStart Inc. announced the immediate availability of OutStart LCMS 2009. OutStart spent more tha...

Implementing Social Networking
Great BBC R4 programme on implementing social learning with BT , sun microsystems et al. http:...

New Advisory Panel on New Industry, New Jobs, Universities And Skills
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today announced the creation of a new advisory panel on New Ind...

GCHQ takes on government IT security training
The government is turning co-ordination of its IT security training over to the information assur...

BCS and Sun join forces to benefit IT students
BCS and Sun Microsystems have completed an agreement that will allow BCS student members access t...

QA wins Microsoft Worldwide Partner Award
QA has been selected as an Award winner as Learning Solutions Impact Partner of the Year at the 2...

QA sells systems division and plans to grow training business
QA announced the sale of its sister company, solutions provider IQ Sys. Chief Executive of QA,...

Upbeat results from ILX Group
ILX Group has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2009. Its revenue was...

Atlantic Link shortlisted in Software Satisfaction Awards
Atlantic Link, a leader in collaborative rapid e-learning software, has announced that its multi-...

Training opportunities open up as employers focus on retention
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) says that despite the recession, empl...

Training budgets stay firm despite recession pressures, claims IoD
Most employers are maintaining training budgets or even increasing them despite the recession pre...

New role for Gilroy
Steve Gilroy has been appointed Chief Executive of Vistage International (UK) Ltd, a leading chie...

Redtray strengthens business development team
Training Outsourcing provider Redtray is strengthening its business development team with the app...

IT managers 'lack skills to lead firms through recession'
Four out of 10 management teams in the UK IT industry do not have the right skills to lead their ...

Communications skills vital for IT leaders - but hard to find
More than a third (36 per cent) of UK firms still regard an IT leader's communications skills as ...

MPs call for 'simpler approach' on skills
MPs have backed calls for a simpler approach to the funding and promotion of skills. At the eP...

UK Commission for Employment and Skills tackles services maze
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has launched its Talentmap website to make it...

IT suppliers forced to invest in staff training
IT suppliers will have to commit to boosting the tech skills of their workforce if they want to w...

Recession boosts working from home
Increasing numbers of recession-hit Brits are choosing to work from home in order to save cash, a...

Cisco combines networking and business skills in tough new certificate
Cisco has introduced a new, advanced certificate - Cisco Certified Architect. The company alre...

Two years on for the Skills Pledge, by LSC chairman Chris Banks
Last month we celebrated the second anniversary of the Skills Pledge, an initiative which has had...

IITT Launches Learning Technologies Accreditation
The Institute of IT Training is delighted to announce the launch of its new accreditation program...

Sun Microsystems unveils video community platform
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Social Learning eXchange (SLX) Enterprise, a software-as-a-servic...

Virtual world technology taking off, says report
Online options have changed the world of corporate training. Currently, businesses are using virt...

Value of Targeted Training: a lesson from NZ?
Tighter-knit relationships between business and their training providers are on the rise because ...

Should corporates centralise their training?
For years, companies have struggled with the age-old question: Should our training structure be c...

Corporate Training Efficiency: More work to do!
Bersin & Associates analyzed a set of detailed data from 108 global training organizations to try...

Premier IT now running fully accredited VMware training courses
Premier IT, the workforce improvement specialist, is delighted to announce that it is now offerin...

Managing Rapid e-Learning
Rapid e-learning is being used by many large organisations including BP, Ufi, Virgin Media, M&S, ...

UK Universities plan to become world leaders in online learning
A new task force to ensure our universities become the first choice across the world for on-line ...

IT skills demand bucking the recession
e-skills UK that almost 25% of firms with IT/Telecoms staff stated that they were experiencing an...

TPMA success for Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
Training Synergy (A division of The Synergy Group) has helped 3 more candidates achieve the level...

New Report: Top 5 Management Derailers
Profiles International, a global leader in employment evaluation and human resource management as...

People judge intelligence, professionalism from emails
More than half of adults in America judge people's intelligence based on e-mail content and forma...

Pearson VUE Selected by Citrix as Exclusive Test Delivery Partner
Pearson VUE, the computer-based testing business of Pearson, announced today that Citrix Systems,...

e2train Launches Kallidus 8
e2train has announced the launch of Kallidus® 8, an enterprise-wide learning and performance env...

TPMA success for Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
Training Synergy (A division of The Synergy Group) has helped 3 more candidates achieve the level...

IITT welcomes skills focus in Digital Britain report
The IITT welcomes the focus on skills in the Digital Britain report published this week. The r...

Bellinger's Blog: Social Cisco - Threat or Opportunity?
Examples of strong social networking sites are rare – especially those that survive the initial h...

Adobe increases e-learning opportunities for managers
Adobe has increased the amount of e-learning training it offers to managers to prepare them for t...

ILX Delivers Best Practice Training for COLT
ILX Group is providing COLT, a leading European provider of business communications, with trainin...

Toolwire to Deliver Virtual Hands-On Learning for Avaya
Experiential distance learning specialist Toolwire has announced an agreement with Avaya Inc to d...

Two Learning Impact Awards for Giunti Labs
Learning and mobile content management solution provider Giunti Labs has won a ‘Gold’ and a ‘Best...

Global Knowledge is Cisco’s Global Learning Partner of the Year
Global Knowledge has received four Cisco Channel Partner awards for outstanding performance in 20...

New Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
The Government has created a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whose key role wi...

New distance learning resource from Focus on Training
A web site capability offering distance learning for Project Management and IT qualifications has...

CompTIA to launch new version of A+
In August, CompTIA will launch the 2009 Edition of its CompTIA A+ certification. It will consist ...

Apollo Global to acquire BPP
Subject to shareholder approval, UK-based training provider BPP Holdings plc is to be acquired by...

Government IT suppliers must invest in training
Companies winning Government-funded IT contracts will have to fulfil a commitment to skills train...

Atlantic Link's Authoring Tools Chosen by Capital City Bank
After years of investing its training budget with third party instructional designers, US-based C...

Synchronous e-Learning Strategy & Research
The eLearning Guild conducted a survey of its members, asking for their favorite tips relating to...

Getting the Most Out of Your e-Learning Budget
This eBook on maximizing your e-Learning development budget demonstrates the ingenuity of our ind...

Top 5 Ways to Communicate the Value of Your Training Programs
A roundtable group, which included learning leaders from a wide swath of industries, was asked, “...

Software as a Service – Changing the LMS Market?
The focus of Elearnity’s research - Software-as-a-service (SaaS) - is one of the fastest growing ...

SkillSoft reports Q1 results
SkillSoft has announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2010. The Compan...

Saba expands relationship with IBM
Saba and IBM announced that they are working together to help businesses harness and develop tale...

Knowledge Solutions rebrand as EnlightKS
Knowledge Solutions (www.knowledgeuk.com), the provider of knowledge transfer and end-user adopti...

ThirdForce reports progress in 2008
ThirdForce has reported strong revenue and profit for the year ending 31st December 2008, while w...

QA leads IT Training Top 50
QA has again been placed top of the UK IT training market in 2009, reporting revenues over four t...

Happy is best in UK for health and well-being
Happy Ltd, the training company that includes Happy Computers, was last night named as the best c...

UK top 50 IT training providers 2009
In conjunction with the Learning Directors Network, Pardo Fox has published its tenth annual tabl...

LCMS, not just a Technology: It’s a Strategy!
Learning technologies haven’t reached the same status as other business systems because most of t...

Managing Rapid e-Learning
Rapid e-learning is being used by many large organisations including BP, Ufi, Virgin Media, M&S, ...

Informal learning gets £20m government cash boost
Training organisations and adult learners alike may benefit from a cash injection of £20m after t...

IITT Conference moves to London
The Institute of IT Training is delighted to announce that the Training 2009 Conference and Exhib...

Employers wanting to train face disappointment due to funding cuts
Firms encouraged to train staff by the government’s multi-million pound ‘It’s in your hands’ ad...

New ITQ framework and qualification documentation now available
The new ITQ qualification structure and assessment strategy documentation based on the NOS for IT...

Sector Skills Councils Relicensing - First decisions announced
Four Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) have been relicensed, Skills Secretary John Denham has announc...

Oracle to buy Sun
Sun and Oracle have announced a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common s...

Brightwave to build retail product knowledge for TomTom
Following strong growth in 2008/09, workplace e-learning specialist Brightwave has announced a ne...

BCS launches green IT qualification
As organisations look to demonstrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) and reduce carbon emis...

BCS and IAOP to define education and certification for IT outsourcing
IT outsourcing professionals will benefit from a new understanding signed between BCS and the Int...

Atlantic Link Certified as a Top 20% Performer
During the recently awarded General Services Administration contract (GSA), Atlantic Link has bee...

IT Certification Remains Strong in UK, says Pearson VUE
Leading test provider Pearson VUE has commented on recent research from the IITT's Learning Direc...

Aquinas appoints Gabrielle Gardner
Aquinas, a leading training solution reseller, has announced the appointment of Gabrielle Gardner...

Laying Off or Cutting Pay?
It’s never an easy decision whether to cut an employee’s job or ask them to accept even worse wag...

Skills agenda still on track despite impact of recession
Employers have insisted the skills agenda is on track despite admitting it was "inevitable" that ...

Technology still 'a turn-off' for female graduates
A survey of 150 recent female graduates, showed that 132 would choose a job in management consult...

Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer - Part 1
Today’s organizational turmoil is more than just a temporary downturn. The implications will be l...

Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer - Part 2
Put on the learning skills spectacles and look at your people. Are they efficient in their learni...

Learning Resources in Uncertain Times (Mar 09)
How are learning budgets, resources and activities being impacted by the economic crisis? Here is...

Best Practices for Building a Winning Organizational Culture
Business leaders recognize the importance of developing and sustaining a winning culture driven b...

Primary shake-up to boost IT learning
Schoolchildren are going to be taught how to use websites like Google Earth and Wikipedia in a hu...

Computers enter 'core' subjects in school curriculum
Computer technology is to move centre stage alongside English, maths and personal skills in an ov...

All new Computeach
Computeach has made 'significant changes' to its brand image and service offerings 'to take advan...

Learning in 3D 'virtual classroom'
Students at Hull's first academy are benefiting from a 3D "virtual classroom", where learning is ...

Microsoft Betas Learning Consultant Certification
Microsoft has released details on its new Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant (MCLC) certific...

Bob Mosher to keynote at the IITT National Conference 2009
The Institute of IT Training has announced that learning and development thought leader Bob Moshe...

Time to provide your LDN Market Barometer data!
It is time once again to take a look at the current state of the IT training market, and we would...

QA secures major renewals for Managed Services business
QA's Managed Learning Service has had a significant vote of approval from its customers, with sev...

IT Training Awards 2010 - time to start compiling entries
With six months to go before the deadline date, it's time to be thinking about your entries for t...

Learners want more technology-driven training
Learners are chomping at the bit to embrace more learning technologies, faster than training mana...

Learning Tree offers million-pound training credit
Learning Tree International is putting £1 million into a special training pot to support UK busin...

PPi signs up 2e2 Training for desktop applications
PPi Learning Services has signed a one-year rolling contract with 2e2 Training for the delivery o...

Training Synergy awards new IITT/BCS certificates
On 18th March Training Synergy awarded some of its first certificates under the new Trainer Perfo...

Private equity firm to buy SumTotal?
Vista Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm specialising in enterprise software busines...

LINE on top form during difficult times
LINE Communications, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, has announced r...

New Horizons UK in administration
Amid much confusion and uncertainty, it is understood that Thunder Bay Ltd and Amadeo Training Lt...

Toolwire wins another Gold Award
Experiential distance learning specialist Toolwire has won a Gold Award at the LearnX Asia Pacifi...

SPECIAL OFFER ON VIRTUAL CLASSROOM SOFTWARE FOR MEMBERS
IITT, in conjunction with Adobe, are pleased to announce a special offer for Adobe Acrobat Connec...

Pearson VUE offering free Psychometric Workshops
Computer-based assessment company Pearson VUE has launched its Spring 2009 series of free psychom...

Mosher to keynote at IITT Conference 2009
Learning and development thought leader Bob Mosher is to fly in from the US to give the keynote a...

Leadership in tough times
The current challenging economic climate is a great time to test the strength of your leadership ...

Saba 'leader in LMS market' survey says
Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) has been recognised as the provider with the most experience in large-scale im...

Govt School appoints new directors for learning delivery
The National School of Government has announced that Jonathan Miller, Director of Learning Delive...

Sylvan Learning expands in Middle East
Sylvan Learning, Inc., North America's most recognized provider of supplemental education, announ...

Education funding fiasco
Now the biggest quango in England, with a budget of more than £11bn a year, the Learning & Skills...

CBI reports on skills in the downturn
A major report by the CBI finds that employers are committed to training through the downturn and...

Kaplan IT unveils authoring tool for performance based testin
Kaplan IT Learning has launched an authoring tool and delivery platform for performance-based tes...

Train your way out of the recession, says research
A new report from Cranfield finds that successful organisations are typified by those that have l...

ThirdForce awarded Skills for Life Partner to Whitbread
ThirdForce, a leading e-learning provider, now acting as the sole supplier of Skills for Life to ...

Global Knowledge runs Citrix courses
Global Knowledge (UK and Ireland) has announced their Citrix Authorised Learning Centre (CALC) st...

Software and communication skills in demand
Software programming skills are still in demand, despite companies cutting back IT spending. But ...

PPi teams up with Purple Griffon to offer ITIL courses
PPi has linked up with Purple Griffon to market and deliver service management training and consu...

New ISEB Architecture Certificates
ISEB has announced the replacement of its existing IT Architecture Certificate with two new Inter...

Prometric and BCS renews global partnership
Prometric, a leading global provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, today...

LSC CEO Mark Haysom resigns
Chris Banks, Chair of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has announced that the LSC’s Chief Ex...

Top 20 Training Outsourcing companies announced
Four UK-based training outsourcing organisations have made it to the Top 20 Training Outsourcing ...

e-skills UK releases further Insight reports
e-skills UK has published another two reports as part of its IT and Telecoms Insights 2008 series...

The engaged learner
I read recently that 69% of adults of all ages in London are bored! I have no idea of how scienti...

IBM in talks to acquire Sun
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc., according to the Wall Street Journal. "People fa...

QA named in top Top 20 training outsourcing companies
QA's Managed Learning Service has been selected as one of the top 20 training outsourcing compani...

Global Knowledge calls on business to strengthen L&D investments
Investments in IT and in IT skills drive business forward, says Global Knowledge executive. "...

Time Management in the Age of Social Media
These days I'm asked frequently about the role of social media in personal and organizational pro...

Twelve per cent decline in Parity's revenue reported
Parity Training, which was sold to a Dubai based company in January this year, suffered a 12% dec...

To train or not to train in 2009 – a snapshot survey
With every available news service dishing up doom and gloom about the economy, people are underst...

Mann steps down as Information Transfer head
Roger Mann has stepped down as Managing Partner of Information Transfer and the partners have app...

Learn.com offers free online education
Learn.com has announced the launch of their Personal Edition in April 2009. Users of the Learn...

Latest Training Buyers Research released for members
The IT Training Buyers Survey 2009 has just been published for the members of the Institute of IT...

LDN Executive Meeting: 10 March 2009 - Meeting Slides
LDN Executive Meeting: 10 March 2009 - Meeting Slides You can download the meeting slides from t...

Pearson acquires European e-Learning firm
Pearson, an international education and information company, has announced an agreement to acquir...

Redtray acquires Academy Internet
Redtray has expanded its e-Learning capabilities through a merger with Academy Internet, the cust...

Best Practices in Working with Learning Service Providers
At a time when learning leaders can least afford the cost of misalignment, a recent study reveals...

Lifelong Learning UK helps tutors refresh vocational skills
Lifelong Learning UK helps tutors refresh vocational skills Lifelong Learning UK has launched ...

Another year of growth for KnowledgPool
Managed learning services company KnowledgePool today announced strong financial results after an...

Social Networking Site for Instructors, Professionals, and Learning Providers
CourseMax ( http://coursemax.com ), a provider of on-demand software for training businesses anno...

Audit Office tells Whitehall to sharpen up learning
Central government is not doing enough to measure the impact of IT systems designed to support le...

Next Generation VI Platform t from Global Knowledge
Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT Training and Business Skills, today announced the av...

US training 'taking a beating in recession' survey says
The recession is leading organizations to slash spending on training, two recent studies show. ...

Your L&D credit crunch survival manual
There has never been a greater focus on reducing costs than right now. The latest Bersin research...

Happy goes green!
Happy Computers this week became the first training provider in the UK to announce it has become ...

Twitter: Your view (apart from the seriously crass name)
What is your view on Twitter (apart from the seriously crass name!). I came across this nlog t...

Lifelong Learning UK presents HSBC with IT
LLUK Chief Executive David Hunter presented the Staff Development Programme award to a delighted ...

Beyond Learning Objectives
Learning objectives can provide direction, focus and guidance to educational initiatives. When tr...

Microsoft invests in Games for Learning Institute
Microsoft has pledged to invest $1.5 million USD into a gaming initiative designed to help stimul...

Thomson Reuters adopts online knowledge sharing tool
Information giant Thomson Reuters plans to roll out a new knowledge-sharing tool among its global...

e-skills UK event brings Government, industry and education together
Nearly 100 employers and senior academics have attended an event to discuss the impact of the cha...

Ready Your Training Organization for a Troubled Economy
Like everyone else, the learning development industry is standing on rather tenuous ground, and f...

Mzinga Unveils Social Learning Suite
Mzinga, a specialist in on-demand social software solutions, has launched what it claims is the i...

QA instructor recognised for Citrix training
QA's leading Citrix technologist, Rob Blincoe, has been recognised by Citrix as the Citrix Certif...

Atlantic Link wins rapid e-learning shootout
Atlantic Link has triumphed in a Rapid e-learning Publishing shootout at the Training 2009 exhibi...

Pearson VUE to launch new computer-based ISEB exam
Pearson VUE has announced that it will be the first testing company to offer the new Information ...

Pearson tipped to bid for online learning firm Espresso
Espresso, the online education group part-owned by ITN and Channel 4, is to go on sale by the end...

REDTRAY acquires Academy Internet
REDTRAY, the blended learning company, has expanded its e-learning capabilities through a merger ...

First authorised centres delighted with take up of TPMA
The first batch of IITT Authorised Centres offering the IITT’s new Training Performance Monitorin...

BCS awards ICTP certificates to pilot candidates
After three years of consultation, BCS has decided it is more appropriate for it to endorse the I...

Giunti Labs partners with Stoas Learning
Learning and mobile content management solution provider, Giunti Labs, has named Stoas Learning, ...

Industry heavyweights back Game Based Learning 2009
A number of leading games industry figures have signed up to speak at next month’s Game Based Lea...

LMSs take to the internet Cloud
The world wide web continues to spread through the training world and is beginning to act as a ve...

Right to request time for training enshrined in law
The new Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill will give employees the right to requ...

Train to Gain: Skilling through the slump
The government says it will pump more money into training and skills development. Is Train to Gai...

Bray Leino BroadSkill becomes supplier on OGCbuying.solutions
Bray Leino BroadSkill has been successful in becoming an accredited supplier on the OGCbuying.sol...

BCS to develop new qualification
The BCS plans to develop a new qualification for data centre operators. It follows the public...

The Boomerang Effect In Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Like the boomerang, getting customers to return, takes skill and practice. Today, your customers ...

Bad timing for London banking IT training centre?
The government and major banks are backing an IT training centre that will produce up to 20 PhD s...

IT TRAINING AWARDS 2009 CELEBRATES OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
The Institute of IT Training IT Training Awards for 2009 were presented at a glittering gala dinn...

Myriad Training ventures into e-learning
Myriad Training has launched a new online training facility offering a range of Microsoft Office ...

HP degree combines academic and industry qualifications
Thames Valley University has collaborated with Hewlett-Packard to develop a 2-year part-time cour...

Adobe launches e-Learning software suite
Adobe Systems has launched its Adobe eLearning Suite software, a new content-authoring solution f...

Firebrand certifies 3,000th MCSE student
Accelerated Learning company Firebrand Training has achieved a major milestone by training 3,000 ...

Parity Training sold to New Horizons
Parity Group has agreed to sell Parity Training to a company called ECS Limited for a total cash ...

New framework for public sector training deals
The Office of Government Commerce says organisations throughout the public sector “will have simp...

Afiniti launches online PRINCE2 courses
Project management specialist Afiniti has announced new online learning courses for PRINCE2 Found...

New CompTIA Network+ exam available
CompTIA has launched its new Network+ exam, which has been updated to reflect the evolution of da...

Logica sells German IT training company Integrata
Logica has sold its German IT training subsidiary Integrata to a management buy-in team together ...

US corporate training spend in 2008 declined by 11%
Over the last year, companies have cut training spending and staffing; changed training program p...

Atlantic Link posts 100% revenue growth
Atlantic Link today announced 100% revenue growth in the face of the credit crunch, smashing seve...

LDN Research: Market Barometer Q4 2008
As you know, David Pardo and John Durbin of Pardo Fox are now working with the Learning Directors...

Podcast: Learning technologies
Wikis, blogs, performance support tools and podcasts are all examples of learning technologies. T...

More companies turn to the web in the recession
Businesses need to continue to market themselves in the economic climate, the Internet is the sec...

RWD launches Management Consulting Essentials course
RWD Technologies UK has launched their "Certificate in Management Consulting Essentials" open cou...

Virtual World classroom transforms corporate training
Leading training and development consultancy Bray Leino BroadSkill has joined forces with enterpr...

Rapidly developed e-learning ensures compliance at Bupa
The UK's leading health insurer Bupa has delivered a competency assessment e-learning programme i...

Training Process Framework
Here is an interesting article that I thought you would find interesting. ----------------------...

New e-Learning company launches
A new e-Learning business, CenREL - the Centre for Rapid e-Learning - has been launched today wit...

CMI calls for training tax credits to tackle recession
The Chartered Management Institute is calling on Government to tackle the recession by offering t...

E-Learning Market Update (Jan 09)
If you’re responsible for a training budget, odds are you’ve had quite a sobering start to 2009. ...

Tech job demand rallying in economic storm
Tech jobs appear to be suffering less during the economic downturn than those in other sectors. ...

PPi the fastest growing UK Microsoft Learning Partner
PPi Learning Services (PPi) has been recognised as the fastest growing Microsoft Gold Learning Pa...

European Parliament launches credits for quality in vocational training
European Parliament voted for new tools for mobility and quality in vocational education and trai...

BCS acquires Activ Training
The BCS is expanding its qualifications business with the acquisition of Activ Training. The move...

Charles Jennings discusses Thomson Reuters Global Learning Strategy Tools
Charles Jennings, on the eve of his retirement from his role as Global Head of Learning at Thomso...

Training is vital to helping people through the recession
Responding to a report published today (Friday) by the Innovation, Universities and Science and S...

Training Professionals: Are You Ready?
Today there's more to training than, well, training. In addition to enabling learning, innovative...

PM's skills and training drive is a 'dog's breakfast'
Gordon Brown's programme for increasing the skills of the British workforce has been savaged by M...

Tata Interactive Systems records good growth in 2008
Global learning solutions provider, Tata Interactive Systems entered 2009 on a positive note, con...

Pearson VUE sponsors Charity Auction at IT Training Awards
Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.co.uk) is sponsoring the IT Training Awards 2009 (IITT) Charity Aucti...

e-skills UK issues strategic plans for 2009-2014
e-skills UK has issued new strategic plans for England, Scotland and Wales for 2009-2014. These p...

Towards Maturity launches results of e-learning review
How are 300 public and private sector companies making the most of learning technologies in an ec...

Professionalism pays says new report
Survey data shows that professional qualifications help improve earnings, employability and contr...

Has the IT skills crisis turned a corner?
Has the IT skills crisis turned a corner? Results from the 10th annual silicon.com Skills Survey ...

Hottest skills for 2009
US-based Computerworld says that despite the grim financial picture, demand for certain types of ...

Mobile learning goes mainstream in the downturn
According to a new research report by Ambient Insight, despite the current financial crisis, the ...

Premier IT adds Microsoft Business Certifications
Premier IT, the IT and business skills training provider, has added a series of course dates for ...

Atlantic Link gains US Federal supplier status for rapid e-Learning Solutions
Atlantic Link, Inc, has been awarded the General Services Administration contract (GSA) to provid...

Kineo shares rapid e-learning product knowledge approach
To generate sales, your front line team need to be up to date on what you sell, and how you want ...

Offshoring hitting homegrown skills
Offshoring is having a negative impact on the skill level of the UK workforce, according to the e...

The LDN New Year Resolutions
This is always a busy time of year – whether it’s just the new calendar year or the new fiscal ye...


Research & Analysis:


Companies investing in tech projects again, survey says
Organisations are starting to reinvest in key technologies such as networks and teleconferencing,...

Graduate recruitment investment reaps return of more than 500%
Businesses that invest in graduate recruitment see a return on investment of more than 500%, acco...

Economic Impact on Training Investments
A recent survey of chief learning executives reveals the impact of the recession on budgets and f...

Executives must rebuild trust to lead companies out of recession, survey finds
In order to lead their companies out of the recession, top-level executives will first need to re...

New study reveals what CEOs want to know about training
Executives from the ROI Institute conducted a study of Fortune 500 CEOs to gain insight into the ...

Discover learning survey results
During the summer, e2train partnered with the Learning and Skills Group to conduct the Workplace ...

What Your Execs Need to Beat the Recession
What will your CEO and executive board have to do to see your company through what remains of the...

Executives opt for low tech training tools
Despite the alleged popularity of electronic performance support systems (EPSS) software among th...

New Research shows corporate training budgets misaligned
Bersin & Associates has published a new study on high-impact learning practices. The study found ...

Virtual learning as effective as ILT, survey says
A new study by SkillSoft shows that the vast majority of learners consider SkillSoft’s Live Learn...

Executives balk at Facebook for work
Thinking about "friending" your boss on Facebook? You may want to reconsider. According to a ...

Technology addiction disrupts teenagers' learning
Technology addiction among teenagers is having a disruptive effect on their learning, according t...

KnowledgePool sees 'New Priority for Learning Outsourcing'
The organisational desire to cut supplier costs has made 'supplier management' the current focus ...

Coaching soars in depths of recession
Research to be launched at the CIPD Coaching at Work conference has found that almost 90% of orga...

Online Learning Edges Classrooms
Online education has been achieving somewhat better results than classroom education, according t...

Learning in EU 'stagnating'
Lifelong learning stagnated in the European Union between 2004 and 2008: only one in ten adults p...

It's learning - but not as we know it
The informal activities that we all do in our everyday lives can help us to learn, and this needs...

Managers must practise basic people skills, warns research
Managers who are expecting employees to “weather the storm no matter how poorly they are managed”...

Users’ acceptance of online learning is growing, says survey
More and more learners are using and completing e-learning modules, and they recognise the benefi...

Growth of social learning stunted by lack of knowledge in UK business
New research confirms business leaders and data security concerns are key barriers to social lear...

Software Certification and Training set for 25% fall in AsiaPac
The software certification and training market in Asia Pacific is expected to experience a 25 per...

What Do Trainers Think of Web 2.0?
ASTD’s recently released report, “Transforming Learning with Web 2.0 Technologies,” looked at ind...

Impact of recession on IT and Telecoms labour market
e-skills UK has published the latest issue of the e-skills Bulletin, the definitive source of inf...

The Value of Education and Skills in Turbulent Times
The Confederation of British Industry has published findings of a survey of employers' views on e...

Employers on Graduate Employability
A report from the Council for Industry and Higher Education states the need for universities, emp...

Decrease in European IT services growth – and training, says IDC
IDC has downgraded its European IT services growth forecast for 2009 by 1.2 percentage points fro...

e-skills UK ICT Inquiry identifies key concerns of UK businesses
e-skills UK has published the latest issue of its ICT Inquiry, reporting on the results from its ...

Training is a casualty of the cutbacks and employee skills levels are suffering
Almost a third of European workers (30%) are in jobs they are not properly trained for because of...

IT Budgets declined in First Quarter of 2009
In the first quarter of 2009, CIOs experienced significant IT budget revisions as executives "gai...

Recession accelerates digital divide, says BCS
Young people with a qualification in IT are upbeat about their employment prospects despite curre...

Software-as-a-Service: Impact on Learning & Talent Systems
In this research paper Elearnity examines the benefits and challenges with the SaaS model, and ex...

Training funds wasted on irrelevant subjects "to please bean-counters"
Training funds wasted on irrelevant subjects "to please bean-counters" Employees are being enr...

Transforming Training Execution: Reducing Cost and Improving Performance
A recent study by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and the Institute for ...

Training 'in recession' despite employee demand
Employer’s commitment to training is on the wane, despite employee enthusiasm for professional de...

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending to Decline 3.8% in 2009
The unprecedented decline of the global economy is impacting the IT industry with worldwide IT sp...

Economic recovery by end of 2009, says new survey
The latest annual Corporate Issues Survey by The Ken Blanchard Companies suggests that over 70% o...

How to make e-learning more effective?
According to a recent survey by training provider Cegos, the vast majority of employees (88%) rat...

Employers prioritise management and leadership training
Training and developing staff remains an important priority for employers, despite the economic d...

Bersin says LMS market is in transition
US analyst Bersin & Associates has published its latest study, LMS and Learning Platforms 2009: F...

Training and development to remain buoyant in credit crunch?
In times of financial hardship, budgets allocated for training purposes are to remain stable thro...

Banking IT budgets plunge by $40bn
IT is set to feel the brunt of hard times hitting the financial services industry. According to n...

Learning Technologies on the up in US: will it happen here?
Two new reports from US-based analyst firm Ambient Insight offer useful pointers to possible futu...

Tough times for IT graduates
The number of graduate vacancies in the UK will drop this year for the first time since 2003, acc...

IDC says vendors don't know how to sell training
IDC has released a new MarketScape report profiling and ranking the leading technology vendors pa...

New e-Learning research addresses skills shortages in Aus
New research confirms that e-Learning is being sought out by Australian business and industry loo...

Recession 'good for the learning industry' says report
According to a new report released by Ambient Insight, venture capital is flowing into learning t...

Staff training: Chill wind hits training budgets
Despite recent calls by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the CBI not to abandon training as...

Little IT spending growth, say US analysts
Two leading US-based analyst firms have warned that IT spending will show little or no growth in ...

Online social networking: The productivity paradox
The Web 2.0 revolution is transforming the very fabric of business and society today. But does ba...

Government departments don’t budget for IT security training
Most government departments do not have a specific IT security training budget, a Freedom of Info...

Businesses feel resistant to the current difficult business climate
Eight in ten international businesses feel relatively resistant when it comes to the worsening bu...

Businesses are demanding much more from learning technologies in the downturn
The UK's comprehensive review of Learning Technologies at work - Businesses are demanding much mo...

Employees keen to hold on to their jobs, but...
IT security specialist Cyber-Ark has published the results of an intriguing survey entitled The G...

Training budgets will hold up, says Cegos
New research from Cegos UK has looked into how the economic downturn will impact training practic...

Financial skills most hampered by skills shortages
The financial services industry is still the most hampered by IT skills shortages, according to a...

Salary survey delivers good and bad news for L&D
Blue Eskimo, the specialist recruitment company for training, e-learning and technology recruitme...

Business use of social network grows
A new study from Human Capital Institute and Cornerstone OnDemand says an increasing number of or...


Reference Library:


Resourceful Learning Strategies at LPL Financial
Andi Campbell, Director of Education & Consulting for LPL Financial, embraces the reality of chal...

Tackling today's learning challenges
This paper addresses these challenges and requirements. Firstly we will seek to identify the key ...

A Blueprint for Planning Learning
Jay Bahlis (bahlis@bnhexpertsoft.com) has outlined a six-step process for aligning training with ...

Kineo published e-Learning compliance guide
Kineo share their insights and experience about what makes for effective compliance e-learning, i...

New booklet helps to close the e-learning skills gap
Clive Shepherd and Laura Overton have released a new booklet which explains 'what every learning ...

KnowledgePool sees 'New Priority for Learning Outsourcing'
The organisational desire to cut supplier costs has made 'supplier management' the current focus ...

It's learning - but not as we know it
The informal activities that we all do in our everyday lives can help us to learn, and this needs...

Corporate Training Efficiency: More work to do!
Bersin & Associates analyzed a set of detailed data from 108 global training organizations to try...

Managing Rapid e-Learning
Rapid e-learning is being used by many large organisations including BP, Ufi, Virgin Media, M&S, ...

IITT welcomes skills focus in Digital Britain report
The report recognises the importance of digital technologies to the UK's long term future and ack...

Synchronous e-Learning Strategy & Research
The eLearning Guild conducted a survey of its members, asking for their favorite tips relating to...

Getting the Most Out of Your e-Learning Budget
This eBook on maximizing your e-Learning development budget demonstrates the ingenuity of our ind...

Top 5 Ways to Communicate the Value of Your Training Programs
A roundtable group, which included learning leaders from a wide swath of industries, was asked, “...

LCMS, not just a Technology: It’s a Strategy!
Learning technologies haven’t reached the same status as other business systems because most of t...

Managing Rapid e-Learning
Rapid e-learning is being used by many large organisations including BP, Ufi, Virgin Media, M&S, ...

Learning Resources Barometer in Uncertain Times (Mar 09)
How are learning budgets, resources and activities being impacted by the economic crisis? Here is...

Best Practices for Building a Winning Organizational Culture
Business leaders recognize the importance of developing and sustaining a winning culture driven b...

Transforming Training Execution: Reducing Cost and Improving Performance
A recent study by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and the Institute for ...

Economic recovery by end of 2009, says new survey
The latest annual Corporate Issues Survey by The Ken Blanchard Companies suggests that over 70% o...

Train your way out of the recession, says research
A new report from Cranfield finds that successful organisations are typified by those that have l...

LDN Executive Meeting: 10 March 2009 - Meeting Slides
You can download the meeting slides from the presentations by David Pardo, John Durbin and Laura ...

Recession 'good for learning industry', says report
According to a new report released by Ambient Insight, venture capital is flowing into learning t...

Working with Learning Service Providers
At a time when learning leaders can least afford the cost of misalignment, a recent study reveals...

Your credit crunch survival manual
There has never been a greater focus on reducing costs than right now. The latest Bersin research...

Beyond Learning Objectives
Learning objectives can provide direction, focus and guidance to educational initiatives. When tr...

Ready your training organization for a troubled economy
Expertus, a provider of strategic training outsourcing, sat down across the virtual conference ta...

Training Professionals: Are You Ready?
Today there's more to training than, well, training. In addition to enabling learning, innovative...


MARKET INTELLIGENCE:


LDN - IT Training Market Barometer Q3 2009
This is the latest quarterly report into the state of the IT training market produced exclusively...

LDN - Training Buyers's Perceptions 2009
The latest research carried out by LDN/Pardo Fox on training buyers' perceptions of training prov...

LDN Market Barometer - 2009 Q3 Forecast
This is the third quarterly report into the state of the IT training market produced exclusively ...

LDN Market Barometer: Q1 2009 & Q2 2009 Forecast
This is the second of a regular quarterly report into the state of the IT training market produce...

Survey of IT Training Buyers - February 2009
This research report has been prepared for the members of the Institute of IT Training's Learning...

LDN Market Barometer: Q4 2008 & Q1 2009 Forecast
Please find attached your copy of the first LDN Market Barometer, reporting on the the state of t...

IT Training Megatrends - January 2009
Alan Bellinger gives us his take on the IT training industry megatrends for 2009....

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