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New items added to the Learning Directors Network between 26/5/2008 and 13/6/2008

NEWSDESK:


UK's leading e-learning company Epic acquired
Epic, the UK's market leading e-learning company, has been acquired by a private investor with e...

Prison opens IT skills training centre for inmates
A new prison training academy has been set up to help offenders get jobs when released. HMP Wa...

Skills gap persists despite slowdown in jobs market
Employers are still struggling to fill job vacancies because of the UK's major skills shortage - ...

Sheffield aims to be the e-learning capital of Europe
A new digital campus is at the heart of Sheffield’s plans to become the e-learning capital of Eur...

QA-IQ appoints new CEO to lead future growth
The UK’s leading learning company, QA-IQ, has broadened its management team by appointing a new C...

Tata launches storyboarding to aid learning
Global learning provider Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS) Story-based Learning Objects (StoBLs(TM)...

Help develop the next version of SCORM
The International Federation for Learning-Education-Training Systems Interoperability (LETSI) has...

SkillSoft joins with China's top e-Learning Provider
SkillSoft PLC has announced that China's top provider of e-learning technologies and education re...

IT industry dissatisfied with government tax policies
Senior UK IT leaders have hit out at government tax policies, claiming they do not support IT sec...

8 out of top 10 training companies Institute accredited
The Institute of IT Training (IITT) is delighted to announce that 8 of the top 10 organisations l...

IT skills most important in the future
A recent survey reveals British people feel that IT skills will be the most important to have by ...

Mobile learning helps youngsters collaborate
The mobile learning project, LIFEWISE, involves more than 200 students from South Thames College ...

Banning office e-breaks could costs firms
A recent report from online 'casual games' provider PopCap Games says the trend towards banning p...

IT pros want access to good training
A recent survey reveals IT professionals need access to good training and reliable online content...

LSC publishes new statistics for FE, work based learning and Train to Gain
The Learning and Skills Council has published new figures on further education, work-based learni...

Thirdforce buys Mindleaders for $18m
Thirdforce have completed their acquisition of Mindleaders, a deal worth $18 million. They are ra...

Latest: Top 50 IT Training Companies
The top 50 training companies line up after an overall successful year. What factors buoyed the i...

Tories 'would keep two-tier education system'
The Conservatives would keep one of Gordon Brown's most controversial reforms - to split educatio...

Skillsoft announced Q1 2009 results
Skillsoft has reported total revenue of $81.6 million for its first quarter ended April 30, 2008 ...

Learning Light 'in disarray' claims director
According to one the industry's leading commentators, Donald Clark, the Government funded Learnin...


Research & Analysis:


IT salaries defy economic gloom
IT pay is rising faster than at any time in the past three years, according to a salary survey. ...


Reference Library:


Latest: The Top 50 IT Training Companies
The top 50 training companies (PDF) have had a financially successful year overall, with the mark...

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