UK Training Industry Press Releases

• For all eLearning producers: CM Group to launch LUMINOSITY SYNERGY, the revolutionary new SaaS based, eLearning course review system on 27th September at the World of Learning, NEC, Birmingham, UK.

  07/09/2010
  Leading eLearning authoring software supplier CM Group has confirmed the launch of their latest innovative eLearning product. LUMINOSITY SYNERGY provides a dramatic new way to enable invited stakeholders from within and outside an organisation to review and comment on draft eLearning courses...

• TPS Publishes New Coaching Research Journal

  02/09/2010
  The Performance Solution is extremely proud to announce that we have released the first issue of our brand new research journal: "The Performance Solution: A Research Journal of Coaching, Mentoring, Supervision and NLP". The journal is made up of articles written by graduates and current students of our MA coaching programmes run by Kingston University...

• How much do you trust your boss? Find out with ILM's Trust-ometer

  02/09/2010
  The Institute of Leadership & Management and Management Today's annual Index of Leadership Trust (published today) has found that there are six dimensions on which trust is measured, with the most important being ability, integrity and understanding. This year's survey of 5000 workers has found that overall trust in managers remains at an average of 69, suggesting that well-led organisations have emerged from the recession with a trusting workforce...

• Bermuda Scientific announces new release 3.0 for Coral Presenter & Coral Educate

  01/09/2010
  Coral's unique internationalization and localization capabilities make a truly global solution for cross-continental learning and training Hong Kong, HK; September 1, 2010. Bermuda Scientific, a joint venture between NetDimensions and Azeus with expertise in delivering rapid eLearning tools, today announced the immediate availability of release 3...

• ILM/MT Index of Leadership Trust reveals major trust deficit at the top of recession-hit organisations

  01/09/2010
  Distrustful employees blame bosses for recession woes, research reveals ILM/MT Index of Leadership Trust  reveals major trust deficit at the top of recession-hit organisations More pain predicted for public sector as level of CEO trust falls to new low Women bosses more trusted than men to lead organisations through times of adversity New research published today (01 September) by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) and Management Today magazine finds that employees whose organisations have been particularly hard hit by the recession have extremely low levels of trust in their CEOs and blame these troubles on poor management.   5,000 employees were surveyed for the second annual Index of Leadership Trust...

• Do your managers focus on their weaknesses or on their strengths?

  31/08/2010
  Creativedge, the high-performance management, leadership and personal development training provider, has created an exercise to provide managers with insights into how to identify and improve upon their personal strengths. Creativedge's Mark Rose said: "Building upon personal strengths is great way to maximise potential, yet many managers are more acutely aware of their weaknesses...

• Track Training Tips ‘Motivating the Demotivated'

  30/08/2010
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• What Makes Bad e-Learning?

  26/08/2010
  Robin Hoyle, head of learning at Infinity Learning The answer to this question is "It depends?" I know.   Not that exciting is it, nor particularly helpful, but to a great extent context is all...

• Attacks on paramedics trigger PPSS research project on need for body protection

  25/08/2010
  Attacks on paramedics trigger PPSS research project on need for body protection "Too many paramedics are still opposed to wearing . ppss-group...

• online learning lecturer is selected for remote working award

  25/08/2010
  ‘green workers' with innovative remote working strategies are lined up for prizes Remote working employees and their companies, across the UK, have been short listed in a national awards ceremony and they now stand a chance of winning the Microsoft Remote Worker Award as well as being recognised and applauded for their remote working strategies. The Microsoft Remote Worker Award (in association with BT) is for employees whose employers promote flexible working solutions with home working options or remote working...

• Social CRM Workshops Hosted by DMC Software

  19/08/2010
  Social Media has changed the way customers engage with brands, with many customers now trusting brands less and the opinions of their online peers more. Therefore, to remain competitive in this "Digital Age" organisations need to change the way they engage with their customers and prospective customers, says DMC Software...

• New TRAINING SCHEME FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN LEEDS

  16/08/2010
  Leeds-based consultancy Ohm Management have released a new programme of training and coaching, specifically aimed at local voluntary sector organisations and small and start-up businesses and social enterprises. Charley Downey, Director of Ohm Management, said: "Social enterprise and the voluntary sector have much in common, but one of the key elements that bind them together is the need for voluntary sector pioneers and social entrepreneurs to have an awful lot of ‘hats'! The revenue is rarely available to hire someone to do everything and, while many social entrepreneurs have a wide and comprehensive skill-set, no one person has the ability to do everything...

• Epic helps LBG meet critical deadlines

  17/08/2010
  Epic are pleased to announce delivery of a goal based blended learning programme to support the launch of a new Lloyds Banking Group product, the Premier International Account (PIA). Timescales were critical for the project with just over 4 weeks available to design, develop and deliver all the learning assets for training rollout at LBG Epic's Projects Director, Laura Ansloos, commented, "The team came together under significant pressure to support and drive project sponsors, accommodate changing content and creatively work to deliver on a concept the client absolutely loved...

• SkillSet Partners with Cobent to Provide Learning Management Solutions to Customers

  17/08/2010
  1st July 2010, Fleet, UK - SkillSet Ltd has entered into a strategic agreement with Cobent Limited, a specialist compliance training and learning management provider. SkillSet provides staff development, system and process training to multi-national blue chip clients, SMEs and public sector organisations...

• Ideal gain professional accreditation for three Unit modules from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

  13/08/2010
  Ideal has recently gained RCN accreditation for three training courses within the CIS UCQTM accreditation framework through meeting RCN Accreditation Unit professional standards. Ideal began discussions with the RCN at the end of last year to accredit three of its training courses which provide essential user training for nurses in the use of new technology to improve patient care...

• Graduate gains employment after one-off ‘employment session'

  13/08/2010
  Psychology student lands job in learning support at local school Anglia Ruskin University is helping graduates from any university to get the practical skills they need to secure jobs as a result of its Graduate Employment Sessions, the very latest initiative from the Survive & Thrive programme. Since graduating last month with a degree in Psychology from the University of Northampton, Rebecca Howlett has applied for over 15 jobs...

• Epic to develop online modules for the BBC Editorial Guidelines

  11/08/2010
  Epic has been appointed to develop a range of online modules to complement the release of the revised BBC Editorial Guidelines. The BBC Editorial Guidelines outline the standards the BBC expects of all BBC content on TV, radio and online...

• Academics welcome new collaborative business relationships standard

  05/08/2010
  Representatives from the UK's higher education sector have welcomed the draft British Standard BS 11000 - on collaborative business relationships. At a recent meeting in London, representatives from institutions including the University of Exeter Business School, the University of Bath, the University of Strathclyde, and Cranfield University agreed that the creation of BS 11000 was a major step forward which offers significant opportunities to support the implementation of more effective collaborative working for both the private and public sectors...

• NetDimensions to Host Next Steps 2010 this October

  29/07/2010
  Global User Conferences to Feature the Company's Newest Innovations Hong Kong, July 29, 2010 -- NetDimensions (London Stock Exchange, AIM: NETD), a global provider of performance, knowledge and learning management systems, announced that it is all systems go for . rs6...

• Giunti Labs rebrands to eXact learning solutions after management buy-out

  03/08/2010
  Giunti Labs, the leading online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solution provider, announced today that it is undergoing a management buy-out by the management which started its activities within Giunti Editore Publishing Group during the '90s. At the same time Giunti Labs has rebranded to eXact learning solutions from 1st August...