The finalists for the 2023 Learning Awards were recently announced by the LPI, moving them one step closer to the learning industry's most prestigious accolade: a bronze, silver or gold winner.

The 19 awards categories received a record-breaking number of submissions from individuals and organisations around the globe, from leading international brands to emerging start-ups. All the shortlisted finalists have been selected due to their demonstration of innovation, their exceptional performance, and their contribution to the learning profession.

The shortlisted entries will now progress to the judging stage, where panels of independent industry experts will evaluate each entry and decide the ultimate winners. The Learning Giveback award will be decided by public vote.

The LPI's CEO, Edmund Monk, said, "In this time of social and geopolitical upheaval, I am heartened to see the workplace learning community rising so resolutely to the challenges we face. We have been inundated with more entries this year than ever before. There is so much innovation, so much achievement, and so much passion coming from our industry right now that there can be no doubt: the people who work in L&D are proving their essential value and positive influence on business performance.
It is these people, and the companies they work for, that the Learning Awards seeks to recognise and honour. From the established brand names to the start-ups, from seasoned leaders to those just beginning their L&D career, every finalist here has already achieved that recognition.

"I offer my deepest congratulations to all our finalists, and I look forward to meeting them personally at the Marriott Grosvenor House London on the 16th of February 2023."

The shortlisted finalists are as follows:

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 

Bitwise Industries
Coach Core Foundation
HearingLife
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Medipro Limited
Newcastle Building Society
RSM UK
Yorkshire Ambulance Service

DIGITAL LEARNING TRANSFORMATION OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Capita Learning)

ARuVR Ltd
Dell Technologies
Deutsche Bank
Growth Engineering & L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia
Infosys BPM Ltd.
MSCI
Radisson Hotel Group
St James Place

EXTERNAL LEARNING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR 

AstraZeneca & DoThinkDo
Burberry & Mind Tools for Business
Dechra Academy & MAAS Marketing
Empower Development Ltd
Learning Pool
LEO, PRELOADED & Invesco QQQ
QA Ltd
SiyonaTech & Novartis

INNOVATION IN LEARNING AWARD 

O.agency
PwC & Media Zoo
Radisson Hotel Group
Samaritans & Saffron Interactive
SiyonaTech & Swiss Re
Solvd Together
TryHackMe
World Health Organization

INTERNAL LEARNING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR 

Barclays – Specialist Customer Care
Direct Line Group
EY
NatWest
Poundland,Dealz & Pep&Co
Quick Release (Automotive) Ltd
Santander UK Plc
Tata Consultancy Services

LEARNING IMPACT AWARD (Sponsored by Babington)

aNewSpring & BSL 
AstraZeneca
Capella Associates
Capita
ERM (Environmental Resources Management) & Imparta
Network Rail
Ocasta & Victoria’s Secret
SoftwareONE Academy

LEARNING LEADER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Go1)

Janardhan Santhanam – Tata Consultancy Services
John Gregg – Alzheimer’s Research UK
Mike Blanchette – Veeam
Nadine Tanner – S&P Global
Nick Holmes – Fishawack Health
Sandra Murtagh – Dell Inc
Serena Gonsalves-Fersch – SoftwareONE
Shwetal Randive – Radisson Hotel Group

LEARNING PLATFORM OF THE YEAR

ARuVR Ltd
Connectr
Growth Engineering & L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia
Netex Learning
NSPCC
Realise & Learn Amp
World Health Organization
WPP Open

LEARNING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Lidl)

Adam  Landy – Ministry of Justice
Aimee  Young – Snowplow Analytics
Louise  Boundy – NatWest
Netrah  L – Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital
Peter  Innes – Glasgow City Council
Racheal  Smith – Entelechy Academy
Roxana  Talef – FintechOS
Yasmine  Alani – Media Zoo

LEARNING PROVIDER OF THE YEAR 

Acacia Training
Babington
BARBRI
CodeClan Limited
GoodHabitz
Learning Pool
NewGlobe
Raise the Bar Ltd

LEARNING TEAM OF THE YEAR 

ASOS
Bentley
BT Consumer
Dell Technologies
GroupM
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
OVO Energy
Veeam

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES AWARD 

Feed Your Elephant
Go1 & Lumanity
GoodHabitz
Logitech
O.agency
Rapid7
Sponge & Travelodge
Warp VR

ONBOARDING PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 

AXA Travel Insurance
DLG & Media Zoo
Elsevier
HSBC, First Direct & GP Strategies
JLL
La Fosse Associates
Merlin Entertainments
Sponge & Newcross Healthcare

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR – PRIVATE SECTOR (Sponsored by Valamis)

Allianz
BAE & Hemsley Fraser
British American Tobacco
Grant Thornton UK LLP
PayPal
PwC
Santander
St James Place

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC SECTOR 

Arizona Department of Transportation
CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity)
Collaborative Newcastle
Jobsplus
National Fire Chiefs Council & Learning Pool
Liberty Global
PDST Technology in Education
RSPCA

RISING STAR AWARD 

Alice  Sowden – ASOS
Bethany  Bergeron – Lighthouse Labs
Deborah  Madelaine – Mars
Ellie  Pilkington – Kingswood Group
Laura Hernando Marcos – Santander
Maisie  Howes – Thales UK
Shruti  Ganguly – Sage
Steph  Howe – Victoria’s Secret

START-UP LEARNING PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

BRC Learning
Entelechy Academy
Filo
Hatch
Money Masters
Project Controls Solutions (Global) Ltd
Solvd Together
Uhubs

LEARNING CULTURE AWARD

Acacia Training
Barclays – Specialist Customer Care
Dell Technologies
Heathrow & Mind Tools for Business
Jardine Motors Group UK Ltd
NatWest
The Law Society
Virgin Atlantic

LEARNING GIVEBACK AWARD 

Claire Revell – Opening Doors
L&D Shakers
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (with Optimus Team Learning & Mind-It)
MVF
Openreach
Winning by Design

THE COLIN CORDER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LEARNING (Sponsored by SkillsMatter)

The recipient of the Colin Corder Award will be announced at the Learning Awards ceremony on 16th February 2023.