| Applied Research |
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Transferring Technology to Industry |
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Guildford (UK), August 2009 - The University of Surrey and the National
Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed an agreement to collaborate on the
delivery of a £10m programme to translate the results of research into
innovation that make a real-world difference.
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| Still Emerging |
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New Creative Centre for Serious Games in France |
 Valenciennes (FR), August 2009 - In
the north of France, a new centre for serious games is being established
at the initiative of the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). The
target group will be creative companies, professional training schools, and
IT students. Jean Menu, Director of Digital Development at the Valenciennes
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, spoke with Kirsten Seegmüller of
CHECK.point eLearning about the focus of his project.
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| High Performers |
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2009 Finalists Named for EFQM Excellence Award |
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Brussels (BE), August 2009 – Fourteen finalists for the EFQM Excellence
Award 2009 have been announced by EFQM, a non-profit membership foundation
headquartered in Brussels. From this list of nominees, the award and prize
winners will be named on 28 September 2009 in the Plaza Hotel at EFQM’s
Celebration Award dinner in Brussels.
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| Access to Education |
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ALISON Welcomes Obama's Investment in Free Learning |
 Galway (IE), August 2009
- ALISON, a free online learning service, welcomes the Obama
administration’s announcement that it is to invest $500 million in the
provision of free online learning content. The announcement was made by
President Obama on his visit to Macomb Community College in Warren,
Michigan and is part of a $10 billion education bill for community
colleges and skills training.
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| IT Training |
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Microsoft Online Offers eVouchers |
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Birmingham (UK), August 2009 - Keeping employees trained in new Microsoft
technologies can be vital to productivity. As training needs of each staff
member vary greatly, Microsoft now offers online-training eVouchers as a
solution.
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| 3D Simulations |
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LINE Extends Its Service |
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London (UK), August 2009 - LINE Communications, a provider of learning and
communications solutions, has announced formal inclusion of full 3D
simulations into its service offering.
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| Language Training |
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dp Makes Software Satisfaction Awards Shortlist |
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London (UK)/Munich (GER), August 2009 – digital publishing, a provider of
language training software solutions, has been shortlisted for this year’s
British Software Satisfaction Awards for "HR & Training – Learning
Software".
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| Continuing Growth |
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Giunti Labs UK Appoints Sales Manager |
 Richmond-upon-Thames (UK), August 2009 -
Following its expansion within the UK market in 2008 and its continuing
growth in revenue, Giunti Labs has appointed Dan Taylor as its Sales
Manager in the UK. A sales and marketing professional with over seventeen
years of experience in technology-led multi-channel operations, Taylor
came to Giunti Labs from PPi Learning Services Ltd, where he had been
client director. For some ten years before that, he had worked in
sales-related roles for Thomson NETg.
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| Wireless Security |
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Mexborough School Rolls Out New IT Network |
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Doncaster (UK), August 2009 - Mexborough School, a specialist science
college, has implemented a new wireless IT network throughout its entire
campus from specialist secure systems integrator and NG Bailey Company,
s2s.
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| New Organisation |
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Certified Standards for UK Learning Practitioners |
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Newcastle Emlyn (UK), August 2009 - TrainerBase has evolved into a new
organisation, The Learning Practitioners' Association, which strives to
become the voice of learning practitioners in the UK and a marketplace
where learning practitioners attract new business.
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| Human Resources |
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Performance and Talent Management |
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Manchester/London (UK), August 2009 - Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. has
announced that Manchester Airport Group (MAG), the UK’s second-largest
airport operator, is using Cornerstone’s Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS)-based talent management solution to support its people strategy.
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| TVET Conference in Jordan |
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Challenges for Education in Arab Countries |
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Amman (JO)/Mannheim (GER), August 2009 – The Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) sector is one of the fastest growing sectors today. With
a quickly expanding infrastructure, it is becoming a key technology for
other sectors and is providing a growing number of employment
opportunities.
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| Call for Papers |
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GUIDE Workshop 2010 in Rome |
 Rome (IT), August 2009 -
The GUIDE Workshop 2010 "New Challenges for eLearning in Cultural,
Scientific and Socio-economic Development" will take place at the
Università degli Studi "Guglielmo Marconi" in Rome, Italy on 18-19 March
2010. Abstract submissions are due on 01 October 2009.
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| Accessibility |
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CourseAvenue CEO to Lead Conference Session |
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Arlington, VA/Warrenville, IL (USA), August 2009 - CourseAvenue has
announced its participation in the upcoming 2009 Interactive Technologies
Conference to be held 19-21 August 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. This
conference, sponsored by SALT (Society for Applied Learning Technology),
provides a comprehensive overview of the application of the latest
technologies for education and training systems, job-performance-
improvement systems, and knowledge-management systems.
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| ELearning Asia |
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Giunti Labs Offers Workshop in Seoul in September |
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Seoul (KR), August 2009 - Giunti Labs is running a ninety-minute seminar on
innovative and creative solutions for new-generation educational content
production, sharing, and management. The seminar takes place as part of
eLearning Asia (02 - 04 September 09), on Wednesday, 02 September in
Seoul, South Korea.
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| Managing IT |
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Upcoming EFMD Advisory Seminar |
 Brussels (BE), August
2009 - The next Advisory Seminar of the European Foundation for Management
Development (EFMD), entitled "Managing IT for Increasing Business Value",
will take place on Thursday, 24 September, at the EFMD premises in
Brussels. It is being convened in collaboration with the INTEL Innovation
Value Institute. This seminar is specifically aimed at faculty dealing
with IT and IT managers from business schools.
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| New Knowledge |
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Innovation & Creativity: Come to the Core |
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Lisbon (PT), August 2009 – The Creative Learning Innovation Marketplace is
being held in Lisbon’s Congress Centre on 15-16 October 2009. The
international conference takes place in the context of the European Year
of Innovation and Creativity under the patronage of the Portuguese
National Coordinator.
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| Essential Skills |
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Training Expenditure Holds Up During Recession |
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London (UK), August 2009 - Learning and Skills, the new exhibition being
co-located with Learning Technologies in January 2010, has found that
expenditure on training is likely to survive deep cuts, as businesses
respond to the changing economy by continuing to invest in skills that
will be needed in the future.
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