Themen

Retail Network

FRESSNAPF Leverages Saba to Drive Culture of Learning

London (UK), March 2016 - Saba, a global leader in cloud-based intelligent talent-management solutions, has announced that FRESSNAPF, a market-leading provider of pet supplies in Europe, has selected Saba Cloud to advance its learning and development. FRESSNAPF has been a Saba customer since 2011 and has decided to extend the leverage of its learning initiatives with Saba Cloud to foster even better collaboration across its geographically dispersed, multilingual workforce. » MORE

NHS Foundation Trust

Email Training Reduces Staff Stress

Gloucester (UK), March 2016 - With more than 200 emails received per head per day, the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust service managers' inboxes were filling fast. Reports indicated that email volumes can increase stress and lack of focus, resulting in poor decision making. » MORE

City & Guilds Group

Investment in Filtered as Part of New Venture Fund

London (UK), March 2016 - The City & Guilds Group has invested in London-based online-training company Filtered as the first investment from its New Venture Fund. The Fund, launched in September 2015, will invest £2.5m in post-revenue companies to support innovation in skills development across the world. » MORE

Commitment

Customer-Service Excellence Nationally Recognised

Bournemouth (UK), February 2016 - Unicorn is delighted to have received accreditation of Service Excellence from the National Skills Academy for Financial Services. The accreditation reviews customer service in an organisation, measuring against statements and positive indicators, and judges against a rigorous set of standards. » MORE

New Programmes

10Eighty Attains ILM Recognised Provider Status in Dubai

Dubai (AE), February 2016 - 10Eighty has announced that it has achieved Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Recognised Provider status for all its new management and leadership-training programmes delivered in Dubai. ILM is a market leader in leadership and management qualifications - it develops over 90,000 people annually and works with a quality-assured network of over 2,500 approved learning providers worldwide. » MORE

New Chair

The Springboard Consultancy Appoints Ann Clayton

Ann ClaytonBarnstaple (UK), February 2016 - Ann Clayton has been appointed as the new Chair of The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues. Ann is also a Trustee and Director of "Instructus", the charity that now owns and manages SBC. » MORE

The eLearning Guild

Badging Expertise from eXact learning solutions

Genoa (I), February 2016 - eXact learning solutions, the Italian-based digital learning content management business solution provider, is being featured at this year's Learning Solutions conference and expo. Taking place at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, and organized by The eLearning Guild, this major event in the USA's online-learning calendar runs 16-18 March. » MORE

Charity

Create eLearning Uses its LMS to Raise Funds

Glasgow (SCL), February 2016 - To support the UK Sepsis Trust, the new-generation learning-management system (LMS) producer Create eLearning is giving a copy of its platform to winners of its quarterly prize draws. The platform that Create eLearning is donating includes a fully implemented eLearning solution and a custom-designed Oculus Rift training pack. The whole system is worth £25,000, but the winners receive all of this completely free of charge. » MORE

Public Sector LMS

IMC Provider for US Agencies

Saarbrücken (GER), February 2016 - In December 2015, the U.S. government's General Services Administration (GSA) added the IMC learning-management system to its list of approved products. Consequently, U.S. government agencies can now acquire the system. » MORE

Single Sign-On

LearnUpon Announces Microsoft Azure Integration

Dublin (IR), February 2016 - LearnUpon, the world's fastest growing learning-management system, has announced a new integration with Microsoft Azure. LearnUpon customers can now use Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) to manage user access and enable single sign-on (SSO). The integration will make it even easier for learners to access and use their LMS securely, and admins can enjoy a simple step-by-step user interface to configure the integration with Azure AD. » MORE