<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Learning News</title><atom:link href="https://learningnews.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" /><link>https://learningnews.com</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:24:06 GMT</pubDate><generator>Learning News RSS Generator</generator><image><url>https://learningnews.com/images/tpr-twitter-a_400x400.png</url><title>FeedForAll Sample Feed</title><link>https://learningnews.com</link><description>Learning News</description><width>144</width><height>144</height></image><description>Learning News</description><language>en</language><item><title>Confirm appoints Adam Thompson as Chief Executive Officer to lead next growth chapter</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/confirm/2026/confirm-appoints-adam-thompson-as-chief-executive-officer-to-lead-next-growth-chapter</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:24:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/confirm/2026/confirm-appoints-adam-thompson-as-chief-executive-officer-to-lead-next-growth-chapter</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56659/ceo-announcement1920x1080mid.png">Benoit de la Tour, CEO of Confirm, transitions to a Non-Executive Board role following a successful two-year transformation of the company’s strategy, portfolio, positioning and brand.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AI skills spread as work changes within jobs</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/ai-skills-spread-as-work-changes-within-jobs</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/ai-skills-spread-as-work-changes-within-jobs</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56657/ai labour market - aug26.png">New US labour market data shows AI skills becoming more widespread as work changes within jobs and new firm AI adoption slows.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AI, the future of learning and π-shaped people</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/summit-events/2026/ai-the-future-of-learning-and-π-shaped-people</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:12:59 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/summit-events/2026/ai-the-future-of-learning-and-π-shaped-people</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56654/sana ss cover image 2.png">Only 30% of AI's value comes from the technology. The other 70% is the human side. Sana Labs on building "π-shaped" capability that's already forming inside your organisation.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Breaking News</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/breaking/2026/breaking-news-(5)</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/breaking/2026/breaking-news-(5)</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/14866368/learningnews.png">Youth skills gap could leave 1.25m outside work and education; Cognota Appoints Beth Gantz Chief Revenue Officer and James Spere Chief Product Technology Officer; Darren Guy Achieves World-First FCLO Accreditation;
Learning Pool rebrands as Confirm and launches the Workforce Enablement System.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>HR leaders struggle to assess skills for AI-enabled work</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/hr-leaders-struggle-to-assess-skills-for-ai-enabled-work</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:15:48 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/hr-leaders-struggle-to-assess-skills-for-ai-enabled-work</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/17867065/ai-skills-assessment-gap-1-learning-news.png">Four in five HR and talent leaders face challenges assessing AI skills as automation changes jobs and career paths.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Gen Z puts human skills ahead of AI for career success</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/gen-z-puts-human-skills-ahead-of-ai-for-career-success</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/gen-z-puts-human-skills-ahead-of-ai-for-career-success</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/17867152/gen-z-puts-human-skills-first-1-learning-news.png">US Gen Z knowledge workers rank professional networks and leadership experience ahead of AI skills for long-term career success.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cognota Appoints Beth Gantz as Chief Revenue Officer and James Spere as Chief Product Technology Officer. </title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/cognota/2026/cognota-appoints-beth-gantz-as-chief-revenue-officer-and-james-spere-as-chief-product-technology-off</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:20:37 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/cognota/2026/cognota-appoints-beth-gantz-as-chief-revenue-officer-and-james-spere-as-chief-product-technology-off</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56637/new hire pr announcement 1.jpg">Tech veterans join Cognota to lead go-to-market strategy and revenue growth and product development for the LearnOps category leader. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iSpring webinar asks why eLearning courses lose their flavour</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/ispring-solutions/2026/ispring-webinar-asks-why-elearning-courses-lose-their-flavour</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:26:22 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/ispring-solutions/2026/ispring-webinar-asks-why-elearning-courses-lose-their-flavour</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56635/a recipe for results adding flavour to elearning.png">Learning Design Kitchen's Albert Vis and Evelien van Unen join iSpring on 3 September to explain why solid research and good tools still produce forgettable courses, and how a structured design process changes that.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Darren Guy Achieves World-First FCLO® Accreditation as CLO100 Experience Assessment Pipeline Grows</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/clo100/2026/darren-guy-achieves-world-first-fclo-accreditation-as-clo100-experience-assessment-pipeline-rapidly-</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:52:20 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/clo100/2026/darren-guy-achieves-world-first-fclo-accreditation-as-clo100-experience-assessment-pipeline-rapidly-</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/14866368/learningnews.png">CLO100 has accredited its first two leaders through the CLO100 Experience Assessment, marking a major milestone for the Learning and Development profession. Darren Guy FCLO®, Global Head of L&D, and Dr Rory Megginson ACLO®, L&D Director, are the first to achieve formal recognition under the new framework.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Compliance training remains tied to completion and testing</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/compliance-learning-loses-visibility-after-training-ends</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/compliance-learning-loses-visibility-after-training-ends</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56632/compliance training remains tied to completion and testing - learning news.png">Most compliance programmes still prioritise completion and knowledge testing over evidence that employees can apply learning at work.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Learning Technologies 2026 Autumn Forum </title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-technologies/2026/learning-technologies-2026-autumn-forum</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:37:38 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-technologies/2026/learning-technologies-2026-autumn-forum</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56627/ltaf26.png">Learning Technologies Autumn Forum returns this October, following up on the key issues from the Learning Technologies 2026 Conference &amp; Exhibition; Four days of online sessions on 13, 15, 20 and 22 October; Open to everyone.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mindtools Kineo named Top 20 Online Learning Library by Training Industry </title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/mindtools/2026/mindtools-kineo-named-top-20-online-learning-library-by-training-industry</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:17:48 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/mindtools/2026/mindtools-kineo-named-top-20-online-learning-library-by-training-industry</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56625/2026 top20 web minioll.png">Mindtools Kineo has been named one of Training Industry’s Top 20 Online Learning Library Companies for 2026, securing its third Top 20 recognition this year and reinforcing its position as a leading provider of innovative learning and capability solutions.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Three L&amp;D Leaders Showcase How to Influence &amp; Deliver Value in the AI Age</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/fuse-universal/2026/three-ld-leaders-showcase-how-to-influence-deliver-value-in-the-ai-age</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:49:16 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/fuse-universal/2026/three-ld-leaders-showcase-how-to-influence-deliver-value-in-the-ai-age</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56621/leading through change header image.png">Discover how global learning leaders from Hilti, Levy Restaurants, and LL Creative are ditching traditional course builds to drive real commercial value through AI search, authentic video, and business-first strategies.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AI productivity gains risk being lost without work redesign, says Erica Farmer</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/training-journal/2026/ai-productivity-gains-risk-being-lost-without-work-redesign-says-erica-farmer</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/training-journal/2026/ai-productivity-gains-risk-being-lost-without-work-redesign-says-erica-farmer</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56614/hero image conference announcement.png">AI may be helping individuals produce more, but organisations will not see the full performance benefit unless they rethink how work, roles and decision-making operate around it, according to AI strategist Erica Farmer.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Revisionist Employment History</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/revelio-labs/2026/revisionist-(employment)-history</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/revelio-labs/2026/revisionist-(employment)-history</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56611/revisionist employment history - learning news.png">There is a familiar signal that someone may be looking for a new job: the sudden professional headshot on LinkedIn. A new profile picture is rarely the only change. Workers also revise their summaries, tweak their job titles and rewrite descriptions of previous roles. Sometimes they return to jobs they left years ago and change how those experiences appear on their profiles.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thrive launches 100+ Kiki admin tools</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/thrive/2026/thrive-launches-100-kiki-admin-tools</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/thrive/2026/thrive-launches-100-kiki-admin-tools</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/14866368/learningnews.png">Thrive, the AI-powered enablement platform, today launched Kiki Admin, putting over 100 platform actions behind a single prompt. Create and manage content, audiences, permissions and events – ask Kiki, and she handles it. 

This marks a step change in what it means to run a modern people platform, and makes the case for Thrive as an operating system for people teams, not just another tool in the stack.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Workday Introduces AI Research Team</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/workday/2026/workday-introduces-ai-research-team</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/workday/2026/workday-introduces-ai-research-team</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/14866368/learningnews.png">Workday announces Workday AI Research, a dedicated technical research team focused on advancing reliable, trustworthy, and efficient AI for the enterprise. Workday AI Research findings help shape AI development at Workday and contribute new evidence, methods, and evaluation practices to the broader research community.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Early years employers urged to use new apprenticeship funding</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/early-years-employers-urged-to-use-new-apprenticeship-funding</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:55:42 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/early-years-employers-urged-to-use-new-apprenticeship-funding</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56606/early years careers learning news 1 - learning news.png">GCSE results week puts apprenticeship routes in focus as new funding covers training costs for eligible 16 to 24-year-olds in England.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Women leaders show wider gap between self-rating and feedback</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/women-leaders-show-wider-gap-between-self-rating-and-feedback</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/learning-news/2026/women-leaders-show-wider-gap-between-self-rating-and-feedback</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/56604/people insight report.jpg">Analysis of 2,120 leadership assessments found a wider gap for women between self-ratings and feedback from colleagues.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pluralsight Launches AI Ready to Turn AI Investment into Engineering Impact</title><link>https://learningnews.com/news/pluralsight/2026/pluralsight-launches-ai-ready-to-turn-ai-investment-into-engineering-impact</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://learningnews.com/news/pluralsight/2026/pluralsight-launches-ai-ready-to-turn-ai-investment-into-engineering-impact</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="https://learningnews.com/media/14866368/learningnews.png">Managed upskilling program helps engineering teams build and verify advanced AI coding skills]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>