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Announcing the 2013 Learning Awards winners

London, UKLearning NewsLPI (Learning and Performance Institute)

The learning communities top organisations and outstanding individuals gathered together in London last night (7th February) to celebrate the 17th annual Learning Awards.

 

The Learning sector turned out in force on Thursday evening (7 February 2013) in support of The Learning and Performance Institute’s annual Awards ceremony, The Learning Awards.

Popular BBC Breakfast host, Susanna Reid hosted the event which took place at the 5-star Dorchester Hotel, on London’s Park Lane. The ceremony was filled with international figureheads from the global learning community, who joined the awards finalists to celebrate outstanding success across 14 award categories. 

The standout categories included Learning Company of the Year which was won by The Mind Gym. The category for Learning Department of the Year, which was dominated by a host of household names including McDonald’s Restaurants, Legal & General and Ernst & Young, was won by First Data.

This year’s Colin Corder Award for services to learning was presented to Jane Hart. Jane is renowned for her commitment to the learning profession and in particular helping the sector embrace new tools and models for learning.

The complete list of recipients of the 17th annual awards follows.

 

Apprenticeship Programme of the Year – Sponsored by OCR

Winner: QA

External Learning Project of the Year - Sponsored by RICOH

Winner: Toolwire & Leeds Metropolitan University

Learning Technologies Solution of the Year – Sponsored by Microsoft Learning

Winner: LearningAge Solutions

Live Online Learning Facilitator of the Year - Sponsored by Saba

Winner: Lorna Matty, Crown Agents

Innovation in Training Services Award – Sponsored by Afiniti

Winner: SpeakingPal

Instructional Designer of the Year – Sponsored by Toolwire

Winner: Moira Nicolson, Saffron Interactive

Internal Learning Project of the Year – Sponsored by QA

Winner: National Express Bus

Social Media Programme of the Year – Sponsored by Blue Eskimo

Winner: QA

Staff Development Programme of the Year - Sponsored by The Learning and Performance Institute

Winner: Market Makers

Learning Company of the Year – Sponsored by Prometric

Winner: The Mind Gym

Learning Department of the Year – Sponsored by KnowledgeAdvisors

Winner: First Data

Trainer of the Year – Sponsored by BCS

Winner: Sadi Khan, Nobel Khan

Learning Manager of the Year – Sponsored by SAS

Winner: Ashley Sterland, DLA Piper UK LLP

The Colin Corder Award – Sponsored by Cisco

Winner: Jane Hart 

Further information about the awards is avialable at www.thelearningawards.com and details of how to get involved next year are available via e-mail to info@thelpi.org or telephone +44 (0)2476 496210.