News stories from Learning News in 2025
US data shows sharp rise in early-career entrepreneurship
Learning News | 20 Nov 2025
New US labour market data shows more young workers turning to entrepreneurship as hiring cools, with tech attracting the largest share of first-job founders.
Widening gap between AI awareness and workforce readiness
Learning News | 18 Nov 2025
New survey shows UK workers recognise AI’s importance yet are not pursuing training to prepare.
AI slowdown and widening skills gaps
Learning News | 13 Nov 2025
A new tech skills forecast predicts a correction in AI investment and renewed urgency for workforce upskilling.
AI skills boom meets reality check in new data
Learning News | 12 Nov 2025
Data shows AI skills catching up fast, narrowing the gap with programming in employer demand but findings temper popular narrative that AI skills already dominate hiring.
Docebo posts double-digit revenue growth and expands public sector reach
Learning News | 11 Nov 2025
Docebo reports 11% revenue growth and stronger US and European public sector adoption in Q3 2025.
L&D caught between leadership mandates and learner autonomy in AI era
Learning News | 05 Nov 2025
New research finds AI adoption in learning widespread but ownership and strategy unclear.
CIPD chief executive Peter Cheese to retire in 2026
Learning News | 05 Nov 2025
Peter Cheese will retire as CIPD chief executive in June 2026 after 14 years leading the professional body through a period of major growth and transformation.
From surplus to strategic: How learning can help companies ride the next wave of job redesign
Learning News | 29 Oct 2025
Amazon confirms major job cuts: with the tech giant shifting from a pandemic-era hiring spree to re-structuring for the AI age, learning teams must recalibrate from ‘training what we have’ to ‘building who we’ll need’.
Employers double down on global hiring as domestic pressures rise
Learning News | 21 Oct 2025
A new survey finds UK firms expanding global hiring fastest among major economies, with 85% planning to double overseas recruitment within two years as wage inflation and AI skills shortages bite.
City & Guilds sells commercial operations to focus on social impact
Learning News | 17 Oct 2025
City & Guilds of London Institute to sell its awarding and training businesses to PeopleCert, refocusing its mission on charitable impact through The City & Guilds Foundation.