CoachHub has launched AIMY, an AI-driven coaching tool designed to support employee development at scale by providing accessible, personalised coaching across the workforce.
Graduates face shrinking job prospects as AI reshapes employer expectations. Experts urge universities to prioritise digital and AI literacy to better align with evolving workforce needs.
Industry groups and professional bodies broadly welcomed the UK’s new industrial strategy, but warn its success depends on sustained workforce investment. While targeted skills funding is seen as a positive first step, leaders stress the need for broader inclusion and employer-focused delivery across all sectors.
The UK’s industrial strategy and skills funding package, announced this week, reframes skills as a national asset and a pillar of economic resilience and sovereignty.
Matt Conway and Michael Ouzzan of Second Nature will showcase the ways that AI-powered role play learning can improve employee confidence and prepare teams to master every situation, no matter how complex or challenging; Learning Live AI Edition, 26 June, London.
The Open University’s latest Business Barometer reveals that most UK employers lack a plan for future skills, despite mounting shortages. The report urges bold action, with Gen Z ready to engage, but leadership, investment and strategy falling short.
New study shows that embedding AI-powered support into online tech skills courses can double completion rates and boost grades by 15%, highlighting AI’s potential to improve learner outcomes across both education and workforce training settings.
A new toolkit has been launched to support L&D leaders working to improve alignment with business strategy and increase their influence at senior levels.
Nearly half of employees who survived recent redundancies say they’re likely to leave within a year if training needs remain unmet; highlights a growing link between post-layoff learning gaps and rising attrition.
Digital learning providers must shift from compliance to strategy, say experts at a webinar discussing the implications of the European Accessibility Act which becomes legally enforceable later this week.
Joggle Learning announces the launch of its groundbreaking AI-powered knowledge platform that revolutionises how enterprises deliver learning content to employees. Launching at ‘LEARNING LIVE AI Edition’ by industry veteran Mike Alcock (formally MD of Gomo Learning and Atlantic Link), the platform addresses the critical challenge of knowledge accessibility in the workplace.
UK’s £187m TechFirst scheme will deliver AI and digital skills to 1m pupils and 7.5m adults, backed by industry and regional training partnerships.
Global talent leaders charted the future of learning at the ATD Conference in Abu Dhabi this week with a clear message for learning and development to embrace AI.
Major employers like HSBC and Google are tightening return-to-office rules, but pushback is growing. Research shows many workers resist rigid policies, crystallised in Liverpool this week with University staff heading for the picket line over its new policy requiring 60% office attendance.
Training Industry’s 2025 map covers 1,300+ providers across 21 segments; New market categories including agentic AI and learning strategy; Designed to help L&D teams navigate vendor landscape.
Learning and development leaders are being urged to address language-related anxiety and communication gaps, after a new study found they are impacting productivity, safety and equity in US workplaces.
The latest release of Abilitie’s AI Cases introduces a suite of powerful new features to help leaders navigate their most common challenges by engaging with AI-enabled characters.
Role-play platform and immersive video provider, Virti, is exhibing at the upcoming Learning Live AI Edition event, next week in London.
Demand for generative AI skills is accelerating rapidly, with enrolments in online GenAI courses rising 195% year-on-year; Switzerland, Netherlands and Sweden top global rankings.
Learning and development has a growing role in customer retention and growth and is set to expand with 92% of organisations in 2025. Business impact is clear, but tech and measurement challenges persist.
New U.S. data links poor review practices to anxiety, low motivation and lost talent.
A new blog from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman forecasts that AI agents will begin replacing routine cognitive work in 2025, accelerating the pressure on L&D leaders to radically reframe skills, systems and learning cycles, within a window far shorter than typical planning horizons.
Employees prioritise career growth over pay when engaging in training; 32.6% cite advancement as main motivator; only 15.2% choose financial incentives; High demand for skill-building, personalisation and autonomy; Many lack control or guidance; Majority open to AI-driven learning; Study on the future of L&D.
Strategic alignment across HR, L&D, and IT is essential for scaling GenAI readiness, a new study finds; Organisations with integrated support see faster adoption, higher confidence, and better business outcomes.
New research highlights engagement challenges with Baby Boomers and Gen Z, and limited organisational response.
The former England Cricket captain, Sir Andrew Strauss, will speak on mindset, adaptability, and performance under pressure at next week’s Training & Development Summit in London.
HR and L&D leaders who align learning and development with core business priorities are significantly more likely to meet or exceed their top strategic goals, by as much as 122% compared to their peers.
Report and Vendor 9 Grid; Interview with Sven Elbert, Fosway.
Expert panel to discuss upcoming changes to the European Accessibility Act and its implications in the education industry.
Interview with Mindtools and Kineo CEO, Shabnam Shahani.
Deloitte is investing in a new agentic network to accelerate AI solutions and reimagine work processes, while upskilling its workforce to help drive agentic AI implementation with clients.
Study reveals UK workers buckling under financial pressure and the positive effects of greater financial literacy on improving wellbeing and reducing stress.
Conference Chair, Donald H Taylor, joins Rob Clarke with his reflections on Learning Technologies 2025.
New report details the economic and personal impact of learning gaps during major career transitions, including from formal education to work, from one job to another, and disruptions caused by AI automation.
The pace of technological change is creating a new wave of skill shortages and gaps, prompting HR to refocus and expand skills-building efforts.
Participants at Learning Technologies offer their thoughts on how L&D can show its value in the AI age.
With challenge and change on all sides what are the priorities for Learning and Development?
Real Projects, a leading provider of custom and off-the-shelf elearning content, has officially launched Languages Unlocked.
Where do vendors fit in the market?
Exhibitors at Learning Technologies 2025 present new product announcements.
The International Coaching Federation Germany has collaborated with CoachHub to develop AIMY™, the AI coach, ensuring top industry standards.
Myles Runham from the HR and learning market analyst, Fosway, provides an assessment of the learning tech market and how the vendors' solutions are evolving.
Dani Johnson and Dave Kelly discuss emerging technologies with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Phil King from HR, learning and recruitment solutions provider, Ciphr, in discussion with Learning News at HR Technologies 2025.
Marlon Fuentes Sanchez from avatar-based AI video creator, Colossyan, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Steve Dineen discusses the advances in Fuse 4, the latest version of the Fuse LXP/LMS platform.
Ryan Austin, founder of the LearnOps L&D systems provider, Cognota, discusses a new Strategic Alignment feature.
Jeff Fissell presents GP Strategies’ new ai-powered learning content development platform.
Matt Donovan, GP Strategies, in discussion with Learning News on the AI revolution in workplace learning.
David Brannon, from learning technology and solutions integrator, GuyKat, with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Hannah Frame discusses the Learning Technologies Thirty under 30 programme with Learning News.
Roxy Miller, iSpring, talks about iSpring's products in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Cammy Bean from learning design and solutions provider, Kineo, highlights Kineo's focus on retaining the human voice in learning solutions as the AI revolution gathers pace.
Matt Mella from learning design and solutions provider, Kineo, highlights Kineo's analytics, which is embedded across Kineo's design services and platform.
Paul Welch from learning design and solutions provider, Kineo, discusses a compliance learning project at Rolls Royce, which is delivering valuable results.
Edtech innovator, advisor and strategist, Lars Hyland, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Rebecca McDowall and Richard Price, explain the importance of the Learning Network community and go through its upcoming events.
Lindsey Coode and Stuart Kruse from learning systems and content provider, Learning Pool, explain how the market is changing in response to AI and introduce Learning Pool's latest product, AI Assess, which uses Gen AI to improve knowledge and skills testing.
Tammy Rutherford from Rustici talks about the companies latest products and how learning tech sector is evolving to better meet learner needs.
Learning marketing expert, Hannah Clark, MAAS Marketing, explains the importance of marketing skills in L&D.
Farley Thomas, Manageable, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Giles Smith, CEO, Media Zoo, at Learning Technologies 2025.
Simon Riddlesden from learning applications ecosystem and content provider, Netex, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Nuz Saeed from learning technology and solutions provider, Omniplex Learning, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Andrew Howie from AI-powered LMS provider, Open eLMS, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Laura Martin, Open LMS, explains the benefits of the open source LMS in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Hugh McNeela, ReadSpeaker, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Sarah Clayton-Jones, from bitesized, action-based, leadership learning provider, Read to Lead, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Camilia Miccolis, from LMS, LXP, authoring and adaptive learning provider, Rise Up, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Rob Hubbard on the critical skills and leadership competencies needed in business to lead sustainability.
Simon Bratt on a new vendor-focussed, readiness role in learning and development.
Armin Hopp, founder of the language training and coaching platform, Speexx, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Bethany Chudley from learning consultancy, Sponge, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Thrive launched an AI learning assistant, Kiki, at Learning Technologies 2025, to help learners quickly surface the resources they need. Helen Marshall explains.
Rachel Griffith-Boyes from the customisable LMS provider, Totara, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Andy Wooler with an appeal to the learning sector in aid of Ukraine.
Henry White, xUnlocked, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Highlights from Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Sales training company Mentor Group has appointed Lisa Ojomoh its Chief Revenue Officer.
The latest learning provider to announce its portfolio of AI products; Docebo unveils product and technology roadmap to become an AI-First learning platform.
AI is stepping in to democratise access to coaching but can AI coaching really deliver the same impact as human coaches? CoachHub debunks myths about AI coaching, from concerns over bias to fears about diminished critical thinking.
Rob Clarke and Martin Couzins discuss a new series of reports for the year ahead providing practical insights for learning teams into how to implement learning technologies and learning strategies.
Podcast-style workplace training model aims to reach disengaged audiences such as deskless and neurodiverse workers.
Skills and training missing from boardroom priorities; AI not reflected in training initiatives.
Some of the UK's biggest companies are locking neurodivergent people out of jobs through their personality tests. We look at ways businesses can empower neurodivergent employees through a focus on individuality, creating safe spaces for honest and open dialogue, and strengths-based hiring.
Environment industries skills body, Lantra, appoints Nick Juba CEO.
Research finds more than half of organizations don't have comprehensive AI strategies and AI skills gaps are preventing effective AI implementation.
ILX Group announces acquisition of IT training business StayAhead Training.
AI technology to shape the next frontier of digital adoption.
Docebo reports an increase in net profit in 2024 to $26.7M ahead of expectation and an increase on $2.8M in 2023; Revenue up 20% to £217M.
Research shows constructive feedback and accountability are the worst habits impacting team performance; but building trust is an area where teams excel.
Kahoot! and TED announce a TED@Work channel on the Kahoot! platform.
TalentSmartEQ’s 2025 State of EQ Report reveals a shift towards a people-first approach and the role of emotional intelligence in creating stronger relationships, productivity and creating more resilient teams.
Digital coaching platform CoachHub has announced AIMY, an AI coaching solution created with a built-in technology collaboration with Microsoft.
U.S. employee engagement hit a 10-year low in 2024, with only 31% engaged, threatening productivity, retention and business success, especially among Gen Z. Sean D'Arcy, Chief Solutions Officer at Kahoot!, points to game-based learning, inclusive teams and alignment of purpose and strategy, as action areas for HR professionals.
Research reveals perception gap between leaders and their teams has grown by 75% over five-year period.
Pearson and Microsoft announce multi-year partnership to transform the future of learning and work with AI; combines Pearson's expertise in learning and assessment with Microsoft's cloud and AI technologies.
Creative services group's third acquisition in as many months; targets rapid expansion in learning market.
Collaboration to provide professionals with Simplilearn's live programs on the Degreed platform, including in data science, AI, cybersecurity and digital marketing.
Growth financing from HSBC Innovation Banking UK to fuel AI innovation and product expansion.