Abilitie has achieved the LPI Gold Standard accreditation, a prestigious recognition of its high-impact, technology-powered leadership programmes. The award highlights Abilitie’s commitment to measurable client outcomes, a strong partnership approach, and consistent quality of learning experience.
Global coaching revenue rises 17% to $5.34bn, but limited investment in technology highlights a capability gap across the sector
The Training & Development Summit provides an invaluable opportunity for senior professionals responsible for their organisation’s learning & development requirements and forward-thinking suppliers.
Talvi is making its world debut at Learning Technologies 2026 with a range of capabilities that are hard to match: 100% SCORM decryption, an MCP Server and an MCP Store, 95% lower AI token use, 'human in the loop' data cleaner and zero-hallucination cited answers from ringfenced content.
New Multi-Agent Systems help enterprise L&D teams create, translate, and continuously update global training content as markets, regulations, and business needs change.
PageTiger is introducing new AI-powered features and a Learning Suite of customisable, interactive templates designed to help HR and L&D teams create accessible, engaging training for diverse and neurodivergent workforces.
Animaker introduces Learning Velocity, a new framework focused on speed of capability building, and will be showcasing how AI animation and AI agents like Animaker Nano LMS are transforming L&D from content delivery to rapid, outcome-driven learning.
Learning and Development (L&D) needs a seat at the table. Corporate learning is a vital component of successful business, reducing risk and boosting revenue. By escaping the Activity Trap, L&D will become a key source of strategic value, says Harry Chapman-Walker, CEO, Kallidus.
National pledge aims to create 1,000 AI, data and tech apprenticeships by 2027, with employers asked to hire one apprentice each.
Blify, the startup that turns Slack and Teams into intelligent learning platforms, today announced a $2.1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-native Learning Operating System. The company claims to deliver 10x higher engagement than traditional LMS platforms. Its customers, including Club Med and Kaufman & Broad, use Blify to train employees across multiple countries, reflecting the platform's global reach from its earliest days.
US data shows women dominate freelancing but set lower rates than men despite equal performance, widening the pay gap over time.
Mobility drops, experience demands increase and pay gains weaken across US white-collar roles.
Enterprises risk $10.9m annual losses as AI investment accelerates but digital adoption lags, with workers losing hundreds of hours to poorly integrated systems.
US tech workers are now moving to Europe in greater numbers than the reverse; France, the UK and Switzerland lead gains; Mid-career hires dominate flows.
Most L&D teams are not ready to prove impact, with access to decision-makers the biggest barrier.
Leadership skills command a 40% pay premium as AI adoption increases demand for coordination and oversight.
Expert highlights impact of workspace conditions on stress and focus in remote work.
Workday rolls out Sana across its platform, positioning conversational AI and agents as the primary way to access and execute work across HR, finance and enterprise systems.
A growing share of UK workers are switching careers rather than simply moving between employers, highlighting rising demand for reskilling and workplace learning.
Employers report stronger hiring plans for Q2 2026, with AI delivering its strongest workplace returns in learning and development. Survey across 42 countries reflects sentiment before conflict escalated in the Middle East in late February.
New capability combines simulated workflows and customer conversations in one training environment. Interview with Khadim Batti, Whatfix founder and CEO.
Enterprise L&D leader Derek Bruce joins Easygenerator as chief learning and knowledge officer to shape responsible AI strategy and strengthen its position on scalable knowledge creation.
Enterprise software leader takes role with immediate effect.
553-worker survey, 5% tell managers about stress, 63% considered leaving, 52% made mistakes, HSE reports 964,000 stress cases, leadership capability and psychological safety questioned.
Global hiring demand is weakening, but emerging economies and services roles continue to grow as employers delay hiring amid uncertainty.
Bupa has launched three new apprenticeship academies focused on AI-enabled improvement, data and technology, and leadership in customer-centric care. The academies will train around 900 employees over three years and were announced ahead of National Apprenticeship Week.
AI tools scale faster than learning systems. Skills and role design lag behind adoption. Time saved lost to checking and rework. Learning now limits AI value.
Consulting firms are hiring fewer junior consultants while expanding AI roles and senior expertise.
Alongside its AI training expansion, government has set up a new unit to examine AI’s impact on jobs, bringing unions, business and academia into workforce planning.
Language training provider goFLUENT has acquired the business operations of Learnship Networks GmbH, expanding its presence in Germany and increasing its scale in the corporate language training market.
Last month Coursera and Udemy agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valuing the combined business at around $2.5 billion. Learning News asks what the new business will prioritise, about the integration, about the significant forecast cost savings, and more.
Coursera and Udemy have agreed an all-stock merger, creating a $2.5bn learning platform as providers seek scale, AI investment and enterprise growth.
Scheer IMC partners with RockMouse to expand its enterprise learning technology presence across Australia and New Zealand.
Fitch Learning has completed its acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions and the Canadian Securities Institute, adding to its financial training and certification portfolio.
L&D benchmark data shows training drives retention but workloads, AI disruption and perception gaps block employee development.
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.
New research finds AI adoption in learning widespread but ownership and strategy unclear.
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’.
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 of London Institute to sell its awarding and training businesses to PeopleCert, refocusing its mission on charitable impact through The City & Guilds Foundation.
Global corporate training market projected to reach $805.6 billion by 2035, driven by digital transformation and upskilling demand.
Series A startups are raising twice as much per employee as in 2020, staying leaner as AI boosts productivity.
Workplace Engagement Report finds Gen Z hardest to engage, while managers face burnout and disengagement.
Bluewater Learning has appointed David Kelly, one of the learning sector’s most recognised voices, as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Transformation.
ATD-accredited nine-course academy helps L&D teams align with business goals, master AI, and demonstrate measurable impact.
Joggle Learning, the groundbreaking AI-powered corporate knowledge delivery platform, will make its official UK market debut this week at Learning Live 2025. The innovative solution directly addresses the critical challenge facing learning professionals: making valuable LMS content instantly accessible when employees need it most.
Many sales programmes fail not for lack of training, but because they rest on weak pipeline data, poor qualification and unbalanced coverage.
CIPD warns rising absence, mental health strain and budget pressures are putting UK workforce wellbeing under growing strain.
New AI-enabled platform combines compliance expertise with self-service tools to accelerate cross-border hiring and workforce management.
The US added 50,000 jobs in August, with postings and hiring both down. Salaries edged higher, in the first release of a new monthly labour data series.
Training Industry has named its 2025 list of top experiential learning technologies companies, recognising providers that use immersive solutions such as virtual reality (VR), extended reality (XR), simulations and serious games to support corporate training.
Europe signals rising demand for PhD talent but weak salary growth leaves US industry roles more attractive for new research graduates.
Survey highlights stability at the top, the rise of generative AI, video’s dominance, social platforms regaining ground and more focus on personal tools over training tools and course libraries.
The Training & Development Summit is a focused event organised for senior professionals who are directly responsible for their organisation’s learning & development requirements, as well as for those who provide the latest and greatest products and services within the sector.
AI meeting tools are beginning to move beyond administrative support into active facilitation. Rather than just transcribing or summarising, some platforms are experimenting with guiding activities, shaping group dynamics and even injecting energy in real time.
Unapologetically raw, uplifting, and life-changing: New book Confidently Lost is here to rewrite the rules of resilience.
Axia Solutions is playing a growing role in strengthening the West Midlands economy through targeted workplace learning programmes tailored to local industry needs.
Continuous development in sales requires a shift in mindset, method and technology.
Paul Morgan, a seasoned learning leader, has launched the L&D Doctor Clinic, a bi-weekly forum for HR, L&D and talent professionals to seek confidential advice and support.
Four emerging workplace trends highlight the rise of AI as a team member, the demand for emotionally intelligent leadership and the strategic value of adaptability, resilience and unlearning.
The Project Management Institute (PMI), the global authority for project professionals, is overhauling its digital learning ecosystem in a move to deliver more personalised, career-aligned learning at scale.
5app launches breakthrough skills intelligence platform, Helix, which assesses skills in work, in real time.
A new report from the Josh Bersin Company urges L&D leaders to abandon outdated models and embrace a fundamental transformation, placing enablement not training at the heart of learning strategy.
Ross Stevenson, founder of learning consultancy Steal These Thoughts, has released an AI readiness assessment aimed at learning and development professionals.
The latest round of product updates from learning technology vendors, including Docebo, Axonify, Go1, Udemy, ReadSpeaker, Kahoot!, Cognota, Thrive and Cornerstone.
Cornerstone has launched a new integration with Salesforce’s AgentExchange, enabling AI-driven learning to be embedded directly into CRM workflows. The move supports skills development in the flow of work and advances multi-agent interoperability across enterprise systems.
Degreed's new analysis spotlights the trends reshaping workplace learning priorities this year. Here's what's gaining momentum and what's falling out of favour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Role-play platform and immersive video provider, Virti, is exhibing at the upcoming Learning Live AI Edition event, next week in London.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The International Coaching Federation Germany has collaborated with CoachHub to develop AIMY™, the AI coach, ensuring top industry standards.
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.
Rebecca McDowall and Richard Price, explain the importance of the Learning Network community and go through its upcoming events.
Farley Thomas, Manageable, in discussion with Learning News at Learning Technologies 2025.
Giles Smith, CEO, Media Zoo, 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.
Simon Bratt on a new vendor-focussed, readiness role in learning and development.
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.
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.
Podcast-style workplace training model aims to reach disengaged audiences such as deskless and neurodiverse workers.
AI technology to shape the next frontier of digital adoption.