London (UK), December 2016 - As we look towards the fast-approaching New Year, SumTotal, a leading provider of unified HCM solutions proven to drive organizational performance, took the opportunity to ask 100 customers in Germany and the UK about the HR challenges they’ve faced this year. The survey results found that 38% of respondents considered a lack of insight into the existing skills within their business to be the biggest challenge when upskilling their workforce. Another big finding was related to the question of data: 60% of those asked stated they needed data to confidently understand the L&D needs across the business. 

London (UK), November 2016 - Towards Maturity’s new Learning Benchmark Report shows a record 93% of L&D professionals want to integrate learning and work – however, only 15% are delivering on this. At a time when businesses need to respond faster than ever before, this is a challenge that people professionals clearly need to address.

Toronto (CA), September 2016 - Most businesses question the effectiveness of their learning-and-development (L&D) strategies in actually meeting business goals according to a new study by Brandon Hall Group (BHG) on the current state of L&D. The report, State of Learning and Development 2016: Ready to Evolve, surveyed nearly 500 small, medium, and large organizations in 22 countries and across 35 industries to develop a clear picture on the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities for businesses from an L&D perspective.

Delray Beach, FL (USA), September 2016 - Personalized learning is a process of providing learning experiences based on employees’ professional and personal needs and interests and being able to access that learning in a venue and time frame that is best for the employee. The goal of this approach is to tailor learning to the employee and, therefore, make it more attractive and impactful. 

Pune (IN), July 2016 - Brandon Hall Group has released its latest report "The Buyer-Provider Partnership: The Key to High-Quality Custom Content". The publication is supported by Upside Learning, a leading player in the eLearning outsourcing domain. The report aims to help organisations build successful client-vendor relationships in eLearning outsourcing.

Cirencester (UK), July 2016 - The new strategic research partnership between Fosway and Learning Technologies was born out of the vacuum that exists within L&D around the precious information needed to feed into strategic decisions. This first report is based on the data from the Learning Technology Trends survey.

London (UK), July 2016 - Global training-and-development consultancies TACK International and TMI International invite organisations across the globe to share their views on effective learning transfer by participating in a new in-depth survey entitled Making Learning Stick in Action.

Brussels (BE), July 2016 - The European Commission is currently working to improve the Open Education Europa website to make it more focused on the needs of teachers and others working in the education sector. The organizers plan to re-launch the site in autumn 2016.

Delray Beach, FL (USA), June 2016 - Brandon Hall Group invites you to participate in a survey regarding your perceptions of sales-training providers. Also, please feel free to share it with colleagues you feel are qualified to complete it. This survey was created to uncover the latest trends in evaluating sales training providers and identify key indicators for why organizations use sales-training providers.

London (UK), May 2016 - Thirty percent of HR experts believe improvement is needed to better align learning and development (L&D) with business objectives, a new survey from Rosetta Stone and the CPD Standards Office reveals. It shows that while 90 per cent of businesses recognise the need for professional development and training, it’s not always provided: 27 per cent of HR decision makers admit they don’t offer it but acknowledge that they should.