With a record number of submissions from individuals and organisations from across the globe, the winners were selected from a competitive field of entrants, all of whom demonstrated exceptional vision and depth in providing learning solutions with a proven business impact. The Learning and Performance Institute assembled a collection of industry visionaries to form the independent judging panel, chaired by Nigel Paine, Colin Steed, Denise-Hudson Lawson, Michael Strawbridge and Alan Bellinger, who combed through hundreds of submissions to select the very best.

Popular British television and radio presenter Claudia Winkleman hosted the event, which took place at the five-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 fourteen award categories.

The standout categories included Learning Provider of the Year, which was won by Mind Gym, whilst the Learning Team of the Year, dominated by a host of well-known names, including Dell, University Hospitals Leicester, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Financial Conduct Authority and Metro Bank, went to Virgin Holidays. The Learning Technologies Award was won by J.P. Morgan for its outstanding example of the way in which learning technologies can transform an organisation's business model. The coveted CLO of the year was won by Tesco Bank's Dave Buglass, and the Learning Professional of the Year went to Glen Butler of Tesco.

This year the ceremony presented its Colin Corder Award for Services to Learning to Elliott Masie, head of the MASIE Center and head of the Learning Consortium. Elliott is globally recognised as a leader in the fields of corporate learning, organizational performance, and emerging technology.

In his opening address LPI Managing Director, Ed Monk, said, "With a record number of entries this year, almost 300, to be a finalist is in itself an outstanding achievement. I hope that your organisations are proud of you and the real impact you have had on the performance of the business. Tonight, there are no winners and losers. You are all 'the best of the best'."

The evening commenced with the LPI Charity Auction in aid of Dreamflight, a small charity who take seriously ill or disabled children to Disneyland Florida each year. The LPI has raised over £320,000 for children's charities since the Auction was launched in 1999.

• The Learning Awards 2015 Winners - Sponsored by CIPD / Internal Learning Solution of the Year - Sponsored by QA

            Gold Winner: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
            Silver: GlaxoSmithKline
            Bronze: Telefonica

• External Learning Solution of the Year - Sponsored by CISCO

  Gold Winner: Afiniti and Network Rail
  Silver: Saffron Interactive and AVA
  Bronze: LearningAge Solutions and BP
   

• Apprenticeship Programme of the Year - Sponsored by New Horizons

            Gold Winner: Wm Morrison Supermarkets
            Silver: Aintree University Hospital
            Bronze: Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

• People Development Programme of the Year - Sponsored by Insights

            Gold Winner: Barclaycard
            Silver: Tesco Bank
            Bronze: Glasgow City Council

• Learning Technologies Award - Sponsored by Microsoft

            Gold Winner: J.P. Morgan
            Silver: CaixaBank
            Bronze: Barclays and City & Guilds Kineo

• Innovation in Learning Award - Sponsored by Afiniti

            Gold Winner: PwC and Atticmedia
            Silver: Bayer
            Bronze: Axia Interactive Media

• Social & Collaborative Learning Award - Sponsored by Pearson English

            Gold Winner: BP and LearningAge Solutions
            Silver: Tata Consulting Services
            Bronze: Cognizant Technology Solutions

• Start-Up Learning Provider of the Year - Sponsored by Learning & Performance Institute

            Gold Winner: Elephants Don't Forget
            Silver: AsliTas Training Psychology & Consultancy
            Bronze: C2L Care to Learn

• Live Online Learning Facilitator of the Year - Sponsored by Saba

            Gold Winner: Mike Dobkin, Dell
            Silver: Alex Vaughan, Capgemini

• Learning Professional of the Year - Sponsored by Pearson

  Gold Winner: Glen Butler, Tesco
  Silver: Rebecca Hawkswell, Nationwide Building Society
  Bronze: James Conaghan
   

• CLO of the Year - Sponsored by Cornerstone

  Gold Winner: Dave Buglass, Tesco Bank
  Silver: Rick Jackson, DHL Express
  Bronze: Sandra Murtagh, Dell
   

• Learning Team of the Year - Sponsored by CEB

  Gold Winner: Virgin Holidays
  Silver: University Hospitals Leicester
  Bronze: Dell
   

• Learning Provider of the Year - Sponsored by Prometric

  Gold Winner: Mind Gym
  Silver: Learning Pool
  Bronze: Sponge UK
   

• The Colin Corder Award for Services to Learning - Sponsored by PluralSight
  Winner: Elliott Masie