San Francisco, CA (USA), September 2025 - MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best, has launched MasterClass Certificates, a new product offering that uplevels emerging leaders’ professional skill sets and future-proofs their careers. Built with the world’s leading companies and organizations—including Microsoft, NVIDIA, the Navy SEAL Foundation and X, The Moonshot Factory—these courses deliver high-impact skills, portfolio-ready projects and results that help learners adapt to evolving industries and fast-track their next steps, whether that’s a raise, promotion or career pivot.

Mountain View, CA (USA), September 2025 - Coursera, Inc., a leading global online learning platform, has announced the launch of Skill Tracks, a data-backed learning solution mapped to specific occupations that guides learners from foundational knowledge to expert proficiency through verified skill paths. Powered by Coursera’s Career Graph, which uses millions of labor market data points, third-party competency frameworks, and a proprietary skills taxonomy, Skill Tracks precisely map the relationships between jobs, skills, and learning content, ensuring organizations can close skill gaps quickly.

London (UK), September 2025 - The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) is delighted to announce that NIIT, a global leader in talent development, has been awarded Gold Accreditation for its exceptional learning and development solutions. They’ve held the distinction for over ten years. This prestigious recognition affirms NIIT’s long-standing commitment to excellence, innovation, and driving forward the profession.

Berlin (GER), September 2025 – Speexx, a leader in digital people development, together with WAGO, a global provider of electrical interconnection and automation solutions, has won a Gold award in the "Best Learning Technology Implementation" category at the prestigious 2025 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®.

Bristol (UK), September 2025 – Sponge and the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) have jointly won three Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards® for their Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) Operator Training Course. The course earned Gold awards for Best Compliance Training and Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Programme, and Silver for Best Use of Blended Learning.

Brighton (UK), September 2025 - The Learning Hack podcast launches its new season on 1 September 2025, releasing fortnightly until Christmas. Ranked in the global top 5% with listeners in 142 countries, upcoming guests include Jan Liphardt, Lori Niles-Hoffman, Brian Murphy, Jay Moore, Doug Scott, and Christian Ray Flores. Sponsored by Synthesia, iVentiv, and Venture Marketing.

Berlin (GER), September 2025 - Simpleshow, the AI-powered explainer video platform, has announced the release of a new feature that allows users to integrate video footage, such as interviews, product demos, screencasts, or branded intros and outros directly into their explainer videos. This enhancement facilitates creating dynamic and diverse video content – without the need for external editing tools.

Reston, VA (USA), August 2025 - Revature, a technology talent as a service provider, has announced the launch of AI Academy in a Box, a comprehensive, ready-to-deploy upskilling solution designed to help organizations rapidly build AI fluency across the enterprise. Tailored to a wide range of roles and business functions, the offering empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of AI by developing internal capabilities at scale.