Performance Management and Learning

TraineryHCM™ Has Announced Expansion of Platform Capabilities

Raleigh, NC (USA), October 2025 - TraineryHCM™ has expanded its integrated HCM platform to make it easier for HR managers to connect performance reviews with learning plans and skills training. The extended data integration enables managers to build learning and development paths, assign coaches and training courses, track activity status, and outcomes during performance reviews.

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Against Cyberattacks

Inspired eLearning Unveils New Simulations Lab

London (UK), October 2025 - Inspired eLearning, powered by VIPRE, a global leader and award-winning cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection company, today announced the launch of its new Simulations Lab. This groundbreaking course is designed to equip learners with practical, hands-on experience to identify and react to the most prevalent email phishing, vishing, and SMiShing attacks.

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Challenge Your Score

Workera Debuts Score Appeal to Align Its AI Agent With Expert Human Judgment

Palo Alto, CA (USA), October 2025 - Workera, the AI-powered skills verification platform, has introduced 'Score Appeal', a new feature that allows individuals to request human review of their skills assessment results. Human experts (PhDs) in skill measurement review appeals to determine their validity, ensuring closer alignment between AI scoring and human judgment.

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Acquisition

Workday Signed Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sana

San Francisco, CA (USA), October 2025 - Workday Rising 2025, the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sana, a leading AI company building the next generation of enterprise knowledge tools. Sana will power a new Workday experience—where knowledge, data, action, and learning come together as one and create the new front door for work.

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Board of Directors

Amanda Nolen joins Totara as Non-Executive Director

Amanda Nolen London (UK), October 2025 - Totara, a global provider of learning management solutions trusted for compliance in highly regulated sectors, has appointed Amanda Nolen to its Board of Directors to support the company’s international growth and strengthen its position in regulated industries.

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Rapid Course Creation

Training Disruptor LearnExperts Takes Aim at Exam Generation

Sarah Sedgman, Founder and CEO of LearnExpertsOttawa, CA, September 2025 - LearnExperts, specialists in AI-powered rapid course creation, now brings the same innovation to reinventing exam design and development. The company is tackling a decades-old bottleneck that organizations face when launching new technologies, entering new industries, or equipping learners with new skills, scaling examination programs and competency testing with speed and efficiency.

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With the World’s Best Organizations

MasterClass Launches Future-Proof Certificate Program

David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClassSan 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.

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Coursera Announces Skill Tracks

Data-Backed Learning Solution to Accelerate Critical Skills Development Across Functional Teams

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.

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Global Workforce

Udemy Announces $50 Million Share Repurchase Program

Hugo Sarrazin, Udemy’s President and CEOSan Francisco, CA (USA), September 2025 - Udemy, a leading AI-powered skills acceleration platform, has announced its Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program, authorizing the purchase of up to $50 million of the Company’s common stock, effective immediately.

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Strengthening Partnership

NIIT Achieves Gold Accreditation with the LPI

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.

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Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards®

Speexx and WAGO Scoop Gold

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®.

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