Winners of the Learning Awards 2021 announced
London (UK), February 2021 - The top organisations and outstanding individuals in learning were honoured at the 25th annual Learning Awards. Presented by British TV and radio icon Claudia Winkleman and joined by an audience of thousands from across the globe, the 25th Annual Learning Awards was broadcast internationally in the style of a TV event, hosted live from a recording studio in London.
Developed and hosted exclusively by the LPI, the Learning Awards is widely regarded as one of the L&D sector's premier awards ceremonies.
The LPI constantly monitors the learning industry and continually adapts the Awards to ensure that success and innovation across all areas of learning are being recognised and celebrated.
This year, the Awards saw the introduction of two new categories: The "COVID Champion Individual Award" and the "COVID Champion Organisation/Internal Department Award". These new awards were made to honour and pay tribute to those who stood up to the mark in a time of trouble and made a real impact within the community in terms of supporting them through the pandemic. The winner of the "COVID Champion Individual Award" was decided with a public vote.
The LPI staff, together with colleagues and customers, usually produce a Charity Calendar with members of the industry to raise money for Dreamflight. This year, due to COVID restrictions, the LPI released a new charity single with some of the biggest names in L&D taking part. In addition to this, CEO Edmund Monk took on the challenge to run 320km (the equivalent of Manchester to London) in 49 days to support Dreamflight. Thanks to the incredible support from the L&D community, over £7,500 has been raised for the charity.
The LearningAwards 2021 Winners
The COVID Champion Individual Award – Sponsored by Microsoft
Winner: Gary Wills – Furlearn
Finalists:
Alison Shea – State Street
Amira El-Deeb – School of Continuing Education- The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Beenish Atif – AES school for girls
Clare Lang – Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Sonya Wallbank - NHS England and Improvement
John Hinchliffe – Jam Pan
Judit Salamon – Leonard Cheshire
Marie Johnson – Nominet
Sarah Ratcliff – Sarah Ratcliff Solutions
The COVID Champion (Organisation/Internal Department) Award – Sponsored by DPG
Winner: Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Silver: Lidl GB
Bronze: Novartis
Finalists:
AstraZeneca
Independent Garage Association
People Development Programme - Public - Sponsored by DevOps Institute
Gold Winner: Accrington Academy
Silver: St John Ambulance
Bronze: Nuffield Health
Finalists:
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal National Lifeboat Institution / Junction-18
People Development Programme (Private Sector) – Sponsored by TWM
Gold Winner: BT
Silver: NatWest
Bronze: Hannover Re
Finalists:
AstraZeneca
Apprenticeship Programme of the Year – Sponsored by Sponge
Gold Winner: Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Silver: DAF Trucks Limited
Bronze: TürkTraktör ve Ziraat Makineleri A..
Finalists:
Azesta
Onboarding Programme of the Year – Sponsored by Blue Eskimo
Gold Winner: Sberbank
Silver: Lloyds Banking Group
Bronze: Checkout.com
Finalists:
aNewSpring & HBtraining
Sydney Water, Confluence Water, D4C & West Region Delivery Team
Learning Leader of the Year – Sponsored by Go1
Gold Winner: Cathy Miller - NHS Blood and Transplant
Silver: Mike Blanchette – Veeam
Bronze: Rhoda Whitton – Covetrus
Finalists:
Andrew Johnson – Ideal Heating
Darren O’Neill – Essential Site Skills Ltd
Lou Tedrick – Degreed, Inc.
Ronald van der Molen – Air Arabia
Sarah Gretczko – Mastercard
Rising Star Award – Sponsored by aNewSpring
Gold Winner: Yasmine Alani - News UK
Silver: Christine Bednarz – KPMG US
Bronze: Bethany Hewitt – Zing 365
Finalists:
Amy Synnott – Novartis
Ana Manso – Kiwi.com
Danielle Burton – Govia Thameslink Railway
Emma Forbes – Electra Learning Ltd
Samantha Hawkes – Napp Pharmaceuticals
Internal Learning Solution of the Year Award – Sponsored by Rainbow Consult
Gold Winner: Elysium Healthcare
Silver: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Bronze: Red Hat
Finalists:
5App, Hemsley Fraser & Greystar
Liverpool Victoria Financial Services (LVFS)
Schroders Investment Management
External Learning Solution of the Year Award - Sponsored by Healing Hub
Silver: Development Beyond Learning (DBL) & RWE Supply and Trading
Bronze: SiyonaTech & Swiss Re
Finalists:
DPG
Highfield e-learning Ltd, M&S & NaCTSO
Learning Technologies Award – Sponsored by VLearning Solutions
Gold Winner: Faculty of Skills
Silver: VirtualSpeech
Bronze: Adeptly
Finalists:
Bodyswaps
SiyonaTech & Activate Learning
VIC – your Virtual Interactive Coach
Innovation in Learning Award – Sponsored by EdCast
Gold Winner: FurLearn
Silver: Phriendly Phishing
Bronze: AstraZeneca
Digital Learning Transformation Award – Sponsored by Capita Learning
Gold Winner: Macmillan Cancer Support
Silver: Codeclan
Bronze: Fire Tech
Finalists:
AIB Digital Excellence Programme
Start-Up Learning Provider of the Year - Sponsored by FutureLearn
Gold Winner: Guider
Silver: SUB 10 Ltd
Bronze: Empower Development
Finalists:
Adeptly
Learning Professional of the Year – Sponsored by Lidl
Gold Winner: Claire Hovey – Copy & TV
Silver: Heather Duttweiler – Allianz
Bronze: Tim Haarlemmer – Shoshin
Finalists:
Anson Mathews – Averda International
Ashirvad Lobo, FLPI, MCIPD, MBA – Air Arabia
Dr Belinda Board – Peoplewise
Egle Vinauskaite – Skillbright Labs
John Gregg – Which
Learning Platform of the Year – Sponsored by Overlap
Gold Winner: CGI
Silver: Netex Learning
Bronze: Hive Learning & Babcock DST
Finalists:
Accipio
Learning Team of the Year – Sponsored by Docebo
Gold Winner: Nuffield Health
Silver: PMI
Bronze: BMO
Finalists:
AstraZeneca
Learning Impact Award – Sponsored by Logical Operations
Silver: PNC Financial Services Group
Bronze: Highfield e-learning Ltd, M&S & NaCTSO
Learning Provider of the Year sponsored by IFC
Gold Winner: Salford City College
Silver: BARBRI
Bronze: The Skills Network
Finalists:
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VIC – your Virtual Interactive Coach
Colin Corder Award for Outstanding Contributions to Learning – Sponsored by A Cloud Guru
Winner: Dena O'Gorman - Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trus
