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London (UK), November 2016 - QA is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Training Foundation Limited (TTF), provider of The Training Accreditation Programme (TAP) - one of the UK's leading skills-accreditation programmes. TAP courses are accredited by the British Institute for Learning and Development and help L&D functions to drive efficiencies and value within organisations. » MORE

London (UK), November 2016 - CloudQast, a leadership-communications specialist, has produced two generic eLearning programmes on the 2010 Bribery Act and Competition (antitrust) Law. CloudQast director, Lindsey Mack, said, "Having researched, written, and produced these programmes specifically for CloudQast clients in 2012, we’ve now decided to make them available more generally because this legislation has far-reaching effects on more or less every business." » MORE

Toronto (CA), November 2016 - Learner-centric technology is urgently needed in the corporate training world. That's why Docebo, a learning-management system (LMS) in the business market, is partnering with the 70:20:10 Institute to further capitalize on the potential of learning through work and social collaboration. » MORE

Bathworth Island (UK), November 2016 - TACK International, a leading global training and development consultancy, has announced the launch of "Digital Skills for Salespeople", a new course addition to their robust brand portfolio of practical sales-training solutions. » MORE

London (UK), November 2016 - Imparta, a leading global sales-training provider, has announced the release of the Virtual Sales Academy™. The Virtual Sales Academy is an immersive, cloud-based experiential technology platform with which salespeople and managers learn, refine, and apply their skills. » MORE

London (UK), November 2016 - L&D professionals around the globe are hungry to create a learner-centric strategy that puts staff at the heart of their activity. Towards Maturity has revealed what millennials can teach people professionals about supporting learning in the workplace. » MORE

London (UK), November 2016 - With an objective to develop their global leadership population covering some 82 countries, 3M has chosen an innovative approach by using an online-facilitated business simulation. The simulation was developed specifically for 3M by Business Smart International and was modelled on key aspects of their business and their core leadership behaviours. The programme has received outstanding feedback and in addition it has achieved a significantly lower cost per participant than traditional classroom based training methods. Importantly, the simulations enabled better understanding of the 3M strategy and realised improvements in business competitiveness. » MORE

Toronto (CA), November 2016 - The dominKnow team will be giving attendees at the i4PL training conference an in-depth look at the latest version of their multi-award winning content-authoring-and-publishing platform.  "We're so excited to be bringing our new platform to i4PL in Toronto," says dominKnow CEO Luke Hickey. "After nearly twenty years of innovation in the learning-and-development space, we feel this latest release of our authoring-and-publishing platform is our finest achievement to date." » MORE

Pune (IN), November 2016 - UpsideLMS has unveiled a new brand identity that encompasses a logo change, new website, new blog, and a bimonthly newsletter. » MORE

Panama City (PA), November 2016 - Brianna Wu is an American female game developer who was driven out of her home two years ago by death threats and abuse on Twitter from members of GamerGate community. The last straw, the one that made Ms. Wu leave her home, was a tweet showing that her home address had been detected by bullies. » MORE

Madrid (E)/London (UK), November 2016 - At the Gamification World Congress, Gamification Nation’s recent recruit, Andrzej Marczewski, won the prestigious "Contribution to the Industry" Award. The Gamification World Congress was held in Madrid, Spain, at the end of October. » MORE

Ilkley (UK), November 2016 - The list highlights and showcases the fastest-growing businesses across the Yorkshire region. To achieve a place in the list, companies must have achieved five years of turnover growth. Virtual College is listed in 75th position with an adjusted average annual growth of 25%. » MORE

Berlin (GER), November 2016 - Robots could soon replace teachers. In fact, not only could they replace them, but they should and will. That’s the view of two top education-technology experts who’ll be at the OEB Debate in Berlin later this month to argue their case that substituting artificial intelligence for real teachers will boost quality and lead to better results. » MORE

London (UK), November 2016 - The Learning Technologies Awards has published its shortlist for its upcoming 2016 awards programme, with 200 individual organisations from across the world represented in eighteen awards categories. The winners of the Learning Technologies 2016 Awards will be announced during the Gala Evening at London’s Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, 30 November. » MORE

Kuala Lumpur (MYS), November 2016 - The eighth International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management, and E-Learning (IC4E 2017) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 05-07 January 2017. » MORE