Newcastle (UK), May 2019 – Blackboard has announced the winners of the 2019 Blackboard Catalyst Awards for Europe. Founded in 2005, the annual Catalyst Awards recognise and honour innovation and excellence in the Blackboard global community of practice, where millions of educators and learners work every day to redefine what is possible when leveraging technology.

Gloucester (UK), May 2019 - Having gained CPD Certification Service approval for its Leadership Pathway series of eLearning courses, Engage in Learning has now seen the CPD Certification Service approve its series of coaching-related eLearning courses.

London (UK), May 2019 - Skillcast has released the 2019 update to its GDPR Compliance eLearning course library with improvements to accessibility and content accompanied by UI/UX enhancements. This is suitable for firms that want to freshen up their GDPR training for all staff and provided further targeted training to staff that regularly deal with personal data.

London (UK), May 2019 - MicroLearn, a leading microlearning content provider, has announced a new partnership with The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science, and Technology (IMarEST). 

Newark, NJ (USA), May 2019 - BCT Partners and Red Fern Consulting have announced the launch of the first virtual reality tool that will transform diversity training programs and help mitigate unconscious bias in the workplace. Workplace discrimination, which is related to unconscious bias, costs businesses an estimated $64 billion annually according to a recent report from the Center for American Progress.

Reston, VA (USA), May 2019 - Meridian Knowledge Solutions has announced that the City of Anaheim, home to more than 358,000 residents and 20,000 businesses and destination for more than 25 million annual visitors in southern California, has selected Meridian LMS as its centralized learning for more than 3,000 municipal employees.

Oxford (UK), May 2019 - HT2 Labs are thrilled to have been recognized in the distinguished Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation for their invention of Learning Locker®, an open source big data store used by educators and workplaces around the world to improve learning outcomes. HT2 Labs are among 60 organizations nationwide to have been presented with the award for innovation, following their success with the multi-award-winning Learning Locker®.

London (UK), May 2019 - The Leadership Pathway, a programme of five eLearning courses from the eLearning supplier Engage in Learning, has won approval from The CPD Certification Service. The courses, each of which takes between 20 and 40 minutes to complete - amounting to completing the whole Pathway in some two-and-a-half hours - focus on building a solid foundation for leadership.

Hohenfels (GER), May 2019 - Raytheon has won a contract valued at up to $159 million to support large-scale, live training exercises at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center located in Hohenfels, Germany, and connected virtually to forces across Europe.

London (UK), May 2019 - Docebo, one of the world’s leading learning platforms powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has announced their continued expansion with two of their UK-based customers and operational growth figures.