Orlando, FL (USA) / London (UK), June 2018 - CloserStill, a London-based exhibition and conference organiser, has announced its acquisition of a majority stake in "Learning 2018" for an undisclosed sum in a deal with Masie Productions.

Madrid (E), May 2018 - The Learning and Performance Institute has expanded its highly successful networking service for learning leaders to cater for the local Spanish and Portuguese market. A two-day launch event brought together learning leaders in Spain and Portugal to tackle current challenges with action-based workgroups and inspirational speakers.

London (UK), February 2018 - The learning and development community’s top organisations and outstanding individuals gathered together in London on 01 February to celebrate the 22nd annual Learning Awards. Devised and hosted exclusively by the Learning & Performance Institute and headline sponsored by BCS Learning & Development Ltd., the Learning Awards is recognised as the L&D sector’s premier awards ceremony.

London (UK), December 2017 - The winners of the annual Learning Technologies Awards have been announced at a glittering ceremony in London. Over 800 people gathered at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London to celebrate the very best in learning technologies across the world. Sixty-seven gold, silver, and bronze awards were handed out during the biggest gala evening to date.

Berlin (GER), December 2017 - A senior adviser to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and to the Finnish Government claimed recently that education ministers in England, Australia, and the United States are continuing to invest in unsuccessful education systems in spite of clear evidence that they are not working.

Ilkley (UK), November 2017 - Virtual College, in collaboration with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECWMF), will be exhibiting and presenting at this year’s eLearning Network Annual Conference. The ELN CONNECT 2017 event, 07 November, marked the 30th birthday of the eLearning Network, an organisation for learning professionals.

Port Louis (Mauritius) / Berlin (GER), October 2017 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Special Representative for Africa was in Mauritius last week for the eLearning Africa conference, where he revealed the scale of German support for digital education. Ms Merkel has long believed in the importance of technology in education-based development aid for Africa, but the increased scale of German involvement was only made clear at eLearning Africa.

London (UK), September 2017 - The annual Learning Technologies Awards has published its shortlist. Outstanding projects and products from across the globe are among those who made this year's impressive and record-breaking shortlist. An independent judging panel, comprising over forty experts and organised by the eLearning Network, worked tirelessly throughout August whittling down hundreds of nominees.

Oxfordshire (UK), September 2017 - Effective change management was the subject of a recent webinar led by Cath Convery and Julie Dungate of the learning-and-development consultancy Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS). The event was organised by the global accreditation and examination institute APMG International.