Utrecht (NL), November 2025 - What are the biggest future digital trends for education and research? Together with education and research institutions in the Netherlands, SURF has produced a trend report that focuses on the most important digital trends for the Dutch education and research sector. In this trend report, you will discover 50 technology trends that are expected to have a future impact on the sector. The report aims to help institutions make the right innovative choices in a complex world.

Reading (UK), November 2025 - Recruiting enough qualified workers, retaining existing talent, and managing rising costs are among the biggest challenges facing UK organisations right now, according to new research by HR software and eLearning content provider Ciphr. 

Paris (F), October 2025 - Despite demonstrating clear results, Learning and Development (L&D) leaders face a tough truth: most of their strategies never make it past leadership. This is one of the key takeaways from the 2025 State of Learning report published by Rise Up in partnership with People Management Insight.

Derry (XI), September 2025 - The report, Workplace Learning 2030: The Seven Shifts Reshaping How We Learn at Work, reveals that the future of L&D isn't coming—it's already here. Powered by AI, driven by employee expectations, and under pressure to deliver measurable business impact, learning is moving from the sidelines of work into the very heart of business strategy.

London (UK), September 2025 - Fosway Group’s latest analysis of the Cloud-based HCM market, the 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR, reveals a market continuing to experience slow growth while its big players encroach further into the TA (talent acquisition) space.

Reading (UK), September 2025 - Improving access to flexible working could be the most challenging measure in the Employment Rights Bill for employers, according to new research by HR software provider Ciphr. 

London (UK), August 2025 - AI is now the biggest story in all the HR, talent and learning segments, with rapid growth in corporate interest and virtually every vendor having an AI-led roadmap. The market noise about AI is immense, but the story beneath that is opaque and uncertain; never has there been a greater need to provide an honest detailed market analysis of what is real and what is hype, as well as who is succeeding – and how. 

Washington, DC (USA), July 2025 - A new report from the mEducation Alliance and Spix Foundation examines how African countries are navigating deep infrastructure gaps to scale digital learning. Featuring insights from ministries and implementers across eight nations, it outlines promising innovations and calls for coordinated, policy-driven action to unlock more equitable, effective education systems.

London (UK), June 2025 - New report details the economic and personal impact of learning gaps during major career transitions, including from formal education to work, from one job to another, and disruptions caused by AI automation. New research from Pearson reveals gaps at career and learning transition points is costing the UK an estimated £96 billion in lost earnings, or 4% of national output.

Reading (UK), May 2025 - Research by Ciphr suggests that most HR professionals find their jobs stressful in some way, with workloads, rising costs, and employee retention cited as the biggest causes of stress.