What now for e-learning and on-line learning after the blockbuster purchase of Skillsoft by Charterhouse Capital.
The purchase of Skillsoft for over $2.3bn by Charterhouse Capital has attracted considerable attention across both the worlds of finance and learning and development.
For those of us who attended the IBIS Capital Edtech Europe event last year and listened closely or read the accompanying report e-learning lessons for the future , it was very obvious the edtech and e-learning industry was attracting very real interest from investors.
BETT 2014….all about the teacher
The BETT event held in January 2014 was one of the busiest BETT events we have attended and one of the most interesting. Like the smaller corporate e-learning event Learning Technologies BETT gave off the aura of fast growing excitement and interest in how technology...
Learning Technologies 2014
Learning Technologies 2014 in 3 words……busy busy busy! Learning Technologies 2014 was a busy and bustling event, from a busy entrance and long queues for the cloakrooms to very well attended speaking seminar slots and exhibition stands this was one busy show. There...
Hong Kong Learning and Teaching expo 2014
This is or reflections on the second part of our BESA led trade mission to the ASEAN market. In our previous Blog we wrote of the BES Asia event in Kula Lumpur, and unlike that event Hong Kong’s Learning and Teaching expo was not a UK company exclusive event and was...
BES Asia
BES Asia 2013 was held in December in Kuala Lumpur’s impressive convention centre close to the world famous Petronas Towers. It is very ably and competently organised and coordinated by BESA and exceptionally well supported by UKTI. UKTI have a new focus on delivering...
ALT 2013 – MOOCs and More.
Taking the temperature at ALT 2013 was an interesting day out, and an enjoyable one as well. ALT is both very friendly and very informative even in just 1 day. The event was very well organised and the ALT ethos of sharing best practise was very enjoyable. However the...
e-learning: a major NHS Success story
A HSJ (Health Service Journal) supplement published recently looking at the Electronic Staff Records (ESR) roll out provided some stunningly encouraging information as how the NHS is using e-learning. The NHS’s ESR project is the world’s biggest programme of its kind,...
What role should employers play in skills and education? And what role will e-learning possibly play?
As we have noted in the previous blog post, the UK government is giving increasing prominence to employer led training with now two rounds of “Employer Owned Pilots” – meaning large employers or groups of employers are developing courses to skill up their workforce....
What does the UK Governments new Industrial Strategy for education mean for the e-learning and the edtech sector.
The 29th July 2013 saw the launch of the UK’s Industrial Strategy for Education, aimed at bringing Industry and Government together in partnership to address the massive global growth opportunity that is the education market and thereby support growth and prosperity...
edtech Europe: Industry, Innovation and Investors in e-learning and edtech
As the title of the event says “Industry, innovation and investors in one place for one day” this event indeed delivered, and IBIS Capital and Edxus Group deserved to be congratulated for this event that indeed brought all these parties together for an informative...
Bespoke Content
