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BT wins Skillsoft ‘Best IT Training’ award

Global communications company recognised for efforts in learning and development

BT has won the ‘Best IT Training’ award at Skillsoft’s 2013 Innovation Awards. Following a period of extensive judging, the communications company was honoured for its new approach to IT skills development in today’s rapidly changing IT environment.

The ‘Best IT Training’ award recognises an organisation that effectively addresses the complexities of technology while keeping pace with the ever changing standards and systems. BT won the accolade for its flexible learning programmes, called Accredited Learning Pathways (ALPs), which combine a mix of informal technical and business awareness skills alongside evidence of on-the-job experience, knowledge sharing and external accreditation.

Carl Douglas, learning architect for BT TSO, comments: “We are absolutely delighted to receive a Skillsoft Innovation Award and this highlights our commitment towards continuous learning and development across the company. Our ALP programme has had a massive impact on both employees and the wider business and is now seen as the key enabler for IT skills development in strategically important areas.”

Hosted annually, the Skillsoft Innovation Awards honour clients for their work in corporate learning and development. The purpose of the awards program is to recognise innovative ideas, powerful programs and inspiring leaders who are helping to transform the corporate learning landscape.

“We are proud to recognise BT for their accomplishments in utilising learning technology to drive results and engagement with their biggest asset – their employees,” said John Ambrose, senior vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging business, Skillsoft. “It is great to be able to work with an organisation that truly values the benefits of learning and strives to fully integrate it within its business model.”

This year’s awards were judged by an independent panel of learning professionals and industry experts including Mike Prokopeak from Chief Learning Officer, Catherine Upton from Elearning! magazine and Andrew McIlvaine from Human Resource Executive. BT collected the award at Skillsoft’s UK Perspectives event which took place last week on the 20 June at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London.

Perspectives is Skillsoft’s annual customer conference, providing a live and interactive forum for customers, media, analysts and industry influencers to come together for dynamic presentations, learning sessions, workshops and panel discussions highlighting innovations in the learning industry. The theme of this year’s event was “Learning Transformed” where attendees shared experiences, strategies and opportunities for linking learning to business value and maximising the return on learning investments.

For more information on Skillsoft please visit www.skillsoft.co.uk/EMEA.

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About Skillsoft

Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of learning with a long history of innovation. Skillsoft provides cloud based learning solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses. Skillsoft’s customer support teams draw on a wealth of in-house experience and a comprehensive learning e-library to develop off-the-shelf and custom learning programs tailored to cost-effectively meet customer needs. Skillsoft’s courses, books and videos have been developed by industry leading learning experts to ensure that they maximize business skills, performance, and talent development.

Skillsoft currently serves over 5,000 customers and more than 13,000,000 learners around the world.

Skillsoft is on the web at www.Skillsoft.com

About BT

BT employs 90,000 people and is the major provider of telecommunications networks and services in the UK. It is also a key player in the global communications market, providing services to large corporate and public sector customers in more than 170 countries, across a range of sectors, including banking and financial services, consumer packaged goods, logistics, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing.

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