On Thursday 5 Feb, the best L&D professionals in the business congregated at the Dorchester Hotel for the 19th annual Learning Awards, a celebration of the greatest and most innovative training projects, departments and people from all over the UK and in a few cases, the rest of the world. Organised by the Learning and Performance Institute, the event has swiftly become know in many circles as the 'L&D Oscars'.
This year's awards was hosted by TV presenter Claudia Winkleman and featured a record number of entries, as managing director Ed Monk noted:
"With a record number of entries this year, almost 300, to be a finalist is in itself an outstanding achievement. I hope that your organisations are proud of you and the real impact you have had on the performance of the business. Tonight, there are no winners and losers. You are all ‘the best of the best’.”
The much-coveted Colin Corder award was this year won by corporate learning technologies pioneer Elliott Masie, head of the MASIE Center and the Learning Consortium.
The full list of the winners is beneath.
Internal Learning Solution of the Year – Sponsored by QA
Gold Winner: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Silver: GlaxoSmithKline
Bronze: Telefonica
External Learning Solution of the Year - Sponsored by CISCO
Gold Winner: Afiniti and Network Rail
Silver: Saffron Interactive and AVA
Bronze: LearningAge Solutions and BP
Apprenticeship Programme of the Year – Sponsored by New Horizons
Gold Winner: Wm Morrison Supermarkets
Silver: Aintree University Hospital
Bronze: Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
People Development Programme of the Year - Sponsored by Insights
Gold Winner: Barclaycard
Silver: Tesco Bank
Bronze: Glasgow City Council
Learning Technologies Award – Sponsored by Microsoft
Gold Winner: J.P. Morgan
Silver: CaixaBank
Bronze: Barclays and City & Guilds Kineo
Innovation in Learning Award – Sponsored by Afiniti
Gold Winner: PwC and Atticmedia
Silver: Bayer
Bronze: Axia Interactive Media
Social & Collaborative Learning Award – Sponsored by Pearson English
Gold Winner: BP and LearningAge Solutions
Silver: Tata Consulting Services
Bronze: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Start-Up Learning Provider of the Year – Sponsored by Learning & Performance Institute
Gold Winner: Elephants Don’t Forget
Silver: AsliTas Training Psychology & Consultancy
Bronze: C2L Care to Learn
Live Online Learning Facilitator of the Year - Sponsored by Saba
Gold Winner: Mike Dobkin, Dell
Silver: Alex Vaughan, Capgemini
Learning Professional of the Year – Sponsored by Pearson
Gold Winner: Glen Butler, Tesco
Silver: Rebecca Hawkswell, Nationwide Building Society
Bronze: James Conaghan
CLO of the Year – Sponsored by Cornerstone
Gold Winner: Dave Buglass, Tesco Bank
Silver: Rick Jackson, DHL Express
Bronze: Sandra Murtagh, Dell
Learning Team of the Year – Sponsored by CEB
Gold Winner: Virgin Holidays
Silver: University Hospitals Leicester
Bronze: Dell
Learning Provider of the Year – Sponsored by Prometric
Gold Winner: Mind Gym
Silver: Learning Pool
Bronze: Sponge UK
The Colin Corder Award for Services to Learning – Sponsored by PluralSight
Winner: Elliott Masie
