Advancing Digital is a project financed by the EU’s European Social Fund, which has an objective of levelling up business growth and opportunities across the economic region by investing in jobs and skills.

Both employers and ambitious employees alike are welcome to apply for a range of free digital skills and business courses in areas that include:

• Data Analytics
• Databases (beginner and intermediate courses)
• Project Management
• IT Service Management
• Web Analytics
• Business Security
• Applied AI for Business
• Web Marketing
• and more…

Employers can also request bespoke course packages in popular business software products, such as:

• Microsoft Excel
• Azure Basics and Data Visualisation
• PowerBI
• Python programming
• MS Office 365

Advancing Digital courses for modern business are run by a talented team led by Dr Chris Roast of Sheffield Hallam University.

The team comprises expertise across diverse areas of technology and business, such as:

• Project management
• Web & app development
• 5G and network security
• C#, C++ and Javascript programming
• Cloud-based solutions and data management
• Computing and software engineering
• Web application penetration testing and IT security awareness

So – well-placed to guide companies and employees in all things digital!

As an EU-funded project, Advancing Digital will only run until the end of 2023, so if you are interested in improving your skills with this free learning (or those of your employees), it’s important to register your interest and start one of their short courses as soon as possible.

Employers in South Yorkshire: Register your interest as an employer

Employees living or working in South Yorkshire: Register interest as an employee

 
Any questions? Email the Advancing Digital team at Sheffield Hallam University via:
advancingdigital@shu.ac.uk
 

Learn more about the project on the Advancing Digital website.

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Day One bespoke elearning

Leading bespoke elearning development company Day One have worked on a range of health and wellbeing training projects.

For UK charity Tommy’s, they developed a unique elearning portal to help businesses support the health and wellbeing of their employees through pregnancy and loss.

They created a Tommy’s-branded, customised LMS (learning management system), along with elearning modules on Pregnancy and Employment. An immersive learning experience includes practice in difficult conversations about highly emotive subjects, such as the loss of a baby.

This important and innovative training solution was Highly Commended at the 2022 Third Sector Awards in their ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ category.

Day One also worked with 1st4sport and Mind to develop a bespoke mental health awareness elearning course designed for sports coaches.

The training course covered areas including understanding mental health and misconceptions. It recognises the barriers to participating in physical activity, and being confident in having conversations about mental health.
Read more about this mental health awareness training for Mind, developed alongside 1st4Sport.

Address:
Unit 55, Batley Business and Technology Centre, Grange Road, Batley, West Yorkshire WF17 6ER, UK

Tel: +44 1924 510524
You can also see more examples of their wellbeing training for managers and employees over on their blog.

Sponge wellbeing courses

Sponge wellbeing courses can help you to achieve and maintain better balance at work. This is part of their ready-to-go and responsive range of courses.

Sponge are on a mission to lead the pack in digital learning. As the learning sector is experiencing incredible growth, this company is working hard to become a leader in people development solutions and innovation.

Address:
1 Temple Back, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6FL, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)330 390 3920
Browse the ready to go wellness courses from Sponge.

ETU DEI Training

Based in the US and Ireland, Empower The User (ETU) have developed off-the-shelf learning simulations that can help organisations to progress beyond simple awareness-building to more permanent diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) behaviour change.

ETU is proud to create award-winning training simulations on areas that include both race and gender equality, which can be deployed immediately or customised to specific organisation requirements. Their off-the-shelf harassment prevention training can protect employees from incidents and help improve a company’s overall culture.

Address:
5th Floor, The Tower, Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus, Pearse Street, Dublin D02 K1W7, Ireland.

Tel: +353-1-5670410
Read more about ETU diversity, equity and inclusion training solutions.

WBS workplace wellbeing training

Part of the University of Warwick, WBS has an international reputation for top quality education and research in management and business.

If your business values employee wellbeing, productivity and performance will often follow. Employee wellness and happiness in the workplace has been shown to improve productivity and overall business performance, including future profits. Investment in the wellness of your staff can help to attract the best talent, as the sustainability of your organisation can become a strong increasingly competitive advantage.

Tel: +44 (0)24 7652 4306
Learn about their executive education course in creating value through workplace wellbeing and explore more about WBS.

imc Learning – DHHS case study

imc Learning developed exceptional onboarding for The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, Australia to connect new hires with the organisational culture. The innovative training involves use of a unique chatbot experience.

DHSS was in need of a digital orientation experience for all new and existing employees. The solution began by establishing and recognising a greater vision of their employee experience lifecycle and culture as a whole. The department is a large and complex organisation of over 11,000 across 4 operational divisions, and is host to a dynamic and very diverse audience working across multiple sectors.

Address:
imc Australia
Level 5, 20-22 Albert Road South, VIC, 3205 Melbourne, Australia.

Tel: +61 1300 883 043
Read more about their elearning for DHHS Australia over on their website.

IOSH managing occupational health and wellbeing course

IOSH’s Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course offers a fresh approach to health training. The content will engage and inspire staff for more effective health and wellbeing management.

Formed in 1945, IOSH has become leader of a profession that transforms the world of work, making it safer and healthier every day. Our status is recognised by businesses and governments, and it’s why Chartered Membership of IOSH is recognised worldwide as the hallmark of professional excellence in workplace safety and health.

Address:
The Grange, Highfield Drive, Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 1NN, UK.

Tel: +44 (0) 116 2573100
Visit this page about the IOSH managing occupational health and wellbeing course to learn more.

Infopro Learning advice

Leaders in online learning solutions in the US, InfoPro Learning also offer advice on how to ensure employee wellbeing in the workplace and helping to establish a great work-life balance for your remote employees.

In today’s workplace and with the growing trend towards hybrid or full remote work, employee work-life balance has become a major concern. A remote-first culture can serve multiple benefits, but there are many challenges as well. InfoPro Learning created a useful infographic with guidelines to help foster remote employee wellness and encourage and facilitate a good work-life balance.

See the blog post and infographic on work-life balance for the modern workforce over on their blog.

Address:
InfoPro Learning
103 Morgan Lane, Suite 102, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA.
Tel: +1 (609) 606-9984

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Av Srivastava is an eLearning Research & Marketing Consultant who has worked with a range of learning solution providers in the UK and worldwide.

He researches and writes about the latest and best elearning solutions to help buyers choose the ideal company for their needs.

He also helps great elearning companies to understand their perfect customers, increase their visibility, and develop steady streams of inbound enquiries.

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As mental health is a hugely important topic that has been brought increasingly under the spotlight over the last couple of years, many forward-thinking companies and organisations are looking to improve their training in this area.

Are you looking for ready to go, off-the-shelf, online mental health awareness courses to either use within your learning platform or allow your staff to access and study online?

Or are you looking for custom development of mental health elearning content that is tailored specifically to the needs and culture of your organisation?

Either way, one of the companies below should be able to help you, as they have demonstrated skill and expertise in developing elearning content for this important area of Health and Wellbeing.

Ready to Go Courses – Mind & Walkgrove

One of the leading charities in this field – Mind – have teamed up with one of the top online training companies – Walkgrove – to develop a range of excellent mental health awareness courses for UK organisations.

This workplace mental health awareness training has been created to cater for the differing needs of employees and managers. The courses are quick to complete, but packed with valuable guidance. Accessible on desktop, tablet or mobile phone, they provide convenient any time, anywhere learning.

Walkgrove Limited
7 Maisies Way
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 2DS
UK
+44 (0)1773 864 640
https://www.walkgrove.co.uk/mental-health-courses/

These courses from Walkgrove and Mind are highly recommended.

Workplace Wellbeing Course – iHASCO

This Online Mental Health Awareness Training raises awareness and provides tools & guidance for daily well-being.

iHasco is a provider of high-quality Health & Safety and HR Compliance eLearning with a keen focus on creativity, quality, and most of all, simplicity.

iHASCO aims to support your organisation’s individual training journey. Their core values are quality, expertise, individual sector knowledge, and uncompromising customer support.

2 Bracknell Beeches
Old Bracknell Lane West
Bracknell
RG12 7BW
Tel: 01344 867 088
www.ihasco.co.uk/courses/detail/mental-health-awareness-training

Bespoke Content Development – Day One

Yorkshire company, Day One Technologies, worked with 1st4sport and Mind to develop bespoke mental health awareness elearning content designed specifically for sports coaches.

Established over 20 years ago, Day One combine an in-depth understanding of learning psychology and best practices with the latest tools and technologies to create training solutions that really work.

They’ve worked with some of the biggest brands in the UK and Europe, across a range of industries.

Unit 55
Batley Business and Technology Centre
Grange Road
Batley
West Yorkshire
WF17 6ER
Tel: +44 1924 510524
www.dayonetech.com/case-studies/1st4sport-mind

Local Training – The Skills Platform

Mental Health training from The Skills Platform – a marketplace committed to finding practical solutions to increase opportunities for learning and development.

There are thousands of training companies, consultants and experts offering services, but so The Skills Platform endeavours to be the one to trust for local training that comes in on budget.

4th Floor
1 Temple Way
Bristol
BS2 0BY
Tel: +44 117 922 1155
www.skillsplatform.org/health/mental-health-awareness-training

Low Cost Online Course – High Speed Training

A low-cost, online Mental Health Awareness Training course. CPD Accredited. Certificate Included. Understand Mental Health In The Workplace with a 3 Hour Course for £25.00 + VAT.

High Speed Training have a mission to deliver training that helps people to be engaged, effective and safe in the career they’ve chosen.

They collaborate with experts and customers to share best practice and insight through a library of outstanding and innovative content.

Riverside Business Park
Dansk Way
Ilkley
LS29 8JZ
Tel: 0333 006 7000
www.highspeedtraining.co.uk

CPD Accredited Mental Health Training – EssentialSkillz

Learn how to recognise ill mental health with Mental Health Awareness Online Training. Fully Editable, Regularly Updated and CPD Accredited.

EssentialSkillz were founded in Galway (Ireland) in 2001 by husband and wife team, Tony & Michelle Dervan, following Tony’s work on multi-million dollar eLearning projects for Microsoft Interactive Press and Michelle’s experience as a classroom teacher.

2 George Street
Chester
CH1 3EQ
Tel: 01244 911677
www.essentialskillz.com

 
Whatever your needs around mental health awareness training, we hope one of the above companies can support your project.

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Judith leads elconsulting and she and her team have put together a very modern online learning programme of 10 modules that include high-impact videos, tests and assessments, learning resources and online coaching sessions. I get the impression Judith is on a mission to improve managerial skills wherever managers are – at home, in the office or on the move.

High-Quality, Video-Based Scenarios

The modules are cleverly designed and will appeal to those stepping up to be a manager and take responsibility for having those “less than easy” conversations with members of their team, with such modules as How to Give Feedback or How to Manage Performance Effectively. The modules offer high quality video-based scenarios that really impact and provide tools and techniques to support a manager to do this to the best effect.

To those managers who have been in post for a time, do not dismiss these modules as being just for newbie managers, they most certainly are not. Some of the videos are spine tinglingly accurate and will certainly engender self-reflection… “am I like that?” … “that’s not me…is it?”.

Well, now there is an opportunity to up your game and develop your management talent and add new techniques to your team leading, reflecting the difficult times we live in.

Timely Training for Remote Work & Change Management

Judith and team have recognised that the workplace is changing and there are some very pertinent modules in the collection: How to Manage People During Change, How to Manage Remote Performance and The 7 Critical Success Factors for Managing Remote Teams. As we noted above, Judith is on a mission to improve managerial skills wherever managers are and this type of approach is needed by managers more than ever.

This is a powerful solution of 10 topics, each addressed as a standalone unit, but incorporating the expertise that comes from elconsulting which is clear to see from the videos through to the resources, plus the opportunity to have 2 two-hour group coaching sessions with one of elconsulting’s expert coaches. Learners can email tutors directly and can also use the community discussions and posts to communicate with peers to share ideas and experiences.

The whole solution has been packaged up into a “turnkey” offer with elconsulting setting up an LMS partition for you (with your own branding for a small extra fee), enrolling the learners, managing their progress with emails and reminders (you can do this yourself if you wish as well) through to delivering certificates. elconsulting will send monthly reports as well.

In Summary: Well-Designed eLearning from Expert Coaches

There is a lot to like with these courses. They are well-designed and well thought through, as they come from absolute experts in this field of developing management talent. They offer engagement with community discussions and real live coaching sessions with professional coaches.

The courses can be taken in whatever order you the learner desires. The LMS powering them is easy and intuitive to use, tracking your progress and keeping you informed of where you are.

The licence is for 12 months for the full 10 courses and comes in at £250.00 per person. In our view that is good value as you get high impact videos, resources and checklists, tutor support and 2 hours of expert online coaching… all built for the changed workscape we find ourselves in today.

You can take a free course here and see for yourselves:
elconsulting.thinkific.com/courses/managing-people-during-change

 
View the programme and download the brochure here:
www.elconsulting.co.uk/elearning-people-management-courses.html

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Over the years, we have seen hundreds of Health and Safety training courses. Many of those on this page are approved by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) and the Continuing Professional Development association, so you can be sure of their quality.

The UK Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) of 1974 is legislation that lays out the responsibilities of both businesses and employees in ensuring the wellbeing of people within any workplace. Compliance with these regulations is one of the primary staff training requirements of any organisation in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

We have selected Health and Safety elearning courses from a variety of favourite vendors, and they cover all areas of health and safety, from Health and Safety in the Workplace (such as in construction sites and warehouses), to Office Health and Safety, Risk Assessment, and Health and Social Care.

Walkgrove

One of the UK’s longest-established elearning companies, Walkgrove online health and safety training covers the full spectrum of content needed for most organisations.

They offer packages that cover the likes of:

• Asbestos management
• Manual handling
• Fire safety
• Remote working
• Safe driving and travel
• Working at height
• Preventing the spread of infection
• Hazardous substances
• Slips, trips and falls.

Walkgrove’s clients include many top UK, European and global brands.

Walkgrove Limited
7 Maisies Way
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 2DS
Telephone: +44 (0)1773 864 640

DeltaNet

DeltaNet formed in 1999, and has become a leading elearning company for online compliance training and health and safety courses. DeltaNet provide a range of strategic learning and development services that include ready made elearning courses, bespoke content, their own LMS, and compliance tools. Their innovative web-based learning solutions help clients to develop their people, achieve organisational goals and support key business objectives.

Their impressive client base includes the likes of Suzuki, Canon Madical Systems, Autotrader, Electrolux and NHS Improvement.

DeltaNet International Limited
The Technology Centre
Epinal Way
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3GE
Tel: +44 (0)1509 611019
www.delta-net.com

 
Rather than being seen as an unwanted expense, cost effective elearning courses can save considerable time and money for your company when compared to traditional training methods, and are an important part of your business risk management. They are often delivered in a Learning Management System that allows the tracking and management of the learners performance.

A range of low-cost online health and safety courses is signposted over on our sister site, e-Learning Centre.

If you would to speak to us about enterprise health and safety training needs for your company, or if you create great elearning or face to face courses and would like help getting them seen, contact us here at Learning Light.

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DeltaNet – Preventing the Spread of Infection

To help businesses prepare for the threat of Coronavirus, DeltaNet are making this course available free of charge.

DeltaNet continually invest significantly in products and solutions to reflect the latest in modern trends and styles.

The company uses advanced instructional techniques such as interactive video and gamification to create highly engaging and enjoyable learning experiences that set the benchmark in the industry.

Loughborough
LE11 3GE
Tel: +44 (0)1509 611 019
https://www.delta-net.com/infectious-diseases

ej4 – Free Learning & Advice Videos

ej4, one of the leading providers of video-based elearning, have made a range of free guidance videos (18 at the time of writing) available via this YouTube channel. One example is shown below:

They cover important topics such Coronavirus Precautions and Prevention, Travel Safety, and Hand Washing. For the broader topic of Pandemic Planning, there is useful learning content on managing Internal and External Communication, Office Illness and Business Continuity.

Founded in 2004, ej4 are a multi-award winning video learning company who have worked with some of the world’s leading brands. They create content that is enjoyable and easy to use, as well as highly effective.

VeryViz – Signposting Top Coronavirus Data Visualizations

With there being so much raw data on the spread of coronavirus around the world, and often complex and conflicting advice and opinion on how to deal with it, it can be hard to decide which media and people to listen to. This blog post from VeryViz seeks to distill some of the best coronavirus data learning resources in the way of visualizations such as charts, maps and graphs from credible sources.

These useful learning resources will be regularly updated as new information and visualizations emerge.

VeryViz is a website focused on helping organisations to make better use of data and to reduce misuse of data on spreadsheets, which frequently leads to costly errors.

Virtual College – Infection Prevention and Control

Learn about the most effective method you can use to help stop the spread of infections and viruses in the workplace with our free infection prevention and control course.

Virtual College is a technology-focused team headquartered in West Yorkshire UK. It is a leading provider of low-cost online training courses, and provides LMS and bespoke elearning solutions.

Stephensons Way
Ilkley
LS29 8DD
Tel: 01943 889480
https://www.virtual-college.co.uk/courses/health-and-safety/introduction-to-infection-prevention

OpenSesame – Coronavirus Preparedness and Remote Working

As businesses, their employees and the wider general public are grappling with the impact of Coronavirus, OpenSesame have curated and made available a list of elearning courses that will be available free of charge until 15th May 2020.

Based in Portland, Oregan in the US, OpenSesame was established in 2011 and help organisations to align elearning courses from top publishers to employee learning and competency needs.

1629 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97205
USA
Tel: +1 (503) 808-1268
http://go.opensesame.com/free-offer

If you are a business leader or manager looking to manage the threat of Coronavirus to your staff, then these free online learning courses are well worth a look.

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This face to face leadership skills training from The Engagement Coach is supported by elearning in the online version of their excellent, video-based In Good Company course – creating a blended learning programme.

The Engagement Coach is one of the top leadership skills training companies in the UK, with a highly accomplished team that has worked with some of the best-known brands in the country.

Their expertise has benefited the likes of Bupa, the Royal College of Nursing, Wigan Council, Dunelm, TrustFord and Asda.

Founder and CEO, Amrit Sandhar, is one of the most high-profile employee engagement and leadership training experts in the UK, having been interviewed for numerous magazines, radio shows and podcasts.

At The Engagement Coach, Amrit has built a really strong team of consultants with expertise across internal communications, sales, psychology and operations management, as well as leadership development.

Proven Results

When we conducted our review of their In Good Company leadership development course last year, we were impressed with the level of focus on delivering and measuring tangible business benefits.

While they may be specialist in soft skills training, they use hard data to develop, evaluate and continuously improve their offering.

Unusual for any training provider, The Engagement Coach put great effort and process into follow-up with their clients, in order to gain feedback and data on the effectiveness of their courses.

A course provider will often survey clients on completion to gain a customer satisfaction score, but this tends to reflect a ‘feel-good factor’ rather than business impact.

From their 2017 cohort of managers attending In Good Company, they followed up 17 months later and 72% of the 448 respondents reported improved behaviours from managers, with 75% reporting improved behaviours from team members.

So it’s a huge value-add that anyone attending their leadership training courses in 2020 will also receive the online version of In Good Company as part of the package.

The Engagement Coach team has diverse sector experience across pharmaceutical, financial services, retail, healthcare, telecoms, insurance, recruitment, aviation and more. Whatever your sector though, this training has the potential to make a dramatic impact on the performance of your current and future leaders, so it is well worth checking out.

Learn more about this leadership skills training from The Engagement Coach on their website, where you can book places or get in touch with their team.

You can also sign up via Eventbrite to reserve a place on the first of these dates – Wednesday May 13th, 2020.
 

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About Av

Av Srivastava is an elearning writer and marketing consultant who has worked with a range of learning solution providers in the UK and worldwide.

He researches and writes about the latest and best elearning solutions to help buyers choose the ideal company for their needs.

He also helps great elearning companies to understand their perfect customers, get the visibility they deserve, and develop steady streams of inbound enquiries.

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