Professional Development (PD) stories
Employers' AI investment is outpacing retraining, prompting Lumify to expand its leadership as it targets the workforce skills gap.
Recruiters are resorting to AI filters as polished applications flood vacancies, with some roles attracting more than 1000 candidates.
A widening talent shortage and AI-driven threats are forcing security firms to treat more women in the field as a business priority.
Progress remains patchy in cybersecurity, where women still hold just about 22% of jobs and senior gaps persist despite rising demand.
Women's skills in AI and machine learning are helping expose a cyber workforce gap, as firms race to bolster defences against smarter attacks.
Diverse leadership is becoming a business necessity as cyber firms face a global talent shortage, rising AI threats and sharper risk decisions.
Verified university students can now access AWS credits, premium training and exam vouchers worth up to GBP £579 through a new rewards scheme.
A Sydney ceremony will honour IT channel leaders across Australia and New Zealand, with finalists spanning vendors, distributors and service firms.
The wins underline its growing influence in workplace learning, with 90 awards for NIIT Learning and 24 more for SweetRush.
Government contracts have helped the UK edtech group reach 5 million active users, while test scores in Brazil have risen 32.5 per cent.
The five-day invitation-only course will gather senior leaders from more than 130 markets as Stanford GSB studies AI, management and growth.
Pay for Leinster Chartered Accountants stayed near a record in 2026 as AI use jumped to 53% and hybrid working held firm.
New Zealand users are saving hours a week with ChatGPT, as the tool is used for work, budgets, health checks and trip planning.
Maia aims to give workers instant guidance in the flow of work, with managers able to turn its prompts into assignments.
Businesses risk costly disruption if they upgrade systems for flashier features without testing integrations, compliance and day-to-day workflows first.
Law firms will get practical training and CLE tracking in one system as Hotshot's courses move into Litera CE Manager from Q4 2026.
Eligible workers will continue to get fully funded training in five digital courses as the West Midlands tackles a 280,000-person skills gap.
Schools can now build timetables in hours instead of spreadsheets, as Tes moves the annual planning task onto a cloud platform.
Singapore banks face faster job changes as DBS and IBF roll out AI training, reskilling and youth pathways for workers.
Many institutions are still unprepared to embed AI into learning pathways, even as most educators back retraining graduates for changing careers.