Learning Light
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22nd July 2010
The Safety Train benefits from Learning Light
One of the UK's newest and brightest stars in the e-learning sector,
The Safety Train, has re-located its operations to Sheffield, thanks
to Learning Light's advice and guidance. Already, the move seems to
be paying off.
Jonathan Blythe, The Safety Train's business development director,
explained: "The Safety Train grew from a need to provide distance
learning in health and safety-related subjects - principally because
it was proving difficult to arrange classroom-based courses to suit
the diaries of a large number of delegates who were based throughout
the UK.
"Our answer was to form The Safety Train and provide the training
via e-learning materials dealing with social care, office health and
safety and personal development," he continued. "These e-learning
materials are delivered via streaming video over the web and/or via
mobile phone apps."
Jonathan and his colleagues at The Safety Train first encountered
Learning Light in 2009, when David Patterson, Learning Light's
project director, outlined to them the business advantages for
companies in the e-learning sector locating in Sheffield.
"David convinced us of the benefits of moving to Sheffield - the
UK's e-learning capital," said Blythe.
"Indeed, David's advice and guidance on all aspects of the
e-learning market as well as on our head office location has proved
to be most valuable. The early signs are that this move to Sheffield
is producing all that we had hoped it would in business terms," he
added.
Learning Light, a company limited by guarantee, focuses on promoting
the use of e-learning and learning technologies, as well as running
the
www.e-learningcentre.co.uk website which currently receives some
72,000 unique ‘hits' each month.
Learning Light's David Patterson commented: "We're always delighted
to be able to make our experience and expertise in the corporate
e-learning sector available to any organisation - especially when it
leads to enhancing and strengthening that sector in these
challenging economic times.
"In recent years, Sheffield has established itself as the UK's
e-learning capital - taking over from the Brighton area where the
first e-learning companies were concentrated in the 1980s. Key
e-learning related knowledge and skills are now well-represented
among the working population in the Sheffield area - and this is
helping to attract e-learning content and systems developers to set
up in and around the city," he continued.
"So we're beginning to see a virtuous circle develop - which should
continue to benefit both the industry and the area by continuing to
provide more and more e-learning related jobs - and the people to do
them!"
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Notes for Editors
About The Safety Train
The Safety Train, http://www.thesafetytrain.co.uk/ operates an
e-learning training portal aimed at covering all aspects of health &
safety training. It offers a range of social care training, personal
development training and office safety training covering: fire,
first aid, food, general care and the various provisions of the
mental capacity act. Single user prices begin at £20.
About Learning Light Ltd
Learning Light is a non-profit organisation that builds relationships
between learning technology researchers, suppliers, buyers and learners
providing learner-centric information to encourage the growth of
learning technologies. By sharing comprehensive research, highlighting
successes and failures, Learning Light helps to promote the learning
technologies community.
Learning Light provides bespoke and individual services to help both
buyers and suppliers of learning technologies (e-Learning). Its current
services include:
Research Services
Providing access to expert insights, advice and guidance built on
indepth research. Helping organisations to effectively implement
learning technologies (e-Learning) and integrate them within their
workflow processes.
Membership Services
Partnering with leading thinkers in the industry and providing a
network for all interested in the field to share information,
knowledge, insight, experience and expertise, through utilising online
community tools, networking events, conferences and guru seminars.
Professional Services
Our highly experienced team offers organisations access to range of
competitively priced consultancy services supporting buyers with the
effective implementation of their learning technology (e-Learning)
requirements. And, for suppliers, helping to provide a range of
services to assist market awareness and generate growth.
In addition, Learning Light provides a comprehensive Professional
Development programme to help Learning & Development professionals
understand the significance of learning technologies in the workplace
today and how to effectively implement them within the workflow
processes of their organisation.
Sheffield-based Learning Light is supported by Yorkshire Forward, the
regional development agency for Yorkshire, and the Humber and Objective
1 South Yorkshire.
Further information from:
Mark
Pittaway/ Kay Simpson, Learning Light, 0114 201 5703
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, 01727 860405
www.learninglight.com