From 68 Suppliers, UK Government Chooses HowNow In Partnership With Pearson To Become Their One Home For Learning And Skills

For the first time, the core learning offer for all government employees, will be brought together in one platform - creating a single ‘front door’ for all pan-government learning and upskilling, using HowNow’s technology. 

The Cabinet Office has signed a four-year contract to deliver a new cross-Government learning experience and skills platform. 

Of the 68 suppliers who expressed an interest in providing the service, it was Pearson supported by HowNow that the UK Government chose to become their one home for learning and skills. 

“Our ambition is to provide a great user experience for all government employees, empowering them to take charge of their own training and development needs and take a proactive approach to developing their own careers.” said Rebecca Birs, Business Change Lead for the Cabinet Office.

The UK Government joins HowNow customers like Sanofi, AND Digital and Trainline in delivering skills-first learning. The platform will: 

• Enable users to create profiles to capture their skills; 
• Track completed learning; and 
• Recommend personalised learning based on the skills users would like to develop.

This will support managers, helping them take a more strategic approach to planning and delivering recruitment, development and talent management initiatives. 

Closing skills gaps with AI Identifying, assessing, developing and deploying skills has long been a complex and manual task for HR and L&D teams. HowNow uses AI to solve this challenge.

By mapping every employee and learning opportunity to skills, HowNow can align personalise learning, identify gaps and measure the impact on skill development. 

“For the UK Government to choose our combined solution with Pearson from 68 providers, affirms our commitment to a skills-first approach to L&D, as well as our leadership in delivering innovative technology. 

“And with PwC finding that 78% of CEOs reporting some extent of skills shortage within their organisation, it’s clear that taking a skills-first approach is the way forward for L&D. It not only shapes superior employee experience, but keeps organisations at the forefront of making learning impactful.” - Nelson Sivalingam, HowNow CEO.

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