CERN provides a wide range of learning and development opportunities for personnel. These cover everything from the everyday essentials of safety and computer security, through leadership and communication training to the most arcane technical skills required in a laboratory as large and complex as CERN. 

All of CERN’s courses are currently accessible through the CERN training catalogue, which provides a seamless booking system and is linked to EDH. Together, the Finance and Administrative Processes department, the Human Resources department and HSE wanted to go further, providing a service that is more than just a registration system. The new Learning Hub will provide a new look and feel, will be a one-stop shop for CERN’s entire range of courses (including online learning), and signals the end of the use of CTA (CERN Training Catalogue) and SIR (CERN Training Catalogue for online courses). It will include news to inform you of what’s new and why, and a range of other new features designed to improve your experience as a learner.

The first step in rolling out the Learning Hub took place in March this year, with several half-day test workshops with groups of CERN personnel representing all of the Organization’s learning and development needs. Their feedback will now be taken into account as the Learning Hub is prepared for launch in September. The first signs are encouraging. “Very straightforward and intuitive,” said one of the workshop participants, a newcomer to CERN. “The Learning Hub has a different philosophy to CTA and a modern and attractive interface,” added another. So what are these new features? Watch this space and tune in in September 2018.