Brightwave wins double gold with PwC and Bupa Health & Wellbeing UK

Brightwave has scooped TWO prestigious gold E-Learning Awards in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and Bupa Health & Wellbeing UK. The E-Learning Awards are organised by Bizmedia and honour the best in e-learning. The awards showcase the astonishing range and quality of e-learning within the private, public and not for profit sectors.

Brightwave and PwC won the gold e-learning award for ‘Meeting the needs of compliance for an external regulator or an internal workforce’. Brightwave and Bupa Health & Wellbeing UK scooped the ‘Best use of rapid e-learning content’ trophy.

Charles Gould, Brightwave’s MD said: “Following a highly successful year for us as E-learning development company of the year, we’re absolutely thrilled to top it off with two further E-Learning Gold Awards.

“Both awards recognise the magnificent design and customer-led approach the whole team embraces at Brightwave and our commitment to make a real impact for all of our clients. It’s a huge testament to the team’s ongoing hard work, dedication and creativity. And, we’re looking ahead to 2011 with real optimism and more strong expected growth,” continued Gould.

Above, Left to right: This year's host Angela Lamont, MD of Brightwave Charles Gould and Nicola Knight from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP UK.	Above, Left to right:This year's host Angela Lamont, Clare Shell from Bupa, Rachel Sefton-Smith from Brightwave, Ruth Chesmore from Bupa, and Liz Lamb and Virginia Barder both from Brightwave

Brightwave and PwC's Compliance e-learning award recognises the design and business impact of a bespoke video e-learning portal created to train all PwC employees in 'Independence'. Core to PwC's brand values 'Independence' demonstrates this leading professional service firm’s commitment to integrity and objectivity. Not only did the portal create a memorable, personalised and applied learning experience that changed behaviour, but it also provided a better assessment practice and robust audit trail.

The PwC winning project was also commended for its effective use of video content, which Brightwave developed in partnership with Nice Media.

Who says compliance is boring? Certainly not this entry, which met the requirements of an external regulator with great creativity. Its use of witty and engaging video clips even made the judges laugh.  e.learning age.

The best use of rapid e-learning content award recognises Brightwave and Bupa's large scale rapid e-learning programme, incorporating 400 modules and 60 competency tests. At the end of last year, the health and care business introduced a new operating system to improve business efficiency, speed of service and offer more choice for its customers. Called SWIFT, the system can process invoices for treatment and payments in real time, store all data and information in one place and enable flexible cover options to meet different customers’ needs. Brightwave and Bupa created the e-learning programme to effectively train staff to use the new unified system in time for an ambitious go live deadline. Collaboration and trust were essential to the success of the project with Bupa and Brightwave creating one multi-skilled team to respond to a dynamic business environment.

Bupa and Brightwave’s large-scale solution to a business-critical challenge was applauded by the judges. The company was replacing a tangle of 80 IT systems with a single platform and a single skillset. To avoid disruption to customers, all staff needed to be fully trained in the new system and the cultural change it required by the time the 14-week IT delivery window had closed. e.learning age.

Brightwave has also held the coveted E-learning development company of the year accolade over the last year.

 

About Bupa Group

Bupa’s purpose is to help people lead longer, healthier, happier lives.

A leading international healthcare group, we offer personal and company health insurance, run care homes for older people and hospitals, and provide workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services, including health coaching, and home healthcare.

With no shareholders, we invest our profits to provide more and better healthcare.  We are committed to making quality, patient-centred, affordable healthcare more accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic disease management and ageing.

Employing over 50,000 people, Bupa has operations around the world, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, as well as Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, China and across Latin America.

For more information, visit www.bupa.com.

 

About PwC

PwC firms provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to enhance value for their clients. More than 161,000 people in 154 countries in firms across the PwC network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. See pwc.com for more information.

'PwC' is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the PwC network. Each firm in the network is a separate legal entity and does not act as agent of PwCIL or any other member firm. PwCIL does not provide any services to clients. PwCIL is not responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of any of its member firms nor can it control the exercise of their professional judgment or bind them in any way.
For more information visit www.pwc.co.uk .

Note to editors - About Brightwave

Brightwave is the UK's leading workplace e-learning specialist. Expert in developing quality e-learning solutions that achieve a positive measurable impact, Brightwave works in partnership with clients to provide a complete e-learning service, from bespoke content solutions to e-learning portals and platforms, capability building and consultancy.

Focussed on ensuring success, Brightwave makes design decisions to meet business goals and places the learner experience at the centre of every project regardless of business area - from onboarding through to major business transformation.

Clients include: BBC, BP, British Airways, Bupa Health and Wellbeing UK, Pfizer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sky, Royal Bank of Scotland, Unilever, Vodafone and Waitrose as well as public and third sector organisations like; City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, National Trust, NSPCC, Renfrewshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council and The Home Office.

Call us on 01273 827676 or email us to find out more about our corporate learning solutions and how we can help your business.