Project managers and project management skills are in huge demand. According to a Financial Times report, a shortage of these skills is having a serious effect on the economy.

Organisation is essential for a project to succeed and project managers need to understand this in order to communicate, negotiate and deal with everyone involved in a project. PRINCE2 offers an elegant and straightforward approach to organisation.

ILX recently conducted a survey of our online learners and found that the greatest barrier to study was the combination of a lack of self discipline 33% and making the time to study 38%.

We often get asked the question “How do I become a project manager?”

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” Oscar Wilde

Not that many years ago apps were coming out at the rate of one a day. How times change. In 2011 the number reached 701; today, who knows how many are launched daily as utility-based apps get a stronger hold in the business world (let us know if you do!).

OK, we’ve overindulged during the festive season, so whilst we feel rested, we feel flabby. Time to lose those holiday pounds! We may not have a magic formula for losing the weight, but we have come up with a light-hearted look at how PRINCE2 could be part of an overall plan to help you.

The ILX Digital Learning for Business Report predicts the imminent demise of PC and projector learning and the rise of mobile and personal consumer device learning. Time, we thought, to catalogue the advantages and disadvantages of mobile learning and to answer some of the concerns that exist around it in order to enable you and your organisation to make an informed choice of learning approach and device.

This is the fifth in our series on Digital Learning: Learning Without Limits where we examine the evolving nature of learning and its effect on individuals and organisations and the workplace.

It has been another fantastic year of awards, partnerships and developments for everyone at ILX Group. We thought we would relive our 12 greatest moments with you and thank you all for your support.