Accenture launches studying platform; to amass edtech Udacity

Accenture has launched Accenture LearnVantage, a expertise studying and coaching providers for its purchasers. The corporate will make investments $1 billion in Accenture LearnVantage over three years and has agreed to amass academic platform Udacity.

Accenture LearnVantage will assist purchasers re-skill and upskill within the areas of expertise, information and AI to fill .gaps created by advances in applied sciences.

It gives personalised studying in areas starting from specialised AI and information science, and cloud and cyber safety coaching for IT professionals to Gen AI coaching for board and C-suite members and enterprise leaders, the corporate stated.

Julie Candy, chair and CEO, Accenture, stated, “We’re scaling Accenture’s deep capabilities as a world-class studying organisation to assist our purchasers meet their enterprise development aims and allow their individuals to develop the related expertise they should profit from the alternatives that technological change is bringing.”

With the acquisition, it goals to construct on its expertise in studying and coaching to fulfill the rising demand for expertise expertise, together with generative AI. In response to Accenture analysis, enterprise leaders say their No. 1 problem is their incapacity to upskill their workforces, with 51 per cent of organisations beginning to see unfavorable impacts from worsening IT expertise shortages.

Accenture invests greater than $1 billion per yr in studying and coaching for its greater than 700,000-strong workforce, delivering roughly 40 million coaching hours yearly.

Accenture LearnVantage will provide tailor-made studying programmes; specialised, predesigned expertise academies; ecosystem studying certification providers; and managed providers for a consumer’s personal studying capabilities. LearnVantage additionally will provide nanodegrees, licensed on-line programmes designed to offer customers with hands-on expertise and industry-relevant expertise in specialised fields.



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