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Cumberland Council’s New Learning Management System (LMS) called “iLearn”

The new LMS system is integrated within Microsoft 365. This initiative represents a significant step forward in our commitment to providing innovative and effective learning and development opportunities for our employees.

What is the ‘iLearn’?

'iLearn' is our new learning management system (LMS) and is designed to provide you with a range of eLearning courses, training events, developmental tools and techniques. Some of these will assist in supporting face to face and virtual training events and give you instant access to a range of learning opportunities.

You can also view all our training events and book a place on an event yourself directly.

Development of 'iLearn' LMS

'iLearn' was launched on the 1st July as our new Learning Management System (LMS).

The development of the new LMS is an ongoing working progress. So please be patient as we continue to build the LMS. Over the next few months we will be adding past training records to iLearn.

We will be onboarding all Council employees over the next few weeks.

Step 1: How to Access iLearn LMS

Please click on the iLearn link to access the new site.
Once you have clicked the Mandatory core essentials link you MAY be asked to verify your identity, using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Step 2: Accessing your Mandatory Core Essential Training Plan

Once you have confirmed your details, you should then automatically be able to view the Mandatory Core Essential Training Plan.
By clicking on the Cumberland Council logo (top left of the screen), you will now have access to our new Learning site called “iLearn”, where you can explore, book onto training events and complete online courses.

Support

For any issues with accessing iLearn, please contact the hosted ICT Service Desk to report access issues for the new iLearn site:
E-mail: ict.servicedesk@cumberland.gov.uk

All Cumberland Council employees are required to undertake eight core essential learning modules. These topics are essential for all due to either being a legal requirement for the organisation or to support our Council Plan. There is a new addition to this suite “An Introduction to Public Health”.

Mandatory Core Essentials allows you to access your training plan for all the following core essentials:

Information Security and Data Protection is a legal requirement, so we must all complete this by the end of March 2025.

For the following core essential learning modules, it is a legal or corporate requirement that we all complete them:

Course Title	Legal / Statutory or Corporate Requirement	Renewal period	Rationale
Information Security and Data Protection	Legal Requirement Data Protection Act Information Commissioners Office	1 April 2025 when A new version of this course will be released	Everyone is responsible for using personal data has to follow strict rules called ‘data protection principles. Organisations who fail to implement effective security measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover, as part of plans to make Britain’s essential networks and infrastructure safe, secure and resilient against the risk of future cyber-attacks. Individuals who breach data protection could also be individually fined.
Health, Safety and Employee Wellbeing	Legal Requirement Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974	3 Years	The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. It's sometimes referred to as HSWA, the HSW Act, the 1974 Act or HASAWA. It sets out the general duties which: employers have towards employees and members of the public employees have to themselves and to each other certain self-employed have towards themselves and others
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging	Legal Requirement Public sector equality duty Equality Act (2010)	3 Years	The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society.
Safeguarding Awareness	Legal Requirement Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006	3 Years	An Act to make provision in connection with the protection of children and vulnerable adults. This is a system whereby employers can check the suitability of employees or volunteers, to work with children or vulnerable adults. All officers need to be aware of safeguarding vulnerable Adults and Children
Climate Change / Carbon Literacy	Corporate Priority Net Zero Strategy	Once only	Carbon Literacy Standard and becoming a Carbon Literate Organisation (CLO)
Prevent	Legal Requirement Counter Terrorism and Security Act	3 years	With effect from 1 July 2015 the Counter Terrorism and Security Act gave specified authorities a legal duty to have "due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism". The multi-agency approach to protect people at risk from radicalisation is called Channel. This uses existing collaboration between local authorities, statutory partners (such as the education and health sectors, social care, children and youth services, specialist youth service and offender management services), the police and the local community to: identify individuals at risk of radicalisation or involvement in terrorism assess the nature and extent of that risk develop the most appropriate support plan for the individuals concerned.
Customer Service for Cumberland Council	Corporate Priority	Once only	The Council is here to serve the people of Cumbria and is committed to putting customers at the heart of everything we do. This means providing a good quality customer experience, whatever customers get in touch with us about and however they are accessing our services. Objectives: Understand the Council's vision Identify your customers' needs and preferences Provide professional, person focused support to customers to help them access our digital services Use customer feedback to inform improvements to services
An Introduction to Public Health	Corporate Priority	Once only	An introduction to Public Health, explains what Public Health is, and the main areas that Public Health covers - Health Protection, Health Improvement and Health Services. The course gives an overview of the Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities. It also explains the key public health roles, the importance of Health in all Policies and what you can do to support Public Health.