Further training in the COVID-19 pandemic

Trends in continuing education Association survey 2020

The Wuppertaler Kreis www.wkr-ev.de is the association of leading training service providers in the German economy. The members of the Wuppertal Circle achieved a combined annual turnover of over 1.4 billion euros in 2020. Every year, more than 1.3 million specialists and managers from the business world took part in the training courses and events organized by the member institutes of the Wuppertaler Kreis

How COVID-19 is accelerating the digital transformation in continuing education

As in previous years, the Wuppertaler Kreis has published its latest study ‘Trends’ in continuing education to provide information on current developments in the continuing education market. This time, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on continuing education and the continuing education sector are particularly reflected in the results of the trend study.

COVID-19 has also hit the continuing education sector hard. There have been no more face-to-face events for almost a year. Currently, the participants in the further training courses are mainly working from home. 90% of those surveyed believe that these mobile forms of work make digitalization in continuing education unavoidable.

COVID-19 will also have a lasting impact on continuing education

“Online training is here to stay”. Even the open training courses, which were held almost 100% face-to-face before the pandemic, are largely held remotely after the pandemic.

At least a third of all service providers surveyed assume that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a lasting impact on demand for open training courses and that training courses could even take place entirely in virtual spaces.

You can download the complete results of the survey here free of charge.