London Intercultural Academy Partners with OpenLearning to Expand Access Across Asia

London Intercultural Academy Partners with OpenLearning to Deliver Intercultural Intelligence Training Across the Corporate Sector

CPD-accredited intercultural programmes now available to employers, HR teams and workforce development partners via OpenLearning’s enterprise platform

Global employee training programs at London Intercultural Academy (LIA) for online workforce development.

London Intercultural Academy (LIA), the executive education arm of London Intercultural Centre, has formalised a strategic partnership with OpenLearning (ASX: OLL), the AI-powered SaaS platform for lifelong learning, to extend LIA’s CPD-accredited intercultural and leadership programmes to corporate clients and government organisations worldwide.

The partnership marks a deliberate shift in LIA’s commercial direction: from individual professional development towards structured employee training solutions for organisations operating across multicultural, multilingual, and geographically dispersed teams.

What the Partnership Delivers

Through OpenLearning’s enterprise infrastructure, LIA’s portfolio of 113 CPD-accredited programmes — spanning intercultural communication, cross-cultural leadership, psychological safety, inclusive management, and market-specific cultural competence for Gulf, EMEA and Asian contexts — will be available to HR departments, L&D teams, and government workforce development bodies as scalable, brandable training solutions.

Corporate cohorts will be able to access programmes on-demand, as blended learning pathways, or as facilitated cohort experiences, supported by LIA’s network of specialist facilitators and subject-matter experts.

Strategic Rationale

Organisations increasingly operate across cultural boundaries — managing Gulf clients, leading multicultural teams, entering EMEA markets, or navigating the intercultural dimensions of institutional diplomacy. Generic diversity and inclusion training does not address these needs. LIA’s programmes are built from original behavioural research conducted by London Intercultural Centre, and are designed for professionals who require applied, context-specific intercultural competence rather than awareness-level content.

The partnership with OpenLearning enables LIA to deliver this expertise at organisational scale, with the learning infrastructure, compliance tracking, and integration capabilities that enterprise clients require.

Hadi Brenjekjy, Strategic Lead of London Intercultural Academy, commented:

“Intercultural intelligence is one of the least systematically trained capabilities in organisations. Most employers recognise the risk of cultural misalignment — in client relationships, leadership pipelines, and cross-border operations — but lack access to programmes grounded in serious research. This partnership gives organisations direct access to LIA’s curriculum through a platform built for enterprise delivery. It is the right infrastructure for the seriousness of the subject.”

For Investors, Partners and Workforce Development Bodies

LIA invites enquiries from:

Corporate L&D and HR directors seeking to build intercultural competence at team or organisational level
Government and public-sector workforce development bodies commissioning structured intercultural training for civil servants, diplomatic staff, or international-facing professionals
Venture and institutional partners interested in the intersection of intercultural strategy, executive education, and scalable digital learning
EdTech and platform integrators exploring curriculum partnerships in the intercultural, leadership, and professional development verticals

About London Intercultural Academy

London Intercultural Academy (liacademy.co.uk) is the executive education and corporate training arm of London Intercultural Centre, a behavioural research and intercultural strategy consultancy headquartered at 167–169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF. LIA is a CPD-accredited provider (Provider No. 781813, UKPRN 10093621) delivering programmes across 38 locations in the UK and EMEA, serving government delegations, corporate cohorts, and professionals operating in Gulf and international markets.

About OpenLearning

OpenLearning Limited (ASX: OLL) is an AI-powered SaaS platform for lifelong learning, serving education providers, corporations, and governments preparing learners for the future of work. OpenLearning’s enterprise platform supports course authoring, learning management, social learning, and compliance tracking at institutional scale.

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