Award-winning therapist trainer, Jennifer Young has launched more free educational content to support therapists affected by lockdowns and the wider global pandemic. [read more]

ISPA and global beauty and spa therapy educational organisation, CIDESCO, are collaborating to tackle the training and staffing issues in the world of spa. [read more]

CBD-infused skincare line, Color Up has announced a new CBD training course and scholarship programme. [read more]

Cancer touch training specialist, Jennifer Young, has created a free Cancer Awareness Qualification to aid therapists and health practitioners providing touch treatments to anyone with or recovering from cancer. [read more]

Training provider, ASTECC, is launching a remote wellness coaching course for aestheticians, massage therapists and other holistic healers. [read more]

Chiva-Som International Academy, a professional wellness school in Bangkok, Thailand, has announced the launch of online educational courses for the spa industry. [read more]

Educational organisation The Power of Touch (TPOT) has launched a free digital programme aimed at deepening understanding and awareness for spa and wellness professionals around dementia. [read more]

Hospitality management education group, Sommet Education, is continuing to support its spa course student’s education during the pandemic by switching to remote learning resources. [read more]

Skincare brand Dermalogica has unveiled measures to help its spas and professional skin therapists reopen their businesses when the time is right in their local markets. [read more]

Lava Shells distributor Shared Beauty Secrets has digitised two new training courses accredited by FHT and BABTAC. [read more]

Beauty and spa therapy educational organisation CIDESCO International has entered into an agreement with skincare brand BABOR to launch a Student Scholarship programme. [read more]

The Como Shambhala Urban Escape spa at the Metropolitan London hotel, UK, has launched a mental wellbeing Speaker Series in association with mental health support specialists Head Talks. The programme will kick off in January 2020. [read more]

CIDESCO International, the beauty education body, has announced it will open a training salon at its head office in Zurich, Switzerland in 2020. [read more]

The University of Derby Buxton, UK is axing its Spa Management degree as of 2022. [read more]

The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has announced a potential new partnership with the University of Derby, that will see the development of a new qualification. [read more]

Online hospitality education specialist Lobster Ink has collaborated with spa management and consultancy firm Resense to launch what they describe as the 'first-of-its-kind' web- based program for those working in wellness. [read more]

The International SPA Association (ISPA) has announced the addition of the ISPA Talent Symposium and ISPA Resource Partner Summit, taking place 14-15 April 2020 at The Ritz-Carlton, Bacara in Santa Barbara, California. [read more]

Pure Massage, a spa training method founded by Beata Aleksandrowicz, has launched a series of targeted education courses, devised specifically for massage trainers, that will enable them to deliver optimal massage training experiences every time. [read more]

For the first time, the International SPA Association (ISPA) will host a pre-Conference Spa Workforce Super Session focusing on workforce development within the spa industry at the 2019 ISPA Conference & Expo. This two and a half-hour workshop will take a deep dive into one of the spa industry’s top priorities of recruiting, retaining and engaging quality talent. [read more]

Titanic Spa, an eco-spa in West Yorkshire, UK, has announced a new partnership with skin cancer charity Skcin, that will see its spa therapists undergo training to spot the early signs of the disease. [read more]