A stubborn ‘implementation gap’ in UK workplaces is threatening individuals’ health and long-term business sustainability, according to new research from CIPD....
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Government’s transport apprenticeship drive must focus on quality not quantity, warns IET
The Government’s new transport skills strategy, which sets out how it will create 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020, must focus on quality and not just be a numbers […]...
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Four in ten teachers have been attacked by pupils
Four in ten teachers have faced physical violence from a pupil in the last year, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)....
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Make CPD a choice not a chore
Carlie Cole explains how to create CPD initiatives that provide real benefit....
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Over half of learning professionals are unhappy in their jobs
More than three quarters of the UK’s learning professionals wish to change jobs primarily because they are bored or simply not stretched. ...
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Baroness Sharp: Government apprenticeship ambitions ‘are not enough’ to tackle UK’s skills gap
Lib Dem peer, Baroness Sharp warns ahead of her House of Lords debate, that the “twin challenges of poor productivity and needing to upskill‘ an ageing pollution will not be addressed through increased […]...
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Skill Pill launches digital learning for Millennials
Skill Pill, the leading digital learning provider, is launching a new ‘pack’ of learning videos and templates to support the Gen Y worker....
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One in four jobs go unfilled due to skills shortage, reveals UKCES
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills have published out their annual survey revealing a chronic skills shortage for small businesses....
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Improve training effectiveness with video
Richard Smith demonstrates the value of video as a training tool....
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New CPD programme rewards Olympus staff with development ‘credits’
Olympus Corporation’s Medical Systems Division has introduced a new and engaging development option to encourage its staff to take greater responsibility for their own learning....
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