Training Journal

A landmark report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found the UK’s dramatic shift toward self-employment could be saving up long-term retirement problems for the future.

HR teams in service businesses have a responsibility to help the client-facing staff in their companies to become indispensable, trusted advisors, according to a former chief executive of an international consultancy.

Learning leaders will be talking about the action L&D professionals can take to improve business impact during a series of interviews at the CIPD Learning and Development Show 2016.

Almost half (43 per cent) of UK adults have turned to digital technology to develop new skills at home, with privacy and flexibility driving the online uptake.

A range of new courses for individuals and organisations looking to boost their change management and project management skills have been launched by ILX, the global Best Practice learning company.

A national development programme which aims to nurture young people with high potential and benefit Ireland has been launched by a consortium of leading employers.

Many hospitals are treating apprentices as cheap labour by routinely paying them the minimum wage, even though they often do exactly the same jobs as colleagues earning considerably more, according to a new report. 

Tens of thousands of children failed to get into their first-choice primary school on national offer day in England, and Labour have said that the situation will only get worse as a result of government plans to make all schools academies.

A new app has been created to offer expert one-to-one support 24/7 to all GCSE and A-level students with a smartphone. 

Nearly one in seven HR staff has felt physically threatened at work highlighting growing concerns about the impact of disputes in the workplace, new research shows.