The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI anxiety climbs as productivity gains spread, temps become pathways, and the boss envies informal leaders. Apprenticeships, LinkedIn’s ‘taste test’, AI compliance pressures, job-hugging, wellbeing gaps, hybrid hiring shifts, and certifications feature. Employers hesitate to train high-turnover workers — but training may strengthen retention Employer-provided training “may be reinforcing, rather than narrowing, existing gaps in the labour market,” said Indeed Hiring Lab in…

The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Research spotlights missing wellbeing strategies, hybrid work beating pay for tech talent, full time versus part time hiring split, mental health as work design, plus IT certifications rising to close high-risk skills gaps. Majority of UK safety professionals warn of AI over-reliance risk as adoption accelerates Astutis has revealed its Learner Report 2026, which reveals UK workplaces are now entering a critical transition…

The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Shadow AI rises in UK firms, raising compliance alarms. L&D research explains why staff ignore training. New motivation theory tackles inequality. Boomers vanish from hiring. Resilience in schools, HR audits, gamer air-traffic recruitment. State of AI Jobs and Skills Report 2026: The training gap slowing down the AI revolution AI tools have reached nearly every employee, but the skills to use them well…