It has been 20 years since pioneering legislation protecting the rights of disabled people was enacted in the form of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).   

Only 5 per cent of businesses provide both numeracy training and support for employees, despite 94 per cent of senior decision-makers saying how important these skills are to their business, new research by leading vocational London university GSM London has revealed.

Heads are struggling to recruit teachers for the understaffed subjects locally, and are now looking to recruit from overseas in countries such as Jamaica.

Provisional statistics revealed this week show that more people than ever are enrolling on training schemes, with strong growth in the number of higher apprenticeships  

Capita Resourcing has published a major new study of HR professionals revealing that more than half (54 per cent) feel retention will become as big a challenge for businesses as recruitment over the next ten years. Further to this, 73 per cent think employees are becoming more demanding and aware of their skills and ‘brand’.

Women working in technology are now being offered an opportunity to inspire a new generation, via the TechFuture Women’s Network.   

The UK unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5.4 per cent in the three months to August, new figures have shown. It was the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2008, the Office for National Statistics said.

Professional services giant Ernst & Young has been voted the UK’s top company for apprenticeships and school leaver programmes, by a survey of young people already employed on such schemes.

Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, is supporting Transport for London (TfL) through what is considered to be the largest business transformation programme in Europe.

Training software firm, Enterprise Study, has just launched VITAL; a portfolio management tool aimed at helping nurses and midwives revalidate their credentials in order to comply with and maintain a set of criteria, allowing them to continue to practice and provide optimal care for all patients.