Corporate UK is leading the way in training practices, according to a comprehensive pan-European survey published today by Europe’s largest training provider Cegos Group . The survey found that UK organisations are training more staff and hav  More...
25 June 2008 16:22

The tasks of those responsible for providing learning and operations support information for the world’s armed forces are being made easier, thanks to advances being made in content management technologies, standards and methodologies. These advance  More...
02 June 2008 16:58

Two reputable bodies have released statistics on training and L&D spend in the UK. You'd think there would be some sort of convergence between them – well, you'd be wrong. How much does your organisation spend per capita on training and on learn  More...
13 May 2008 00:00

Cobent , market leaders in providing training process software solutions to Life Sciences organisations, will be delivering a webinar on ‘Automating the training process in quality-controlled environments’. The online seminar – which takes place   More...
07 March 2008 15:51

To help learning & development teams understand the structural and operational distinctions between ‘proprietary’ and ‘vendor-independent’ managed service providers, KnowledgePool has developed a new white paper, which examines the strengths and w  More...
28 February 2008 10:58

IMC’s Learning Management System CLIX beat off intense competition from a number of established players in the UK to win the Fire Service College tender for the implementation of a new Managed Learning System. Alongside CLIX, IMC’s rapid authori  More...
23 February 2008 08:27

Doctors' training should be managed by an independent body and taken out of the hands of the Department of Health, an influential report has recommended. A final report by Sir John Tooke looked at the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) recruitment p  More...
09 January 2008 08:20

Almost half of large companies in Western Europe plan to spend more on training and L&D in 2008, according to Human Resources consultancy Mercer. Its 2007 European Total Rewards Survey found 46% of 200 multinationals surveyed planned to up the  More...
07 January 2008 14:00

Engaging design is central to successful e-learning. But how do you do it right? Kineo, the providers of rapid e-learning , has collaborated with partners to apply its years of e-learning design skills to create a free rapid e-learning course  More...
12 November 2007 15:41

Training management software company AccessPlanit is celebrating a £1,000,000 milestone by announcing the launch of a new version of its AccessPlan software exclusively for training providers.   More than 1600 companies   More...
01 November 2007 10:52

Diversity practitioners are calling for a new professional association to help them to establish industry standards and define proper career paths, according to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). A report commissioned by the LSC, due to be publis  More...
10 August 2007 14:18

Unions have called for improved training and advice for staff in the oil industry following the publication of the fifth report by the Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board . The report challenged the industry to strengthen safety standards a  More...
16 April 2007 15:30

Dawn Turner says employers, especially those in the SME sector, must know how to calculate the actual cost of training before implementing programmes. Despite year-on-year rises in GCSE and A-level pass rates, more and more employers say the standard  More...
27 March 2007 00:00

UK businesses are losing billions of pounds because they fail to train managers in planning skills  More...
14 June 2006 00:00

A training manager's diary: The no-so-secret diary of a training manager. This month's entries: Big meeting and team-building  More...
21 April 2006 08:00

Garry Platt says return on investment is an essential proof of training and L&D success  More...
21 April 2006 00:00

Why send delegates on a training course at a standard-issue city centre hotel when, for much the same cost, they can look, listen and learn at a unique sporting venue?   More...
21 April 2006 00:00

In the past nine months the Learning and Skills Council has been dogged by criticism for failing to engage employers and failing to affect levels of employer delivered training  More...
11 April 2006 09:30

Ross Wigham weighs up the benefits of organisations gaining external accreditation for their training courses  More...
11 April 2006 08:00

Recent research indicates that manufacturing companies want tax breaks to encourage training and boost skill levels. The words 'whistling' and 'wind' spring to mind.   More...
09 February 2006 08:00