First Direct is offering its staff the chance to study for a foundation degree in contact centres in its workplace. As of this month, Huddersfield University Business School will deliver course work each week at the bank's headquarte  More...
12 October 2006 08:53

The vast majority of business graduates do not have the skills to sell effectively, research from a sales improvement consultancy revealed. A study by Huthwaite International found of more than 300 business degrees and higher national diplomas availa  More...
04 October 2006 16:40

City of London employers are calling for closer links with UK universities, according to a report published today. The Graduate Skills and Recruitment in the City report, commissioned by the City of London Corporation and the Financial Services S  More...
28 September 2006 12:53

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and IBM have launched a professional development scheme to benchmark standards in the IT industry. The scheme will help to ensure that IT professionals are of the right calibre with proven abilities  More...
21 September 2006 08:07

Only one in three senior civil servants hold professional qualifications, according to Cabinet Office data to be revealed later this week  More...
07 August 2006 10:17

Qualification to help managers motivate low-paid teams.  More...
15 June 2006 08:34

Focus on skills for life and Level 2 qualifications allegedly means courses for people with learning disabilities are cut.  More...
28 April 2006 11:23

Managers from the Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) group have just completed the first round of a postgraduate diploma in strategic leadership in collaboration with Lancaster University Management School  More...
20 March 2006 09:20

Almost half of recent IT graduates think they should have skipped their degrees and gone straight into work, according to research.  More...
10 January 2006 11:09

A campaign has been launched to encourage more people to become trustees of charities and is calling on employers to help.  More...
23 August 2005 12:24

A former NHS trust chief executive has admitted securing a £115,000-a-year job by falsely claiming to be a graduate  More...
18 August 2005 09:00

UK business cannot hope to tackle the ‘onslaught’ from the Far East if more students cannot be persuaded to study science and foreign languages, according to the CBI  More...
15 August 2005 12:45

The Marine Society College has been graded the best training institution in the UK by the Adult Learning Inspectorate.  More...
10 August 2005 15:00

The CIPD is to introduce a certificate in the psychology of management   More...
02 August 2005 09:45

NHS staff with no professional qualifications will have access to learning accounts, under new plans announced by health secretary Patricia Hewitt  More...
20 July 2005 07:00

Chartered Management Institute launches programme to promote manager's skills for success in public service.  More...
13 July 2005 10:40

LloydsTSB asset finance division is funding a Modern Apprenticeships scheme for its call centre agents.   More...
11 July 2005 16:00

The employer-led agency e-skills UK has unveiled a nationwide plan to train more people in IT to close the UK's productivity gap.  More...
14 June 2005 14:10

A new vocational qualification for dinner ladies will be launched this autumn, as part of the government’s pledge to improve school meals in England and Wales.  More...
06 June 2005 09:00

A top university has drawn up a list of high-performing state schools whose pupils face being denied places because of 'positive discrimination', according to the Sunday Times.  More...
31 May 2005 11:00