Training for police officers in how to speak in keywords over the radio will not be taken seriously, the Police Federation has warned. The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has come up with more than 30 keywords an  More...
23 July 2007 00:00

Police officers being assessed for promotion do not have to have the skills to deal with counter terrorism and violent crime, it has emerged. Research by Reed Consulting has found a significant disparity between the major challenges faced by senior  More...
29 June 2007 08:40

Measuring the return on investment of training is one of learning and development's holy grails. The good news for unbelievers and RoI laggards is that it's probably a waste of time. Whisper it not among metrics obsessives and seekers after training  More...
19 June 2007 00:00

Coaching for behavioural change in your staff is a minefield that should be entered with due care and attention. H ow coaching is and should be used are matters of constant debate. Are buyers of coaching using the intervention to achieve individual   More...
19 June 2007 00:00

Games bring training to life - in the right circumstances. If Monopoly has shown many generations how the property market functions, then financial and management training specialist FTC Kaplan's business board game purports to do the same for runni  More...
19 June 2007 00:00

Senior Home Office civil servants are putting mobile learning through its paces via an iPod-based pilot project. The 20 senior officers are assessing 55 five-minute video clips on leadership to test the suitability of the iPod as a training delivery   More...
04 June 2007 09:35

What are the upcoming developments in learning management systems likely to be? It looks like you can bet the training budget on consolidation and integration.  More...
15 May 2007 00:00

Drama-based training may seem like an extravagant option, but it can have a role to play in certain scenarios. One thing drama-based training is good at is bringing theory alive. This is particularly true for training on communicating with other peop  More...
15 May 2007 00:00

Real-world guide hits the performance spot Feedback: Fixing performance problems Format DVD training film with user's guide andPowerPoint presentation Price £995 +VAT From Scott Bradbury Contact www.scottbradbury.co.uk Giving feedba  More...
15 May 2007 00:00

More than three-quarters of HR managers believe training in their company fails to adequately equip employees with the necessary skills for business. A survey conducted by online collaboration firm WebEx found the worst affected areas in trai  More...
04 May 2007 14:30

The Spirit Group – the managed division of Punch Taverns , which owns more than 9,300 pubs nationwide – has launched a new £60,000 learning and development centre, designed to be a hub for all its managerial training. The facility, in Nort  More...
26 April 2007 11:10

The medical and teaching professions top the list of preferred career choices British parents wish for their children, while construction employment trails in comparison, research has found. A survey conducted by ConstructionSkills , questioning 600  More...
26 April 2007 09:56

Macdonald Hotels   is investing £700,000 and creating 30 new jobs by launching a new education and training centre in Scotland. Based at the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort , the Centre of Applied Tourism and Hospitality Management aims to h  More...
26 April 2007 08:44

British companies should have the power to award their own nationally recognised qualifications to employees, according to the CBI . The employers' organisation believes that employees are being wrongly labelled as 'low-skilled' because the nati  More...
23 April 2007 15:39

Outdoor training tends to come and go in the training fashion stakes. Right now it's on the up as providers realise punters want more than a wet walk in the woods.  More...
17 April 2007 00:00

Primary school teachers are failing to meet a requirement of the national curriculum because they lack the skills to teach music, new research has indicated. A survey conducted by the Institute of Education found that a third of respondents had sp  More...
16 April 2007 13:20

Serious “areas of concern” about the training in the Armed Forces have been highlighted by the Adult Learning Inspectorate. Its report found recruits were being placed in areas they were not suitable for; that many were not fit enough; that they   More...
08 March 2007 08:03

A police force that encouraged officers to “think like terrorists” has scooped a National Training Award . Hertfordshire Constabulary scooped one of 51 awards handed out by UK Skills on behalf of the government in London last week. The forc  More...
18 December 2006 16:20

The birth of Bob and his bloomin' gherkin  More...
17 May 2006 00:00

This innovative pack could be used to reinforce a training session or bought as a stand alone product.   More...
17 May 2006 00:00