There is huge demand for learning new skills among the British workforce, but a range of obstacles - topped by overwork and stress - prevent many employees from taking up training.
Quentin Reade
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Half of UK employees travel more than an hour to work each day, according to a poll by staffing services company Select Appointments.
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The biggest driver for measuring and evaluating training is to demonstrate the positive impact of training on the business, according to research.
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Tony Blair is said to be confident he has enough support from other European countries to save the UK's opt-out from the EU Working Time Directive.
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Working mothers are becoming increasingly depressed and exhausted in the struggle to hold down a job and raise a baby.
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New research shows that teaching is becoming an increasingly attractive career option for university students - making the top three of preferred graduate career areas for the first time.
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More than one-in-four women executives would consider cosmetic surgery to improve their career prospects, according to a survey.
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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.
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The increased pace of business life has led to more than half of UK employees claiming to have experienced one or more symptoms of over-work or burnout in the past six months
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Almost two-thirds of graduates say they had a bad experience when applying for their first job, according to research.
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Success rates for ethnic minority groups, women and with people with learning difficulties and disabilities in further education colleges and work-based learning are rising.
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Less than one in 10 people made ill or injured by their work ever receive any compensation from the state or from their employers, according to a TUC report.
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The UK could be in danger of running out of nursing staff as many overseas recruits consider taking their services to the US.
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CEO dismissals and other forced departures reached record levels last year, according to the fourth annual survey of CEO turnover.
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Changes in government regulations could seriously affect the flow of Commonwealth workers to the UK, according to research by recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley.