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Is it a big, wide world out there or just a global village? Alison Thomas asks some overseas institutes to sum up the state of training and development in their …
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Paul Kearns explains an effective tool for developing training needs analysis, evaluation and performance measurement Two of the most difficult jobs for any training professional are accurate, individual training needs …
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The technological demands of video conferencing are merciless. Is this the point at which the Internet will fall short of its promise to remove all geographical barriers to training? By …
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This month’s news ROI Guru One of the biggest names in training evaluation, Dr Jack Phillips, will be presenting at the Training Solutions Show at Birmingham on 4 July in …
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Maureen Koh, head of HR for Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), a multinational investment bank and the biggest high street bank in Scandinavia, explains how Impact helped improve communications across cultural …
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Cholesterol screening is a regular part of lifestyle and well-person assessments in the workplace. But although it is recognised that raised cholesterol levels lead to coronary heart disease, the benefits of random screening are still being questioned
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, …
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High Court ruling seen as historic breakthrough in establishing corporate responsibility for deaths
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A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play" may once have helped to sell millions of chocolate bars but what are the real challenges of occupational safety and …
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This month’s letters Appointment for nurses I recently wrote to the HSE to enquire if they have ever considered establishing "appointed nurses" – suitably qualified and specifically trained OH nurses …
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Focus on occupational health in Scotland sees the health executive set rigorous new standards
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Health and Safety Commissioner Dr Mike McKiernan told delegates that the HSC’s occupational health strategy will have clear targets to record ill-health among workers and the general public. "It will …
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With important changes to maternity rights now applying to working mothers whose babies are due after 30 April, knowledge of legal protection offered by health and safety legislation is vital
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Minimising staff exposure to violence in the workplace should be an OH priority
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The jokes flowed thick and fast during the session on humour in harassment. Some were harmless, while others went "well beyond a joke" said Stuart Ainsworth, co-director at Strathclyde University’s …