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    Learning and Skills Council suggests making a training proposal on February 29

    by John Charlton 25 Feb 2008
    by John Charlton 25 Feb 2008

    Traditionally February 29 is the day for women to propose marriage to men but this year, according to the Learning...

    • Health and safety
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    Migrant workers at risk because of poor health and safety training warns watchdog

    by John Charlton 19 Feb 2008
    by John Charlton 19 Feb 2008

    Many employers are risking migrant workers’ wellbeing by not providing adequate health and safety training warned the Institute of Occupational...

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    • Learning & development

    Anstruther Fish Bar wins chippy training award

    by John Charlton 25 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 25 Jan 2008

    Fifeshire fish and chip outlet Anstruther Fish Bar took the staff training and development crown at this year’s national Fish...

    • Career development
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    Careerfile: Ray Harrison, head of training, development and coaching, Barclaycard Business

    by John Charlton 22 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 22 Jan 2008

    Ray Harrison manages a big training operation at a well-known banking and financial business. He explains how he meets this...

    • Learning & development
    • Training methods

    Brain training bug may soon bite the corporate bottom line

    by John Charlton 22 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 22 Jan 2008

    Such is the success of the brain training games craze that is sweeping through this green and crowded land that...

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    • Learning & development
    • Training delivery

    Training at NHS Trust delivered via MP3 player

    by John Charlton 22 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 22 Jan 2008

    More than 300 NHS staff in Yorkshire are using personal media players to access mandatory training.Personnel from the medical director...

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    • Learning & development

    Financial watchdog trains staff to field MPs’ questions

    by John Charlton 21 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 21 Jan 2008

    Political consultants were paid thousands of pounds to help train senior Financial Services Authority staff how to handle questions by...

    • Learning & development

    National Learning at Work Day will focus on sustainability

    by John Charlton 15 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 15 Jan 2008

    Sustainability will be the theme of this year’s National Learning at Work Day (NLWD), which will be held on 22...

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    Word-of-mouth recommendations used by few organisations to find trainers

    by John Charlton 15 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 15 Jan 2008

    Word of mouth recommendation is only used by a small minority of organisations when it comes to finding trainers, according...

    • Employee relations
    • Employee communications
    • Learning & development

    Changing attitudes is a tough challenge for training professionals

    by John Charlton 14 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 14 Jan 2008

    We have all had to put up with people who have a poor attitude to work. And one of training’s...

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    • e-learning
    • Learning & development

    Celebrities unmasked for inaccurate claims of brain training benefits in advertising campaign

    by John Charlton 8 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 8 Jan 2008

    Celebrities have been telling ‘porkies’ about a brain training product claims a recent study.The Sense About Science (SAS) annual review...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Milk and Dairy Council produces DVD to help train East European migrant workers

    by John Charlton 8 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 8 Jan 2008

    Such is the number of East European immigrants working in British farming that the Milk and Dairy Council (MDC) is...

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    • Learning & development
    • Training delivery

    Training and development spend set to rise in 2008

    by John Charlton 7 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 7 Jan 2008

    Almost half of large companies in Western Europe plan to spend more on training and L&D in 2008, according to...

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    Pope sanctions first ever formal exorcism training course

    by John Charlton 4 Jan 2008
    by John Charlton 4 Jan 2008

    Demand for exorcists has prompted the Vatican to offer its first official course in exorcism.
    Paolo Scarafoni, a priest at Regina...

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    Two coaches pass the £1m earnings barrier at coaching firm Shirlaws

    by John Charlton 19 Dec 2007
    by John Charlton 19 Dec 2007

    Has the day of the £1m a year coach dawned?According to coaching firm Shirlaws it did in 2007 year when...

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