The majority of UK employees feel they have additional skills that are ignored or under-utilised at work, research suggests.Nearly two-thirds...
Learning & Skills Councils
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Four million UK employees are now covered by the skills pledge after Tube-owner Transport for London (TfL) signed up today.Almost...
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Friday podcast: diversity hampered by staff who don’t declare disabilities, government launches carers campaign, and how to manage Generation Y employees
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including:
Equalities experts tell Personnel Today that diversity cannot be truly measured in organisations unless people...
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Software giant SAP’s HR chief admits hitting talent crunch as global skills shortages bite
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe HR chief at SAP has admitted the employer software firm is facing talent management problems as the skills crisis...
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Wright Solutions, the Midlands’ leading training and HR recruitment specialists, have joined The Learning and Skills Council, The Skills for Business...
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Friday Podcast: Imelda Walsh on flexible working, Queen’s speech latest and university sleeping…
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including: Imelda Walsh talks exclusively to Personnel Today on the flexible working review to extend the right...
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Participation in adult learning falls on average by 3% says National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe number of adults participating in learning in the past year has fallen, according to research published to coincide with...
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Before Lord Sandy Leitch came on to the scene, ‘the war for talent’ was simply a phrase muttered by battle-weary...
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Friday Podcast: PwC report questions HR’s future, police workloads increase, bullying consultants at Suffolk Council and should employers train migrants English?
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including: PwC report threatens future of HR – we bring you HR’s reaction Senior police figures...
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Apprentices: No half-baked idea for training one in five young people
by Ross Bentleyby Ross BentleyThe government wants a major rise in the number of apprenticeships on offer – and it’s willing to subsidise their...
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Friday Podcast – 11 Apr: Highly Skilled Migrant Programme high court ruling, exclusive interview with employment minister Stephen Timms, NHS staff survey and training providers being bought up
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including:
An exclusive interview with Amit Kapadia, executive director of HSMP Forum, outside the High Court...
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Friday Podcast: including interviews with skills secretary John Denham and Dragon’s Den entrepreneur James Caan
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including:
an exclusive interview with skills secretary John Denham
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Purnell pleads with employers to stand by back-to-work schemes despite Learning and Skills Council turmoil
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherWork and pensions secretary James Purnell has insisted that employers should keep faith with the government’s employment ambitions despite the...
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Friday podcast: Carter and Carter is nationalised, the EC reviews UK information and consultation law, and how acceptable is positive discrimination?
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including: Newcastle College buys a major part of Carter & Carter from administrators the European Council...
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The skills bus rumbles on, despite the planned closure of the Learning and Skills Council. The government has announced that...