Learning & Skills Councils

With some of the best training and meeting facilities in the country, the UK’s universities are available to learning and...

Speculation that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to be wound up in the near future has increased after...

HR news and analysis including:

Welfare reform criticisms – why minister James Purnell’s new rules may disadvantage the disabled
Carter...

A construction training and development centre set up by a West Yorkshire roofing and building maintenance firm has proved so...

Chris Banks has been reappointed chairman of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for an additional three-year term.The LSC is...

HR news and analysis including: Birmingham City Council’s decision to cut some employees’ salaries what staff want to do on 29...

Unemployed 18-year-olds face losing their benefits if they do not undertake at least four weeks of full time work, government...

Nearly half of UK employees believe their bosses overlook staff training, according to research.A survey of 1,000 workers, conducted by...

A new initiative entitled Pass on Your Skills is being launched today by Lifelong Learning UK aimed at encouraging engineers and health...

The Sector Skills Council for fashion and textiles has launched a nationwide campaign to highlight the increasing skills crisis in...

This week’s Friday Podcast is a special edition on the news story that broke at the beginning of the week...

Finding and developing organisational leaders is no easy task. Yet it’s probably the most important one facing learning and development...

News and analysis in the human resources sector including:

alarming news on news EU proposals for health and safety
the...

Shell, BP, utility Scottish & Southern Energy and disability employer Remploy are part of a group of eight companies which...

Human resources news and analysis including:

A missed opportunity for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) to work...