Learning & development
Apprenticeships: training providers’ body to take legal advice over support
AELP lambasts Department for Education over failure to meet Cabinet Office obligation to support all training providers.
How Honest Burgers is preparing furloughed staff for the future
The coronavirus lockdown has hit the hospitality sector hard, with thousands of employees currently unable to work. But restaurant chain...
Weekend learners make best of lockdown, survey finds
The numbers of people using their ‘lockdown’ weekends to improve their skills have soared, according to analysis by online learning...
Apprenticeship levy will no longer be used for MBAs
Education secretary sides with critics of levy's use for senior management apprenticeships.
Coronavirus: How can we prepare for a leader falling ill?
With the Prime Minister in intensive care, the Cabinet is finding a new ‘business as usual’ while its leader recuperates....
Apprentices can continue learning while furloughed
Apprentices who have been furloughed are allowed to continue their training as long as it does not provide a service...
Is ‘good’ leadership different during a crisis?
The qualities of good leadership often seem more explicit during a crisis. But by understanding these qualities, employers can nurture...
Apprenticeship providers “on brink of collapse”
Private apprenticeship training providers are “on the brink of collapse” after failing to secure financial support from the Department for...
Remote working: key considerations for junior employees’ development
Employers need to establish clear processes, monitor the quality of work and provide timely feedback if they are to effectively...
Managers must improve mental health support during coronavirus crisis
Better communication needed if employee mental health is to be safeguarded during Covid-19 crisis.
What will shape the managers of the future?
Whether it’s having to manage unprecedented levels of remote working or the fact that increasing numbers of tasks are being...
Graduate and apprentice hiring hit by coronavirus uncertainty
Companies have been forced to scale down entry-level recruitment programmes.
First occupational health nurse apprenticeship set to be launched this summer
The first Level 7 apprenticeship for occupational health nurses is set to be launched by the University of Derby this...
Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed
Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement...
How banks can balance stability and innovation
As coronavirus affects stock markets and the Bank of England cuts interest rates, Dr Simon Hayward looks at the challenges...
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