Learning & development

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Plans for trained paramedics to treat patients on the spot, rather than taking them by ambulance to hospital, have come under fire from union leaders.

Junior doctors are threatening to desert the NHS if they fail to find training posts.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, the world’s fourth largest bank, has provided equal opportunities and diversity training for all 600 UK staff through drama-based training

Employers have promised £2.4bn to train staff in IT skills in an attempt to close the UK’s productivity gap with France, Germany and the US

Employers have been offered a management training programme based on the new Star Wars film, Revenge of the Sith. Absolute...

Engineering company BAE Systems has been named Large Employer of the Year at the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) 2005 Apprenticeship Awards.

The employer-led agency e-skills UK has unveiled a nationwide plan to train more people in IT to close the UK's productivity gap.

Help is available for employers who need to plug a basic skills gap. Louise Etheridge reports

A new vocational qualification for dinner ladies will be launched this autumn, as part of the government’s pledge to improve school meals in England and Wales.

There is huge demand for learning new skills among the British workforce, but a range of obstacles - topped by overwork and stress - prevent many employees from taking up training.

Only a quarter of the UK workforce has fulfilled their childhood ambition, according to a survey of 40,000 people by Friends Reunited.

A Labour MP is to launch a private members Bill with the support of trade unions that would impose stringent safety duties on company directors, making them more personally accountable for workplace accidents or deaths

Network Rail is having to re-skill the 15,000 employees it took in-house from maintenance contractors in 2004 after finding that they had a “varying level of competency”.

A cull of middle management is looming in the UK, because too many managers have failed to adapt to the changing nature of the workplace, academics have predicted.