Learning & development

IdeasUK, the national association for ideas and suggestion schemes at work, is urging employers to be inspired by Einstein's birthday next month

Buyers of training are more likely to base their purchasing decisions on the potential for long-term relationships with their supplier than on costs alone

Training managers and presenters can now talk with and train employees wherever they are based using HorizonWimba's web-based learning and interactive communications tool

Network Rail is on track with a multi-million pound learning and development project. David Carrier, head of competence and training management, sets out his skills agenda

Army accreditation; Public sector first; CIPD award for school; Drive for specialists

This month you'll be hearing a lot about skills.

The world's largest ever human capital survey has revealed that companies across Europe are spending vast sums on leadership development, but are getting few tangible benefits in return

Over the next five years, the Government aims to cut the number of unskilled workers by more than a third through a new national training programme. We call its director, David Greer, to account

ScottishPower ensures important information in its online induction programme is retained by new recruits. By Sue Weekes

Anxious managers; Boost for developers; High performance Cove; Banking on analysis; Apprenticeship awards

Only a tiny fraction of businesses are measuring their learning objectives in line the strategic objectives of their organisations, according to a survey.

I disagree with Steve Dineen’s view that the slow take-up of e-learning in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is primarily...

Training staff as consultants helped cosmetics giant Wella keep its clients happy, but it also had other positive outcomes, writes Alex Blyth

GCSE league tables were recently described as useless by the Independent Schools Council in the press, as it objects to...

IT managers lack vital communications skills More than half (56 per cent) of UK IT managers feel unequipped to manage...