Learning & development

We ask readers whether they agree with new research which finds the advantages of mentoring extend beyond protgs to include the senior managers who offer their time and experience to colleagues

Sue Weekes reports on an online learning programme designed to reduce the spread of MRSA

The Government is two-thirds of the way towards its target of 400 Centres of Vocational Excellence by 2006, but are the CoVEs reaching new people or merely the old faithful? We evaluate their progress to date

Organisations are benefiting from a shift from rigid training initiatives, says Martyn Sloman, and on-the-job learning looks set to overtake traditional approaches

Hilarie Owen finds that leadership issues are giving managers sleepless nights, and that new organisational models are needed

The Home Office is running a major blended learning programme to help 15,000 civil servants upgrade to Windows XP and Office XP from older versions of the software

A training programme for area managers at Mackays Stores has opened their eyes to the bigger picture and enabled them to take on more strategic roles.

Employers are confident of increasing their spending on learning and development over the coming year, according to a survey by...

IOSH’s ‘Healthcare: risk and safety management’ training package has been praised by one of the first organisations to complete the...

Global information company Reuters is implementing an e-learning training and assessment system that will be used by more than 15,000 employees around the world.

Paul Kay, 32, is customer sales training manager for the South Division of Moat House Hotels. Here he explains his role in supporting the business

Online learning is being used to help combat MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) and other healthcare-associated infections.

On-the-job learning in the form of internal job swaps and secondments are helping Britannia Building Society address recruitment difficulties.

Two years into an ambitious NVQ programme for its 10,000 frontline operational staff, London Underground (LU) has stepped up its training effort by committing to vocational provision for the next decade, and aiming to expand the range of qualifications for staff.

At Lancashire County Council, the answer to the Government’s modernisation agenda is the implementation of a structured personal development programme, to ensure it gets the best out of each employee, as chief executive Chris Trinick explains