Learning & development

CBI has also called for skills provision to be more demand-led and urges major reforms to the apprenticeship levy scheme.

Frequent 'performance snapshots' may provide a more accurate picture of achievements.

The growth in degree apprenticeships has led to fears that disadvantaged young people are losing out in favour of the more affulent.

ONS data reveals the number of job vacancies has reached its highest since the pandemic began, but many young people remain unemployed.

Appraisals can be daunting for both appraiser and appraisee, but they can be especially challenging when they are held virtually.

Amazon is to pay for staff to be trained in skills to meet local needs, and plans to create 10,000 new jobs by the end of 2021.

Leaders' own wellbeing is crucial if the right decisions are to be made in HR as the hybrid working era gets under way.

A skills ‘revolution’ for adults, including loans for further and higher education, is promised, but no employment bill.

A new study has found that a third of the UK’s apprenticeship providers have failed to publish an accessibility statement on their website.

The University of Hudderfield's decision to dismiss a lecturer with mental health worries was "wholly unreasonable", a tribunal has found.

Almost three-quarters (74%) of frontline retail workers would welcome mobile-based learning opportunities, but only 14% currently receive training in this...

Research finds four in five employers report that staff have worked at home while unwell over the past year, but 40% aren’t taking steps to address it.

A survey finds 29% don’t receive training to support their professional development while working in a ‘hybrid’ environment.

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has launched a consultation on the new ‘flexible’ apprenticeship, announced in the budget, and...

Many of the workers set to return from furlough next week will be feeling anxious, disconnected and resentful. Here's how employers should approach this challenging next step.