Training management
Why critics of the apprenticeship levy should back off
Critics of the apprenticeship levy need to understand the system is still new and employers are exploring what works.
Personnel Today Awards 2019: KPMG triumphs in HR Supplier Partnership Award
KPMG was voted the top HR supplier partner in this category, which is only open to companies working with shortlisted...
KPMG to cut UK internal training team
KPMG this week signalled it is to slash its internal training team, which runs staff training for thousands of UK...
Organisations need more ‘connector’ managers to succeed
Almost half (45%) of managers lack the confidence to help employees acquire the skills they need, according to analyst firm...
Workers optimistic about automation but demand more training
More than two-thirds of UK workers think technological changes will increase demand for human work over the next three years...
Missing out on training means low-skilled workers lose out on thousands
Employees that can’t access training get trapped under a ‘skills ceiling’ that means they lose out on almost £12,000 a...
UK must act to boost skills or face ‘perfect storm’ of decline
Cuts in public funding for adult skills and falling employer investment has led to the UK's skills base lagging behind that of comparable countries.
Employers access a tenth of apprenticeship levy funds
The government is unlikely to reach its target of 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020 and there are “concerns about...
Learning Technologies 2019: “Our job is to help people share”
Key topics at this year's Learning Technologies conference, which welcomed 8,000 delegates, included the importance of knowledge sharing...
Vintage year for Mitchells & Butlers L&D Team at Personnel Today Awards
Pub and restaurant giant Mitchells & Butlers won Learning & Development Team of the Year at tonight’s 2018 Personnel Today...
Employers attack plan to cut management apprenticeship funding
Employers are demanding that the government rejects proposals to cut funding of management apprenticeships.
Independent public body the Institute of...
E-learning: Why employees expect a Netflix experience
Employees are used to intuitive interfaces and services such as Netflix knowing what they might like. Skillsoft’s Steve Wainwright investigates...
Flexible working demands a training strategy rethink
Assumptions about the effectiveness of training programmes need to be challenged as remote and flexible working patterns become more widespread,...
A quarter of workers receive almost no workplace training, finds TUC
Almost a quarter of workers are offered no training at their workplace other than a new starter induction, according to...
Low take-up of right to make training requests
Take-up of the right to make requests in relation to study or training has been low and has not facilitated...
