Training management
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...
Lifelong learning: Generations need to work together better for it to succeed
If the Government wants to make a success of lifelong learning, it first must address the generation question, claims Chris...
Employers can now register for online apprenticeship service
The Government’s online apprenticeship service has now launched, meaning employers eligible to pay the upcoming apprenticeship levy can register their...
One-third of eligible employers not aware of apprenticeship levy
With just two months to go, one-third of UK employers who are eligible to pay the apprenticeship levy are not...
Why all workforce plans should address digital skills shortages
The skills shortage in technology isn’t just a problem for businesses in the digital space. Employers need to focus on...
Evidence-based learning: it’s time to show what works
For too long, learning and development (L&D) practitioners have claimed that what they do is too subjective to be measured....
70:20:10 – a model approach for learning?
Every so often a new “flavour of the month” comes along in learning and development (L&D) – and one of...
Lessons in L&D: World of Learning 2013
Should you use your own staff or third parties to train employees? Does learning and development (L&D) work better outside...
Government rules out right to request training in SMEs
The Government has ruled out extending the right for employees to make requests in relation to study or training to small and medium-sized...
