Training management
Credit where credit’s due
Ross Wigham weighs up the benefits of organisations gaining external accreditation for their training courses
Introduce tax breaks for training? I should coco
Recent research indicates that manufacturing companies want tax breaks to encourage training and boost skill levels. The words 'whistling' and 'wind' spring to mind.
Have a rant: are you paying over the odds for training?
Does anyone else who buys training feel that the training and coaching industry is getting greedy?
A training manager’s diary
The secret diary of a training manager,
aged almost 42-and-three-quarters
BT set to retrain 25,000 in massive change scheme
BT is set to start one of the biggest change management programmes ever in the telecoms sector
Health service unveils successor to doomed NHSU training organisation
All change at the NHS as new innovation institute takes control of health service training.
Lean NHS institute boosts training days for staff
Government plans to bring health service training under one roof.
Firm footing
Despite lacking a real definition, firms are fully committed to the concept of the corporate university. Simon Kent finds out how they work
Training professionals must grasp ROI to secure funding
Trainers need to understand return on investment (ROI) to generate funding.Training professionals have been responding in the wrong way to...
Brave new world
Stephanie Sparrow takes a stroll around this week’s World of Learning conference and exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham
Hey, big spender…
Nissan’s car factory in Sunderland boasts the highest productivity levels in Europe and one of the best training records in the UK. But training department head Steve Pallas says its success is frequently misunderstood. Guy Sheppard reports.
Transatlantic trends
The effectiveness and efficiency of different training methods have been thrown into the spotlight by the results of the Transatlantic Blended Learning Survey 2004. Stephanie Sparrow reports on reactions from the UK and the US
Managers blame HR for lack of learning time
Insufficient time and too much pressure to acquire new skills are the greatest obstacles to learning for today’s manager, according...
Raising standards
Karen Pay, Brian Croston and Joe Patton report on the manual handling training programme they have introduced at Allied Bakery sites in Cardiff, Reading and West Bromwich
Employers signal good year ahead for training budgets
Employers are confident of increasing their spending on learning and development over the coming year, according to a survey by...
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