Training needs analysis
L&D experts form evidence-led learning initiative
A group of prominent learning and development experts have come together to form Tulser Global, an initiative aimed to ensure...
Bring forward furlough flexibility and extend financial support, MPs told
Some groups of workers have fallen through cracks in the furlough scheme, MPs are told, and more flexibility urgently required by employers.
How Honest Burgers is preparing furloughed staff for the future
The coronavirus lockdown has hit the hospitality sector hard, with thousands of employees currently unable to work. But restaurant chain...
Remote working: key considerations for junior employees’ development
Employers need to establish clear processes, monitor the quality of work and provide timely feedback if they are to effectively...
Firms ‘underutilising’ employees existing skills, report suggests
Six in 10 workers think their skills are underutilised at least half of the time.
Staff to require terror response training under proposed law
Staff at public venues could be required to learn how they should respond to acts of terrorism under a new...
Learning Technologies 2020: Time to make it personal
We’re used to receiving tailored offers and services as consumers, so how can L&D teams personalise learning experiences to enhance...
Gig economy ‘like quicksand’ and workers unable to develop skills
Gig workers are often “trapped” in insecure work because long hours, financial insecurity and piecemeal work mean they are often...
City firms ‘must coordinate skills development to avoid talent shortages’
Every role in the financial services sector will be affected by automation and...
Why cultural training is vital for overseas assignments
Overseas projects often fail when employees and their families are not prepared for life abroad. Janette Hiscock looks at why...
Graduates ‘lacking key skills’, HR managers say
One-fifth of graduates are unprepared for the workplace when they leave university, HR managers feel, and many lack crucial skills...
L&D complacency risks UK firms’ competitiveness with global counterparts
Employers in the UK risk losing talent to organisations in emerging economies if they do not increase investment in learning...
BridgeCon Europe: The role of L&D in creating ‘purposeful’ work
The idea that employees value work that offers them a sense of “purpose”, and the importance of offering work that...
Labour proposes free retraining to tackle ‘skills crisis’
Labour will provide free lifelong retraining for all if it gets into power in next month’s general election.
It pledged...
Banish courses and rethink L&D – World of Learning 2019
It’s time to rethink learning and development, to wean professionals off their addiction to courses and to start aligning learning...
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