Training policies

British Energy has signed a £10m deal with the Royal Navy’s training provider to torpedo the UK’s nuclear skills crisis.Flagship...

The skills bus rumbles on, despite the planned closure of the Learning and Skills Council. The government has announced that...

Workers who dig up roads will be tested every five years to ensure their skills and training are up to...

Unemployed 18-year-olds face losing their benefits if they do not undertake at least four weeks of full time work, government...

Firefighters should be taught sign language and deaf awareness techniques when they join the service, their trade union has insisted....

Almost half of large companies in Western Europe plan to spend more on training and L&D in 2008, according to...

Problems in training, recruitment and retention has aggravated the significant shortage of nursing staff leading to below-standard care for neonatal...

Health service staff must be trained on data security following the scandal that saw junior doctors’ personal details placed on...

Under-fire utility firm Southern Water is to send all 1,600 employees on a three-day, off-site training course to improve its...

The spectre of mandatory training of all staff is looming larger after the organisation behind the Train to Gain scheme...

Skills minister David Lammy has blamed employer apathy for the government’s failure to boost women’s skill levels.He said the biggest...

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a £227,000 Opportunity Fund project called Skills for Food. The scheme will provide catering...

Employers must learn to appreciate the experience and expertise older people can bring to the workforce if they are to...

Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has warned UK businesses that unless they rise to the challenge of the new global...

News that not a single employer has, so far, signed up to the skills pledge, as recommended by the Leitch...