Training strategies
‘Employer hubs’ at colleges could help meet skills needs
The UK’s skills gap could be tackled by creating sector specialist ‘employer hubs’ at local colleges.
Scrapping Union Learning Fund would be ‘tremendous loss’
Tesco, Arla Foods and Tata Steel are among employers backing a campaign to persuade the government to rethink plans to scrap the Union Learning Fund.
Ballerina image in jobs campaign provokes Twitter storm
Culture secretary calls viral, but old, careers advert 'crass'.
Knowledge sharing vital component of a well-designed learning experience
A well-designed learning experience should include the opportunity to share and gain knowledge from colleagues, even when they are geographically...
Volunteer projects ‘better for skills development than another training course’
Half of employees want to use their professional skills on volunteer projects.
Scotland’s first minister proposes retraining scheme and ‘green’ jobs
Scotland’s first minister is to set out proposals for ‘new green jobs’ with fair pay and conditions as the country...
Apprenticeship system reboot could boost economy
A new focus on SMEs and younger people who are disadvantaged could lead to an improved demand-led system, says influential think-tank.
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...
Strategies for upskilling your workforce in a changing world (webinar)
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Apprenticeships: training providers’ body to take legal advice over support
AELP lambasts Department for Education over failure to meet Cabinet Office obligation to support all training providers.
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...
Apprenticeship levy will no longer be used for MBAs
Education secretary sides with critics of levy's use for senior management apprenticeships.
Why apprenticeship levy payers must ‘use it or lose it’
Some £52m in apprenticeship levy funds went unspent in 2019, despite there being an option for employers to transfer up...
Firms ‘underutilising’ employees existing skills, report suggests
Six in 10 workers think their skills are underutilised at least half of the time.
Employers let millions in apprenticeship levy funding expire
About a quarter of the money made available for apprenticeship training has been relinquished back to the government, suggesting that...
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