Training strategies

The scale of the UK’s skills challenge has been laid bare by a regional survey showing that three in four...

Colin Graves, director of training firm Iridium, reckons that teams and individuals can learn much from the behaviour of flocks of geese. Who are we to disagree?

With the economy heading south, it’s a racing certainty that many training and L&D budgets will be cut. So, now is the time for L&D managers to start planning their survival strategies.

Learning management systems providers are looking to bring a little more to the training table – probably in the form...

Competency frameworks should be a valuable training aide – if used properlyYou’d think having a sound understanding of what you...

I read your report of Chris Humphries’ China trip with much interest (‘Smog, skills and spices’, Personnel Today, 8 July).
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A NESTA-funded HR website for video game, TV and film companies is being set up to help encourage cross-industry job-swapping.The...

Home Retail Group has teamed up with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to provide financial education to its staff.More than...

Grammatical errors can seriously undermine an organisation’s credibility, so it’s essential that employers identify problems at an early stage. Nadia...

The majority of UK employees feel they have additional skills that are ignored or under-utilised at work, research suggests.Nearly two-thirds...

Every NHS organisation that receives government cash will have to publish how much it spends on staff training each year,...

UK Commission for Employment and Skills chief executive Chris Humphries spent five days in China last week, helping the country seen as the biggest threat to UK jobs with its own skills challenges. Here he tells Personnel Today in his own words about his experience.

Four million UK employees are now covered by the skills pledge after Tube-owner Transport for London (TfL) signed up today.Almost...

Many training and learning and development (L&D) managers expect their budgets to be cut over the next 12 months.A survey...

The UK’s largest trade union has slammed the government for reneging on plans that would have given workers the right...