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    Time for coaching to be integrated into everyday skillsets

    by Personnel Today 20 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 20 Nov 2007

    Clive Johnson says many managers find coaching ‘on the fly’ too daunting and thus ignore opportunities to coach. He says...

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    Southern Water workforce to go on customer service course

    by Greg Pitcher 16 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 16 Nov 2007

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

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    Skills minister David Lammy to announce Train to Gain expansion plans

    by Greg Pitcher 16 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 16 Nov 2007

    Skills minister David Lammy will reveal expansion plans for the ailing Train to Gain scheme in the next fortnight, he...

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    North Tyneside Council to spend £131,000 on customer service training with the Institute of Customer Service

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2007
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2007

    North Tyneside Council is investing £131,000 in a four-year training programme designed to improve customer service across the organisation.The training...

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    Metropolitan Police Authority turns down Taser pilot scheme plans

    by Gareth Vorster 26 Oct 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 26 Oct 2007

    The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has refused to endorse a proposed Home Office pilot to roll out the use of...

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    Hotels poach top talent for 2012 London Olympics due to skills shortages and staff retention problems

    by Personnel Today 15 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 15 Oct 2007

    Hotel staff are being poached by competitors to secure talent in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic Games, a...

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    Risky business: can entrepreneurs be trained?

    by Personnel Today 15 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 15 Oct 2007

    Are entrepreneurs born or made? And if it’s the latter, what can HR and learning and development departments do to...

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    Brewer Greene King launches graduate placement scheme for pub trade

    by John Charlton 10 Oct 2007
    by John Charlton 10 Oct 2007

    Independent brewer Greene King has launched what it claims is the first graduate placement scheme in the pub trade.The Suffolk-based...

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    Government concedes doctors’ training to be organised locally supported by new national IT system

    by Mike Berry 9 Oct 2007
    by Mike Berry 9 Oct 2007

    Deaneries will organise their own recruitment process for specialist medical training in England in 2008 and junior doctor start dates...

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    City and Guilds to train Chinese workers for 2008 Olympic Games

    by John Charlton 28 Sep 2007
    by John Charlton 28 Sep 2007

    Occupational skills standards and certification body City and Guilds (C&G) will help train Chinese workers for next year’s Olympic Games...

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    Skills minister John Denham starts talks with employers about accrediting employer training in national qualification scheme

    by Gareth Vorster 13 Sep 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 13 Sep 2007

    The government has kick-started an initiative to enable in-house training to lead to nationally recognised qualifications.Speaking at the CBI Skills...

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    Learning styles: do they matter?

    by Kirstie Redford 6 Sep 2007
    by Kirstie Redford 6 Sep 2007

    Some training gurus say that delegate learning styles should be taken into account when running courses. Why?

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    Quality Improvement Agency launches online continuing professional development tool for further education staff

    by Gareth Vorster 6 Sep 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 6 Sep 2007

    The Quality Improvement Agency, (QIA) set up by the government to work across the learning and skills sector to improve...

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    Food and drinks manufacturing sector skills council Improve trials self-accreditation for in-house training

    by Gareth Vorster 21 Aug 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 21 Aug 2007

    A scheme to enable tailor-made, in-house training programmes to be self-accredited is being trialled across the food and drinks manufacturing...

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    Obsession with Level 2 by skills brokers stalls Train to Gain scheme claims CBI

    by Greg Pitcher 21 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 21 Aug 2007

    The multi-million pound Train to Gain scheme is being held back by the way its much-vaunted ‘skills brokers’ are selling...

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