The retail union Usdaw’s campaign to keep the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) initiative free for migrant workers...
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Automotive Academy provides template for National Manufacturing Skills Academy
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government has announced that the skills and training expertise of the Automotive Academy are to be applied across the...
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Ascent Consortium named as preferred bidder for £10bn UK military flying training project
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government has appointed its preferred bidder for the £10bn UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) project.The 25-year contract aims...
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T&G union helps to drive national learning initiative at First bus company
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryBus company First and the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G), have signed a national agreement on life-long learning.
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European countries combined have a knowledge economy as big as the US, but a failure to invest in learning has...
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One of the UK’s leading food producers, Northern Foods, has signed a ground-breaking training agreement with three separate unions.
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The National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), which is part of the NHS’s National Patient Safety Agency, has launched a national framework...
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People are not doing enough to train their brains to be healthy, according to new research from the Learning and Skills...
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If you are seeking tangible results from training, then a dash of corporate social responsibility may be just the job....
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IT has revolutionised the way we work. What can it do for the way we train?Justin Skelton, managing director of...
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We all know leaders who are effective but have the charisma of a brick. Can they be trained to acquire...
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Employers and residents in London could be encouraged to get involved in training new police officers.
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From the lofty to the pedestrian
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Speaking the local language could win your organisation business, but what can HR do to help, asks Ross Bentley?
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UK employers have been urged to radically overhaul their training processes after it emerged that poor productivity cost them £70bn last year.