Learning & training

Today’s Spring statement did much to add cost and regulation to employers, and not enough to support growth and skills, observers say.

New report highlights a postcode lottery when it comes to employment opportunities for older workers in England.

The government recently announced plans to make apprenticeships shorter and more flexible. How does apprenticeship reform benefit the construction sector?

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The scrapping of NHS England raises questions over the training of healthcare workers in critical areas such as infection control and hospital-acquired infections.

Employee experience platform Culture Amp claims recognition is at a five-year low, and employees feel less visible in organisations’ performance review process.

Schneider Electric will double the number of ex-military personnel it recruits in a bid to address a shortage of skills in the transition to green energy.

The AI Action Plan acknowledges the pressing need to train tens of thousands of AI professionals by 2030 to turn the government’s ambition into reality – but the UK is ill equipped to achieve this.

With surveys suggesting hiring confidence is at a low, Simon Fowler proposes a pragmatic and long-term approach to managing headcount.

Female chief executives face double standards over how their performance is judged to a far greater extent than men, according to new research.

Ethnic minority graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds are 45% less likely to be offered an entry-level professional role than more advantaged white applicants.

The government is to roll out work coaches to enable more people out of work because of sickness or disability to regain access to employment.