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Right to request time off to train leaves employers unperturbed
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/03/2010
IRS asked employers how they thought the impending legislation giving employees increased rights for training will affect their organisation, and finds most employers believe it will not have a significant impact.
Managing learning and development in a recession: the 2009 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/09/2009
While many employers have responded to the recession by reducing their training budgets, most have not forgotten the importance of employee development. The 2009 IRS learning and development survey finds that many employers are refining their use of training resources to achieve maximum efficiency, and increasing their focus on leadership development.
Accreditation for diversity practitioners is proposed
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/02/2008
The prospect of equality and diversity practitioners having to meet specified competencies and gain accredited qualifications has moved a step closer, with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) recommending the establishment of a new association to set professional standards.
Survey: Workplace training - budgets and challenges 2007
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 08/10/2007
Workplace training trends including learning and development goals, delivery methods, budgets, major challenges and successful solutions are investigated in an IRS survey of 86 employers.
Government concern over employer take-up of Train to Gain skills scheme
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 18/09/2007
The government has admitted its concern that too few employers will make use of the £1bn Train to Gain scheme. To mark the anniversary of its launch, skills secretary John Denham announced a budget increase from £200m in the first year to nearly £1bn by 2010.
2020 skills vision
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
A government-funded report on how to improve the nation's skills has advocated increased employer investment in learning and the possible introduction of a statutory right for employees to access workplace training.
An experience worth repeating
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 18/08/2006
Employers are keen to offer work experience placements for reasons of "enlightened self-interest", but may be deterred from doing more because they are not of support on offer, our research shows.
Skills gap shrinks
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 01/07/2006
England's skills gap has fallen dramatically, according to the National Employer Skills survey 2005.
Apprenticeship funding
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07/04/2006
A review of the government's apprenticeship programme has resulted in increased funding in some areas and reductions in others.
Skills gap stifles UK's global ambitions
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 07/02/2006
A lack of education and skills is beginning to affect the UK's ability to compete in a global marketplace, according to new research.
Skills report
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/12/2005
Work-based training has improved dramatically according to the annual report of the Adult Learning Inspectorate.
Educashon, Edukation, Educasion
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 13/12/2005
Despite the government's mantra on education, the UK faces a massive challenge if employees are to gain the skills that will keep the economy competitive.
Working classes
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 15/07/2005
The number of students taking part in a scheme offering teenagers work-related training in partnership with employers has "exceeded expectations", according to education inspectorate Ofsted.
More women from ethnic minorities in college
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/07/2005
The Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) equality and diversity annual report shows that increasing numbers of women from ethnic minority backgrounds are undertaking vocational learning.
Sex segregation exacerbating skills shortage
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/06/2004
Unless dramatic action is taken to end sex segregation in jobs, major skills shortages will continue to blight individual businesses and damage the wider economy, finds a new Equal Opportunities Commission report.
Salary sacrifice as retention tool
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 02/04/2004
The shortage of IT skills could be addressed through the use of salary sacrifice schemes as a recruitment and retention tool, according to a survey from the Institute of Directors.
Are skills initiatives missing the mark?
Source: Training Magazine
Date: 01/03/2004
A disparity between training spend and results has come to light with the publication of the National Employers Skills Survey (NESS) 2003.
Case studies
NHS e-learning: A lesson in every portal
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 01/03/2008
The NHS is about to launch a huge e-learning resource, called the Health e-Learning portal. It's one big learning beast.
How a partnership approach can transform learning
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/12/2007
Backed by government funding, unions want to work with employers to improve employee access to training. We summarise the latest union learning developments and outline a learning and development partnership that has reaped rewards at Merseytravel.
Case study: BT's exemplary apprenticeship scheme
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 10/09/2007
BT's Modern Apprenticeship scheme, which scooped the top prize in the Learning and Skills Council's 2007 national apprenticeship awards, is integral to the company's business and recruitment strategy. The man behind the training scheme explains what makes BT's apprenticeships unique.
Learning for life
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
A new qualification aims to improve the quality of lifelong learning trainers.
Driving change
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Office Depot teamed up with Skills for Logistics to dispel the 'white van man' image of the industry.
A passport to success
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Keeping track of skills in the retail sector is a challenge, but a new skills passport allows both staff and managers to have an accurate record.
Accidental heroes
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Training emergency care practitioners to handle non-critical conditions could save the NHS £51m a year.
Catering for employer needs
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Catering for employer needs: small and medium-sized hospitality employers now have access to HR expertise that could set them apart from the competition.
Well groomed
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
Few staff in the equestrian industry have the time to pursue formal qualifications, but a new skills passport will help employers to recognise experience.
Appreciating apprentices
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/01/2007
The construction sector needs half a million new entrants by 2010, but they won't train and recruit themselves. A large-scale apprenticeship scheme may be the answer.
Government learning initiatives - a degree of confusion
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
Recent government skills initiatives include national skills academies and the brokerage service Train to Gain. We review these projects and the newly launched set of sector skills councils, and focus on the experience of the Royal Mail.
Secrets of success
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 21/11/2006
NVQs have been around for many years - long enough for a few tricks of the trade to emerge. But what are they?
Supply in demand
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 18/04/2006
Shipping and logistics company APL used training to make supply chain management interesting to jobseekers. Nadia Williams reports.
France: Training agreement concluded at Schneider Electric
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/02/2006
Management and unions at Schneider Electric France recently concluded a training agreement, guaranteeing access to training for all employees through the implementation of the employee right to individual training.
United we stand: cultural revolution brings success
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/12/2005
When employees at student hospitality company Unite became disillusioned with the cost-cutting culture of the business, it became clear that change was imperative. We describe how an innovative and powerful change programme turned things around.
The Learning and Skills Council - mainstreaming equality and diversity
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/12/2005
The Learning and Skills Council has undertaken a series of measures that are designed to mainstream equality and diversity into the very core of its corporate culture and working practices. Carol Foster examines the mainstreaming measures in detail.
Experience in the City
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 21/06/2005
City recruitment firm Blomfield found that getting involved in a local government training scheme for school leavers provided benefits to the business as well as valuable work experience. Alex Blyth reports.
Apprenticeship programme is source of new shop managers
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 15/04/2005
The government has been trying hard to increase employer buy-in to apprenticeships. We examine the experience at Bells Stores, a large retail employer that has taken the scheme to the heart of its staff development programme.
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