Category: Education & Training

78% of organisations polled by The Ken Blanchard Companies in their latest annual Corporate Issues Survey say they will be spending the same or more on L&D initiatives in the [...]

UK Businesses risk missing out on significant cost and efficiency savings because of 'outdated' attitudes to e-learning, a group of learning experts has said. At the first meeting of the [...]

A survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found that many employers are unconvinced of the value of apprenticeships, with two thirds considering on-the-job training inappropriate to [...]

The London Fire Brigade have been praised by Mayor Boris Johnson for using e-learning to improve safety and knowledge within the brigade. London Fire Brigade's station manager and e-learning project [...]

School and college leaders have called for children to receive employability skills training to prepare them for entering the workplace. The Association of School and College leaders have called for [...]

School leaders have called for a new focus on employability skills for schoolchildren, to ensure they leave school with the necessary skills to join the workplace. In addition to traditional [...]

Business Secretary Vince Cable and Skills Minister John Hayes have announced a new £50 million a year fund to help businesses develop the skills they need for growth. The Growth [...]

Almost 70% of employers believe that failures in the UK education system are damaging the country's economic performance, a survey released by the Chartered Management Institute revealed today. The survey [...]

10th February 2011 - A North East based distance learning college has more than doubled the number of adults studying professional qualifications with them in just 6 months. DLC Training [...]

Recruitment website TotalJobs recently posted a survey about how students felt they would cope in the world of work.  According to the research, in which 448 graduates took part, 38% of [...]