Business Leaders back vocational education
Research from Foundation Degrees reveals that UK plc values vocational qualifications highly and recognises the role industry has to play in the provision of such education, but is failing to take sufficient action. The research shows that HR directors are leading the way, with 98% calling for...
Young Apprenticeships working and expanding
Minister for Skills and Vocational Education, Ivan Lewis has announced that with this year's initial recruitment of 1,000 Young Apprenticeship places is complete, and that a further 2,000 14 year olds will begin training under the scheme in September 2005. Plans for the next stage of the...
E-learning opens doors for disabled people
The CIPD is warning that unless developers, suppliers and buyers of e-learning take greater action to ensure their products are accessible to learners with disabilities, a great deal of money will be wasted on e-learning that doesn't meet the needs of the vast majority of users, and employers...
Employers must train more
The third annual report from the Adult Learning Inspectorate which congratulated employers for increasing the level of quality work based training, whilst at the same time warning them that they still need to do more and that the excuse of not being able to find adequate work based training is...
Schools to deliver enterprise lessons
Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke has launched guidance that will help schools to teach young people the vital skills of innovation, creativity, risk management and business understanding. Mr. Clarke told business leaders, teachers and young people at the London Stock Exchange that...
Skills force for schools
Geoff Hoon M.P. Secretary of State for Defence has opened the new national headquarters of Skill Force in Edwinstowe, North Nottinghamshire. He met former military instructors who are now working with pupils aged 14 to 16 in over 100 schools nationwide. Pupils from Meden school in Church Warsop,...
Further education must improve connections with business
Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke has urged the further education secretary to build on the connections they have built over the last few years and create even stronger links with the business sector. Mr Clarke highlighted some of the major improvements made in the last few years as:...
Learn to Learn
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a new report ‘Helping people learn’ which says that traditional classroom based training will no longer produce what is needed in today’s business environment. The report contributes to the current debate...
CIPD Launches new qualification
The CIPD is launching the new Advanced Certificate in Reward Management in recognition of the increasingly specialised nature of reward within the wider discipline of human resources management. It has been developed for professionals working in all sectors including private, public and...
Study shows up to 90% of staff could do so much better
The Sunday Herald has reported the findings of a study which shows that as many as 90% of employees in the UK’s leading financial and manufacturing services companies are underperforming. The study was conducted over two years and showed that levels of pay and benefits had little impact on...
Warning over staff training letters scam
The Dundee Evening Telegraph and Post has reported a warning from Tayside police for businesses about a scam which offers security training on behalf of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). The con artists approach a high value business such as jewellers, IT equipment dealers, cars...
Employers Must Check Degree Authenticity
The Guardian reports their investigation by a reporter who was able to buy fake degrees and A level certificates over the internet. The university involved, Strathclyde has identified nine errors in the fakes and will not be redesigning its certificates, although is considering taking legal...
Employers find that training boosts the bottom line
The Daily Telegraph reports the launch of the Governments re-branded apprenticeship scheme by Chancellor Gordon Brown and Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke. The scheme is intended to help ensure that the United Kingdom reduces its shortage of skilled workers, which is seen as a...
E-Learning becoming the norm
Five years after the term e-learning was first adopted research from the CIPD has shown that it is now accepted as an essential feature of training delivery, but more practical work needs to be done on the implementation side if it is to be successful. The problem according to Martyn Sloman,...
Key courses to be protected
Education and Skills Secretary, Charles Clarke has sent the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) a list of courses the government considers to be of national importance and asked them if he needs to act to stop universities dropping them from the syllabus. Courses covered include...
Ambition:Energy wins national training award
Ambition: Energy, the Jobcentre Plus programme which trains unemployed people to work within the gas industry has scooped a national award. The National Training awards, which recognise exceptional achievement made through training and development across the UK. Of the 23 finalists judged by the...