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National Apprenticeships Week: KFC introduces Level Two apprenticeship

David Woods, 07 Feb 2012

As part of Apprenticeship Week 2012, restaurant chain KFC is to extend its national apprenticeships programme...

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McDonald's kicks off Olympic volunteer training initiative

David Woods, 06 Feb 2012

Training for the Olympic volunteers has got underway as 10,000 Games Makers decended upon Wembley Arena...

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Employer Skills Survey finds 13 million staff received no training last year

David Woods, 06 Feb 2012

Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation, has condemned “shocking” statistics from...

CFA and CIPD develop higher apprenticeship in HR management

David Woods, 26 Jan 2012

CFA and the CIPD have been successful in their bid for funding to develop a higher apprenticeship in...

Ernst & Young staff to work with entrepreneurs in a bid to develop SMEs

David Woods, 26 Jan 2012

Ernst & Young has pledged its support to the UK’s young business leaders and social entrepreneurs with...

Training providers and colleges join forces to launch scheme to help unemployed get skilled and back to work

HR Editorial, 17 Jan 2012

NCG, a provider of education, training and employability, has launched a concept to support job seekers...

GMAC survey suggests wage gap is 'noticeably' smaller between men and women with an MBA

HR Editorial, 16 Jan 2012

The wage gap between men and women is noticeably smaller among alumni from MBA and other graduate management...

Failure to fully tap into workforce skills is holding back UK productivity, finds Work Foundation

David Woods, 10 Jan 2012

In the wake of the chancellor’s plans to make the skills system more responsive to employers, a report...

Forum of Private Business voices concerns at Government consultation to scrap work experience for GCSE students

David Woods, 09 Jan 2012

The Forum of Private Business (FBP) has warned the Government not to remove compulsory work experience...

David Willetts: universities need more external funding to help generate economic growth and job creation

David Woods, 06 Jan 2012

Universities and science minister David Willetts (pictured) argued universities, science facilities and...

Win £5,000 worth of high performance leadership development delivered by Olympians

Siân Harrington, 04 Jan 2012

To celebrate the start of this Olympic year, HR magazine has tied up with Lane4, a leading performance...

Optimistic outlook for MBA graduates despite economic uncertainty, GMAC reveals

HR Editorial, 15 Dec 2011

In contrast to concerning economic predictions, findings from the Graduate Management Admission Council...

Automotive industry experiments with new learning models, to innovate as sales fall

HR Editorial, 02 Dec 2011

The automotive industry has been hard hit by the recession with production levels down and falling sales...

Generation y staff call for more training opportunities in lieu of a pay rise, survey of 2,000 shows

HR Editorial, 29 Nov 2011

Training and career development is seen as the most popular alternative to pay rise for generation y,...

Government announces £250 million fund for businesses to invest in training

David Woods, 22 Nov 2011

The prime minister has launched a scheme for businesses to be given the power to design, develop and...

Health secretary outlines training standards for healthcare assistants

David Woods, 16 Nov 2011

New measures to support the training standards of healthcare assistants were unveiled by health secretary...

Employers increase investment in technology for learning and development, to respond faster to business uncertainty

HR Editorial, 11 Nov 2011

Employers are increasing their investment in learning technologies to help them respond faster to changing...

CIPD Conference: 'Significant innovation' in business doesn't come from focus groups, says Oracle's VPHR

David Woods, 10 Nov 2011

Innovation "looks like unreasonable behaviour - but is about executing great ideas and can unite people...

Tesco grows its apprenticeship scheme by 30% over the last year

HR Editorial, 21 Oct 2011

Tesco has enhanced the training and development of its workforce by growing its apprenticeship scheme...

UK businesses miss out on growth because of lack of communications training, says London School of English

David Woods, 20 Oct 2011

UK-based businesses could be risking international growth by failing to invest in cross-cultural, language...

Latest Issue - February 2012

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UK plc: some HR policies to make Britain great again

If the UK were a company, what should its people policy be? Here are some strategic HR approaches to help CEO David Cameron and his board identify UK...

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