In a depressing comment on Government aspirations for tackling youth unemployment, the CIPD reports that nearly half of employers (45%) have not employed apprentices in the past three years, with...
The most commonly anticipated major change affecting learning and development (L&D) over the next two years is predicted to be a greater integration between coaching, organisational development and...
Petrochemicals giant Shell has teamed up with IBM to change the way it the way it trains employees on its new automated system for loading fuel onto trucks, barges, trains and pipelines.
Travelodge is to launch the UK’s first budget hotel management apprenticeship programme for school leavers, including recruiting 500 new apprentices.
Elk Grove Village, Illinois is a place of about 35,000 people northwest of Chicago. It is a charming village recognised as one of the US's 'top 50 fabulous places to raise your family' and which can...
The University of Bedfordshire launched today the Centre for Leadership Innovation (CLI), which will focus on applied research into how leaders adapt to the challenges of the knowledge economy.
Employers are slashing their learning and development (L&D) budgets, with less than a tenth expecting an increasing in training spend over the next year, according to the CIPD.
Henley Business School is poised to launch a new degree programme in partnership with PwC, which will give students who successfully pass their exams and perform well in work placements a guaranteed...
One of the main elements of the Government’s Plan for Growth announced in the Budget on 23 March was a further expansion of the apprenticeship programme. Funding has been made available for an...
Business figures from the international hospitality and tourism sector have formed a partnership with the world of academia to set up their own ‘corporate university’, which they believe to be the...
George, Asda's clothing brand, has launched a fully-funded 'learn while you earn' university programme, aimed specifically at school and college students.
Companies will in future be valued on how they report on dealing with – and keeping – their customers, serial entrepreneur and former Dragons’ Den dragon, James Caan, said yesterday.
