Category: Education & Training

BAE Systems has reported an increase in the number of young people capable of going to university who are instead choosing to take up apprenticeships. Richard Hamer, director for early [...]

The CBI has criticised school literacy and numeracy provision, as a survey of their members showed that almost half of all employers have paid for remedial maths and English tuition [...]

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UK Businesses risk missing out on significant cost and efficiency savings because of 'outdated' attitudes to e-learning, a group of learning experts has said.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