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Competition: Create a buzz in the training room with our £800 prize!
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| 09-May-08 - To help us celebrate 10 years of the TrainingZone website, Academy28 have donated a fantastsic £800 prize. |
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Training quality standard officially 'launched'
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| 09-May-08 - Employers and training providers have joined forces to formally launch an innovative new standard, designed and endorsed by employers, which will recognise and highlight excellence amongst training providers. |
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Bosses should use internet to aid training
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| 09-May-08 - Employers should use the growing appetite for ‘video snacking’ - using phones and PCs for quick online media fixes – to train staff, according to a survey. |
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Three more Skills Academies announced
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| 09-May-08 - David Lammy has announced the expansion of the National Skills Academies with three new organisations to cover sport and leisure, the creative and cultural industry and hospitality. |
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Southampton boosts business with 'welcome' training
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| 09-May-08 - More than 200 frontline staff from different local businesses in Southampton have undertaken a new training scheme to help improve the visitor experience in the city. |
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Skillnet bags national Ford apprentice scheme
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| 09-May-08 - Skillnet, a training provider for the automotive industry, has clinched a deal to manage the Ford Masters Apprenticeship Programme (FMAP) which already has more than 1,000 apprentices signed up for the three-year course. |
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Chaos of junior doctor training still not resolved, say MPs
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09-May-08 - Inadequate leadership by the Department of Health led to the chaos caused by the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme and problems remain unresolved, says a
Health Committee report published yesterday (8 May). |
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Managers on overseas assignments better off
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| 09-May-08 - The number of UK professionals choosing to work abroad is on the increase, according to a new report, with a whopping 90% of those quaetioned for a survey saying they were financially better off abroad compared to living in the UK. |
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Leitch inquiry holds evidence session in Leeds
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| 09-May-08 - The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee is hearing evidence on lifelong learning next week, as part of its inquiry into the effects of the Leitch report. |
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Staff sickies go up as temperature rises
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| 09-May-08 - Seven in ten workers admit they have been tempted to ring in sick, in order to enjoy the recent hot weather, a report has found. |
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High tech lifestyle means we're always on call
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| 09-May-08 - Armed with WiFi, a Blackberry and a mobile phone, employees are notching up an extra 20 working days per year. That's according to latest research by Office Angels, which says that workers are effectively giving up their holiday for free. |
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Leaders & managers benefit from new Qualifications and Credit Framework
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| 08-May-08 - The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) has re-launched its entire range of vocational qualifications on the ground-breaking Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), bringing the benefits of flexible bite-sized development to more than 80,000 executives. |
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The CBI responds to news of a training boom
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| 08-May-08 - The CBI responds to the announcement by the Learning and Skills Council of the record level of employer training. |
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'Lean' organisations dependent on interim skills
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| 08-May-08 - Organisations are now so 'lean' that they've lost key skills and talent. That's according to the majority of interims questioned for research, who believe they will see an increase in demand for their services as a result. |
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Coaching to empower black & ethnic teachers
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| 08-May-08 - A new range of coaching services for black and ethnic minority teachers (BEM) and school leaders has been launched |
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Trainer's tip: Recording informal learning
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| 07-May-08 - What's the best way to record informal learning? Nick Hindley explains what works for him. |
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Swiss Log: Making a song and dance about decisions
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| 07-May-08 - Decision making is a weakness in virtual teams, says Bob Selden in his new column, reporting from the Management Institute in Lausanne. One approach is to make a noise about decisions you make, to give everyone a chance to object, he says. |
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I'm an IT trainer and proud of it!
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| 07-May-08 - Jooli Atkins starts her new column on TrainingZone by asking IT Trainers to stand up and be counted, in a bid to gain more respect from HR. |
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Spotlight: We shine the light this week on Nigel Paine
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| 07-May-08 - Nigel Paine, former head of people development at the BBC, talks to TrainingZone about the 'people agenda' of the future, where technology will be key. |
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Degrees of honour: The qualifications 'to go'
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| 07-May-08 - Ignoring the headlines about degrees in flipping burgers and shelf stacking, brand giants like McDonalds and Tesco have quietly got on with a ground breaking initiative designed to give employees the chance to gain qualifications at work. Students on pilot schemes will finish their first year in just a few months time. Annie Hayes looks at how the degrees are shaping up. |
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