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<title>Do you spend more time travelling to meetings than attending them?</title>
<description>With WebEx your trainees can attend from wherever they are, all they need is a phone and a web browser.</description>
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<title><![CDATA[ If you want to build your career, spend time away from work ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Figures published today by the Chartered Management Institute show that employers are increasingly attracted to staff who show commitment to their own professional development, because of the knock-on effect this has on business.   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183391/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Survey shows sharp drop in adults learners  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of adults participating in learning has fallen by 3% in the last year alone, according to the annual Adult Learners&#146; Week survey due to be published tomorrow.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183327/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Competition: Create a buzz in the training room with our &#163;800 prize! ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ To help us celebrate 10 years of the TrainingZone website, Academy28 have donated a fantastsic &#163;800 prize.                        ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183036/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ The 21st Century learning professional: Let battle commence ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Paul Kearns starts a dynamic new column today by suggesting an oath for all learning professionals to swear by. A long standing champion for standards within the training industry, he has donned his armour in anticipation of an epic campaign. Hold on tight, it may be a bumpy ride&#133;           ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183204/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Offbeat: Quirky news from off the training track ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ We take a look at the more unusual side of life, in news from off the training track. Oxygen canister in your training room anyone?        ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183268/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ News round-up ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ In the headlines this week: Training spend hits record high at &#163;38bn; British Energy signs a &#163;10m training contract; The Leitch enquiry looks at lifelong learning and graduates say training is part of the package for a dream job. All these stories and more in our round-up of training news.             ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183269/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Comment: Can't get no satisfaction? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ News of workforce dissatisfaction highlights an urgent need for investment in staff training and development, says Gemma Middleton. This is vital, she says, if you want to motivate your workforce to weather the credit crunch.                ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183224/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Brown should be bolder on flexible working ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has called on the government to be bolder with its propoals for flexible working and extend the right to all workers, not just parents of children of under 12.   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183117/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Skilled IT staff: In search of the Holy Grail ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Looking for qualified and available IT staff is like looking for a needle in a haystack, says Bob Bradley. So why is there so much reluctance to hire career changers when they're a potential goldmine in the IT staffing desert.         ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183229/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Opinion: Training is not enough ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Not only is training not the only answer, sometimes it is the wrong answer, says Donald H Taylor, who asks that L&D managers turn down more training requests.                      ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183208/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government backs Big Brother approach to 'sickies' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Lie detectors could soon be used to deter workers from pulling sickies, after trials of the technology were backed by the government last week. <BR>        ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183330/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Training quality standard officially 'launched' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.       ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183285/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bosses should use internet to aid training ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Employers should use the growing appetite for &#145;video snacking&#146; - using phones and PCs for quick online media fixes &#150; to train staff, according to a survey.     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183289/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Three more Skills Academies announced ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183287/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Southampton boosts business with 'welcome' training  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183231/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Skillnet bags national Ford apprentice scheme ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183225/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Chaos of junior doctor training still not resolved, say MPs ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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<BR>Health Committee report published yesterday (8 May).<P>    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183290/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Managers on overseas assignments better off ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183278/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Leitch inquiry holds evidence session in Leeds ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183272/1/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Staff sickies go up as temperature rises  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/item/183270/1/0/0</link>
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