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The abrupt introduction of a 'radical' immigration cap would generate major skills problems for employers and lead to more offshoring. Cath Everett reports.

Skills Minister John Hayes has called on UK business to promote informal learning at work, following pledges by 64 large brands to boost workers' skills as part of a so-called 'Cafe Culture' campaign.

Apprenticeships are widely considered second best to a university education and as something for "other people's children".

Although employers are becoming increasingly reluctant to hire young people, those that do generally find them well-equipped for working life – despite the bad press that this demographic receives.

According to research from BT Business in 2009, management failures were behind more than two-fifths of staff resignations last year and outdated management styles caused 42% of resignations. Mary Clarke tells us what she believes lies ahead for the future of management training.

TrainingZone.co.uk has teamed up with Kirkpatrick partners to bring you some excellent savings on two of their much sought-after Four Levels of Evaluation training programmes.

The HR body has warned that lack of dialogue over strike action will be a 'failure to make the case for change to public sector employees'.

The skills industry is split over whether plans to divert funding from a vocational training scheme in order to create extra apprenticeship places would be a positive move or not.

The UK is living on 'past glories' and its economy risks sliding down the international rankings unless the skills of 10m workers are improved, according to experts.

The CIPD has urged the government to exercise prudence in its plans to axe several quangos in the education and skills sector, Cath Everett reports.