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13 May

Knowledge Pool acquired by Capita plc

Category: Training News

 

Capita acquires managed learning services provider, Knowledge Pool

Capita plc announces that it has acquired Knowledge Pool Group Ltd, a managed learning services provider, for an undisclosed sum. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   13th May 2013

9 May

Adult Learners’ Week

Category: Training News

The week 18-24 May 2013 is the annual Adult Learners’ Week with the 23rd May being National Learning at Work Day. This week is a fantastic opportunity for people to celebrate and promote the idea of lifelong learning – one of our key values. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   9th May 2013

2 May

HRD 2013 Exhibition Review

Category: Training News

Summary

This year’s HRD exhibition at Olympia was run over the 24-25th April and we sent along Paul and Hannah to experience all that it had to offer.  A key theme at the exhibition was that Leadership and Development was high on the agenda and the variety of suppliers that were exhibiting did reflect this. Both Paul and Hannah took in some of the seminars and we have featured some of the stand out ones below. They also met a number of suppliers to see what new offerings were out there and to say hello to some suppliers that we are already working with. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   2nd May 2013

18 Apr

The UK Learning Factbook 2013

Category: Training News

Recently we wrote a summary of Bersin by Deloitte’s extensive report on the learning and development industry called ‘The UK Learning Factbook 2013’ (the full report is available to Bersin by Deloitte members or for purchase here). This blog looks at that report in deeper detail, specifically at the numbers found by the research in the report’s appendices.

The first table (below) shows a very interesting picture of current training budgets in different sized companies. Whilst your first thought may be that the larger companies would invest more into training whilst the smaller companies would struggle to gather the necessary funds the reality is quite the opposite. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   18th Apr 2013

9 Apr

2013 HRD Conference & Exhibition Preview

Category: Training News

This exhibition and conference organised by the CIPD is one of the largest dates on the Learning and Development calendar. This event is a fantastic opportunity for providers to showcase their systems and services and an even better way for visitors to listen and learn from industry experts as well as network with new people.

We will be attending the exhibition again this year as we have found it very useful to meet, catch up with and review a large number of providers in a single day.   This year we have spent more time planning on who we will be talking to and what seminars we will be attending. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   9th Apr 2013

2 Apr

Learning and Performance: Developing for Business Results

Category: Training News

Aberdeen Group have recently published a report called Learning and Performance: Developing for Business Results. It is a very interesting report based on Learning and Development departments and what makes them successful. The full report can be found here but below is our summary of the report. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   2nd Apr 2013

27 Mar

Learning Through Technology

Category: Training News

Learndirect recently released a report called Learning through technology:  inspiring workplace success. The full report can be found here and is worth reading. However if you do not have the time, below is a summary of the report that you can read in a smaller amount of time. [read more]

0 Blog posted by: ScottDrayton   27th Mar 2013

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