The Institute of Personnel and Development have relaunched their website. Someone must have been listening because several of the criticisms we've been making of the unfriendly previous version have been taken on board.

If you go to the front door at http://www.ipd.co.uk you still need to login with a membership number in order to gain access to the site.

However, if you know the page URL you require, you appear to be able to go straight there without a login procedure, even if you are not a member. The direct URL which works for me is http://www.ipd.co.uk/1/Toplevel/page756.asp

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