The future’s bright for Further Education….
Further Education colleges are often regarded as institutions for social welfare rather than educational establishments, and are seen by some as second best for young people, lagging behind Higher Education institutions.So writes Peter Kingston in an article for the Guardian this week. In it, he quotes James Murphy, a consultant who’s worked with a number […]
BBC programmes offer the chance to boost your confidence
The BBC is broadcasting a series of programmes over the next few months which will follow the progress of twelve individuals as they spend seven days working to improve their confidence levels.Tonight is the first in a series of six programmes being shown on Wednesday evenings at 9:50pm on BBC2, which feature the volunteers working […]
PowerPoint Design and Consultancy Service
As part of the PowerPoint Resource Centre, Scott Stein offers a business service to create, enhance, and consult on the creation of PowerPoint presentation design forSpeakers – Trainers – Salespeople – Corporate Meetings – Government – Trade Shows – Churchesor anyone who wants to make a positive impact in presenting their material!Email requests, ideas or […]
Government must promote the use of vocational qualifications, says IoD
“There is an urgent need to take this action and increase the proportion of vocationally trained people in the UK.” These are the conclusions of a survey carried out by the Institute of Directors, in a report entitled ‘Vocational Training and Qualifications’.The report, based on a survey of 483 IoD members, finds that although most […]
Wildcat scheme a hit in the US, but what about the UK?
The Guardian reports on a scheme brought over from the US which takes a group of unemployed people and provides them with training to prepare them for specific jobs. The scheme, which consists of a series of programmes run by US service provider Wildcat, has proved a big success in training people for anything from […]
Key Skills in Modern Apprenticeships
Work is well underway to incorporate formal assessments for key skills into Modern Apprenticeship programmes. With the publication of a new research document, ‘Delivery of Key Skills in Modern Apprenticeships’ from the Department for Education and Employment, National Training Organisations will be looking for information to support their decision on which key skills should be […]
Backgroundpalooza! PowerPoint Tips #2 – December 2000
Backgroundpalooza!Recently, I viewed a PowerPoint presentation of a nationally known trainer in the US who was discussing his company’s successful training program that had been conducted with a large corporate client. The background of his slides was a solid royal blue background that reminded me of something—the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death)—that lovely blue screen […]
Learning and Training at Work 2000 – preliminary findings
The DfEE has published preliminary findings from a survey initiated earlier this year into employer’s attitudes and practices towards learning and training at work. They show: 41% of employers provided off-the-job training compared to 34% in the previous year The amount of both off-the-job and on-the-job training increases directly with the size of the organisations […]
TUC and CBI launch new safety training video
The TUC and the CBI have joined forces to launch a new safety video aimed particularly at young people in the workplace.‘The Safety Bit: Health and safety for new starters’ encourages young people to consider safety an important issue by asking for help if they’re asked to do something for which they haven’t been trained, […]
PowerPoint Resource Centre
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British Skills Olympics team ‘going for gold’
Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett will be willing Britain on to another set of Olympic gold medals next year after announcing the UK team for the ‘Skills Olympics’.The team have been selected from hundreds of young people up to the age of 22 who have been taking part in skills competitions around the country […]
TUC urges more paid time for training at work
The TUC is calling for an increase in the time made available for training at work, arguing that the UK lags behind other European countries whose workers not only work shorter hours but also have more paid time off to develop their skills.The comments follow a recent TUC survey of union learning reps, which found […]
CIPD: Employers concerned that LSC’s priorities ignore work-based learning
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development(CIPD) has expressed concern that priorities for the incoming Learning and Skills Council do not place enough of an emphasis on workplace learning.In response to Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett’s announcement on the new levels of funding and new set of priorities for the Learning and Skills Council […]
PowerPoint Tips # 1 – created for TrainingZONE by Scott Stein
The first in a regular series of PowerPoint Tips written for TrainingZONE users by Scott Stein as part of our PowerPoint Resource Centre. Consistently, I get questions about how to make a presentation look better. A trainer recently commented to me that her PowerPoint backgrounds “look like a 3rd grader made them.” To create attractive […]
Try these for building language skills
As next year is the European Year of Languages, its a good a time as any to start looking at how the linguistic skills of your organisation can be improved.The Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT)is responsible for promoting the event within the UK and has published a list of suggestions for […]
Interview of the month: Tony Green, Employment NTO
At the CIPD show last week, TrainingZONE took the opportunity to talk to Employment National Training Organisation (EmpNTO) Chief Executive Tony Green about some hot topics: namely, the process of revising the old TDLB standards, the incoming Learning and Skills Council, that old chestnut, ‘skills shortages’ and the Department for Education and Employment’s recent suggestion […]
Peter Honey Learning – launch of new resources website
Key learning and behaviour author, consultant and speaker Dr Peter Honey has relaunched his consultancy website to include some interesting learning-related interactive features.www.peterhoneylearning.com features the Learning Series, four modules concerned with learning styles, motivation to learn, learning environment and learning skills. Each module features a questionnaire, analysis and planning for the learner to work through […]
Institute of Training and Occupational Learning – eight months on
By Jeffrey Brooks. Director.The launch of ITOL in February of this year represented an act of faith by a small group of trainers who had met informally over many years to aid our own development. We had become increasingly frustrated by what we saw as a lack of support and encouragement for the recognition and […]
Skills shortages still on the up, says Reed
Problems with skills shortages in the UK are at a record three-year high, according to recruitment company Reed.The eleventh Reed Skills Index surveyed 550 organisations to establish the need for staff with particular skills across a number of industry sectors. It found that 72% of those surveyed were having problems recruiting staff with suitable skills, […]
Action needed to improve equal opportunities in training
The Training Standards Council (TSC) says that not enough work is being done by training providers to make training schemes accessible to all.The TSC says that although care is taken to comply with statutory requirements regarding equal opportunities, opportunities for increasing inclusion in training and employment are being lost, because it’s not just a case […]
