UK Training Industry News Update Friday May 8th 2008
A round up of the latest training news from around the country and across sectors
UK spends over £38bn on training in 2007 The Learning & Skills Council’s ‘National Employers Skills Survey’ found an 11% increase in training spend per employee in 2007. The survey covered over 79,000 UK employers and showed a 4% drop in vacancies unfilled because of lack of available skills.
Flexible working hampered by lack of management skills A report commissioned by BT has found that 88% of managers in small businesses have had no formal training in how to manage remote workers. The report entitled ‘IT Skills for Flexible Working’ found that as well as management there was a need for better IT skills to allow more people to work from home effectively.
E-learning fails to take off The CIPD’s 2008 Annual Report on Learning and Development reveals that fewer than half the businesses reviewed have increased their use of e-learning while 26% said they no longer use it, if they ever did at all. However 95% or respondents felt that e-learning does work but only when combined with other types of learning.
Denham to defend the British worker John Denham, Secretary of State for the Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills, will today address the Fabian Society on the issue of immigration. “No British worker should lose their job to a foreign worker because their skills are poorer” he says, while vowing to close the UK skills gap. (Today’s Gaurdian)
Story Date
08 May 2008
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