Learning is the new commodity, and employers are keen to offer this in the scramble to attract and retain their employees in a competitive market in which nine in 10 are facing challenges with recruitment.
| Published: 5 September 2023
51% of UK employees think organisations invest equally in personal development. Just 20% think personal development opportunities are unequal in the UK. However, 36% of UK employees think personal development investment is influenced by status and job level factors. Globally, just 29% of employees think personal development is unequal.
| Published: 29 July 2023
Winckworth Sherwood have released a research report on leadership development, which looks at how employers and employees currently feel about learning and development for leaders in their organisations and progression into leadership roles. As part of the report, over 1,000 employees and 500 HR decision makers were surveyed in a YouGov survey.
| Published: 24 June 2023
Workplace learning and development is no longer a nice-to-have or a box-ticking exercise. It’s a necessity to protect against business stagnation and high employee turnover. Done right, upskilling the workforce will empower them and take your business to the next level.
| Published: 14 June 2023
Organisations are facing many challenges this year, as evidenced by a recent research report ‘L&D in 2023: Challenges, Priorities and Opportunities’ released by ILX Group. The training provider surveyed 250 business, HR, and L&D leaders to understand their key training challenges and priorities, as well as some of the overarching trends in skills development this year.
| Published: 2 June 2023
The 2023 State of L&D Report by Virti Shows Whilst Most UK Companies Implement Training for Compliance; Courses on Soft Skills are Most Important and Benefits Stretch Beyond
| Published: 17 May 2023
New research from City & Guilds, the global skills development organisation, finds that large employers are boosting investment in learning and development to overcome skills shortages, and help them attract and retain talent. But, despite best intentions, nearly all employers surveyed report that training has failed to meet objectives over the past five years. This means they risk investment going to waste unless they optimise planning, delivery and evaluation.
| Published: 20 November 2022
Cybersecurity, software architecture and data analysis facing the biggest lack of skilled workers in vertical industries, yet investment in recruitment and L&D remains low
| Published: 9 November 2022
New research from one of the world’s leading online assessment providers, Questionmark, which has found that two thirds (63%) of the UK’s and US’s biggest finance companies have expressed concerns about their ability to catch and prevent cheating during testing / exams.
| Published: 8 November 2022
Go1, a leading EdTech company, has revealed how men and women learn differently, with over three-quarters (75%) of women wanting to learn on the job, compared to 54% of men
| Published: 14 August 2022
