The online learning environment: From a short-term fix to a long-term solution
By Sue Parr, Director of Apprenticeships and Part-time Programmes – WMG, University of Warwick The global pandemic has impacted every area of our lives and education is certainly no exception. It has been estimated that around the world nearly 1 billion learners have been impacted by the crisis. 2020 has brought about massive changes in […]
Decision time for Learning & Development?
By Simon Spindler, Director, People & Performance Consulting As we all look beyond Christmas to the promise of vaccine-led emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to think that if we all “just hold on” then things will be fine, if we just wait then things will “sort themselves out” or “get back to […]
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Gain valuable insights at L&D roundtable events
By Virtual College Every month, Virtual College brings together L&D professionals from across different sectors to tackle the important L&D challenges of the day. These monthly informal Roundtable events, currently being hosted virtually, are an exciting opportunity to enter a shared L&D space and discuss current challenges, key industry trends and share best practice with […]
OPINION: Leadership & humility in business
Rob Field, Learning and Development Director at Advanced People Strategies takes a look at leadership in business… Leadership… A pretty vast topic. The debates around effective leadership always evoke some pretty heated debate and numerous perspectives. We all have our stories of the successful and inspirational leaders we have worked for and with, the qualities […]
GUEST BLOG: Why Learning & Development must engage the sales function
By Lee Davies, Marketing Manager, Salestrong Training Salespeople is big business. The annual spend for Sales Training only lags behind professional/industry-specific training and on-boarding (Training Industry Report 2015 – http://pubs.royle.com/publication/?i=278428&p=22). Given the significant figures involved, anyone responsible for Sales teams will want to invest wisely and see a return on the support provided to their people. So, what […]
