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Outplacement: Public sector employers could help with ‘career transition’, but private sector should shed its prejudices

7/12/11

Gone are the days when a teaching assistant or civil servant could land another public sector role. Pressure has been piled on the private sector to pick up much of the slack. But unemployment is rising here too, with the latest ONS statistics putting UK unemployment at a 27-year high. Some short-sighted employers actively discount using 'institutionalised' ex-public sector workers.
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Move to Seminar helps the London Fire Brigade deliver

26.08.11

The vital role the London Fire Brigade (LFB) plays was brought into sharp focus recently when the Brigade’s 999 Control Officers answered 2,168 calls in a 24 hour period at the beginning of August and attended over 100 fires during the four day period of unrest in the capital.
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Effectively using mobile technology – Piers Lea, CEO of LINE Communications

26.08.11

There has been a great deal of hype around the use of mobile technology in learning for many years now. Research firms like Gartner have frequently shown the increase in Smartphone and tablet adoption, particularly their rising web access penetration set to usurp the desktop as the most common mode in 2013. Similarly, the tipping point of Smartphones over feature phones will occur next year according to Kantar Worldpanel.
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Towards Maturity 2011 Benchmark Study launched

Towards Maturity 2011 Benchmark Study launched

16/06/11

Organisations are invited to join Towards Maturity’s 5th Learning Benchmark Study to help them improve take-up, efficiency and business performance through learning innovation.
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Premier IT launches induction e-learning for Barts and the London NHS Trust

18/05/11

Premier IT is delighted to announce the launch of its latest e-Learning development project, for Bart and The London NHS Trust, to deliver an interactive Junior Doctors Cerner Millennium Induction training programme to all new Junior Doctors at the Trust.
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The IRU Academy - the educational arm of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) - is using the Absorb learning management system (LMS), supplied by Omniplex, to help it satisfy road transport training needs around the world.


03/05/11

Based at the IRU's headquarters in Geneva Switzerland, the IRU Academy - the only global body dedicated to road transport training - offers a portfolio of training programmes to road transport professionals around the world through its global network of Accredited Training Institutes (ATIs).
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Newly elected ELIG Executive Committee has been extended to include new members and roles.

03/05/11

The drive to continually raise the profile of learning on the European political and commercial agendas has been given greater impetus with a newly expanded Executive Committee for the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG).
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LINE in the mobile driving seat

22/03/11

LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, is helping some of the world’s largest automotive dealers pilot new learning initiatives on mobile devices.
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It's A Hattrick for the Moller Centre!

12/01/11

The Moller Centre could be ready for it's best year EVER. The residential management training and conference centre in Cambridge has started the New Year by being awarded two awards, and there could be a third on the way…
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AccessPlanit to reveal new contract win at World of Learning 2009

25/09/09

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