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		<title>£250 Million available for training?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/12/14/250-million-available-for-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month the Prime Minister went on record promising £250 million to fund employer-led training programmes. But was he over-promising and will he be under-delivering?
Perhaps I&#8217;m too cynical, but how often do we hear politicians make speeches and then the reality is very different to the rhetoric?
Undeterred, the CIPD is urging employers to seize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to get ahead? Then do nothing about it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent a lot of time with people who have used their own time and money to learn new skills and gain qualifications to help them progress. Yet it seems that many employees who are not satisfied with their career progression won’t do anything to help themselves.
Some 42 per cent of the 2,000 people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More good leaders urgently needed in industry and commerce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that businesses need good leaders if they are to thrive in today’s difficult economic conditions, and we at Fuse Learning are frequently asked by clients about leadership development skills. And not before time, if a new survey is anything to go by, as it underlines the fact that there is an overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Development – the Challenge of the Decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As never before, the challenge facing both the private and public sectors as we emerge slowly from recession is leadership.  A good leader has the ability not only to lead, but also to inspire and empower others.
Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin &#38; Associates, said earlier this year that leadership development is ‘pretty much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic skills versus migrant workers issue won’t go away</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week or so ago a CIPD survey linked the growth in employment of migrant workers with that of the lack of basic skills among school leavers. Now David Frost, the outgoing head of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has joined in the discussion, with a call to the government to help businesses employ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School leavers ‘unemployable’ so migrant workers fill the gap</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/08/24/school-leavers-%e2%80%98unemployable%e2%80%99-so-migrant-workers-fill-the-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me that some children can go though 10 or more years of formal education and yet leave without employability skills. But once again a report has drawn attention to this appalling situation.  Perhaps it&#8217;s little wonder that some employers prefer to take on migrant workers.
My rant stems from new research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No ‘Time to Train’ after all for many</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know the country needs a better trained workforce but now the Government is going to deny many people the chance to improve their skills by scrapping plans to extend the Time to Train regulations.
Employees of larger companies are entitled to request time to undertake work relevant training, which employers must formally consider. That entitlement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning on the job – yes or no?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/01/21/learning-on-the-job-%e2%80%93-yes-or-no/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/01/21/learning-on-the-job-%e2%80%93-yes-or-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning should be an integral part of work. Says who? Say the authors of ‘Remaking Adult Learning’, published jointly by two bodies directly involved with the subject: the Institute of Education (IOE) and NIACE (the National Institute for Continuing and Adult Education).
&#8220;Workplaces should be seen as places of learning,&#8221; said Professor Lorna Unwin, of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L&amp;D are top concerns among health workforce managers</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2011/01/11/ld-are-top-concerns-among-health-workforce-managers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can hardly believe this, but according to research from Skills for Health (the skills council for the health sector) re-skilling, training and staff development is currently the most pressing concern for health workforce managers.
 
I would have thought the fact that many staff face a very uncertain future, given the government’s bull-headed charge into what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soft skills business benefits highlighted in report</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/11/15/soft-skills-business-benefits-highlighted-in-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/11/15/soft-skills-business-benefits-highlighted-in-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought it was just me who despaired of the ability of some students and school leavers to deal effectively with customers and to engage as productive members of the workforce. But apparently I’m not alone, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) which argues that developing soft skills should be a [...]]]></description>
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