Training & Development
Help to Grow: Management at Strathclyde Business School
Carol Deveney: See Change International
Triple-accredited Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow has been delivering Help to Grow: Management since September 2021. So far, 160 companies have graduated from this 12-week part-time course at the University. Announced in the 2021 Budget,...
Julie-Ann Murray has been named Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year 2023
As well as the top title, Julie-Ann won the Modern Apprentice SCQF Level 5 category sponsored by Scotland’s Apprentice Network at the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards.
The 21-year-old is now trusted to run the farm she works on, tending to a...
Open letter to SNP leadership candidates: back Scotland’s apprentices
Scottish Chambers of Commerce have issued an open letter to each of the SNP Leadership candidates urging them to Back Scotland’s Apprentices.
Released during Scottish Apprenticeship Week, the letter outlines three key asks of the candidates vying to become the...
Richard Charman reflects on Hamilton College’s contribution to Scotland’s future leaders
It may be difficult to imagine a four-year-old who uses finger paint in the Nursery as a Chief Financial Officer or a seven-year-old kicking a football in the playground as a CEO, but as the Headteacher of Hamilton College,...
10 years of learning trends
Over the 10 years that the OU has been producing these two reports – Innovating Pedagogy and Trends in Learning – we have researched and analysed a significant number of topics.
Each year, researchers from the OU and the organisation...
Webinar shares graduate apprenticeship success stories
Graduate apprenticeships are helping plug digital skills gaps in Scotland, particularly in the business critical area of cyber security.
As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (7-11 March), The Open University in Scotland (OUiS) hosted an employer webinar to explore the...
Apprenticeships work for Scotland’s employers
Scotland’s employers are gaining fresh ideas and new talent through apprenticeships that is cutting costs and securing a skilled workforce for the future.
Held recently, Skills Development Scotland’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards shone a spotlight on the value apprentices bring to...
Closing the skills gap with Graduate Apprenticeships
In the first two instalments of Edinburgh Napier University’s Graduate Apprenticeship information series, we answered the questions ‘What are Graduate Apprenticeships?’ and ‘What are the benefits of Graduate Apprenticeships?’ In this final instalment, we will be telling you a...
Benefits of Graduate Apprenticeships
Last week, we answered the question ‘What are Graduate Apprenticeships?’ This week, we will be giving you more information on the benefits of the Scottish professional development scheme.
In case you missed it, here is a reminder of what Graduate...
What are Graduate Apprenticeships?
What are Graduate Apprenticeships?
Graduate Apprenticeships (GA) at Edinburgh Napier University offer high quality work-based learning to strengthen the skills people and businesses need. Available to businesses of any size in Scotland, they provide a route for new and existing...
Build a brighter future with an apprentice
Scottish Apprenticeship Week returns on 7-11 March 2022, and Business Scotland is supporting the event to show the value of apprentices to people, business and the economy.
This year’s theme, ‘Apprenticeships Work’ aims to highlight how apprenticeships are providing the...
Moray College UHI … at the heart of the business community
At the heart of the Moray business community, Moray College UHI has years of experience working with local businesses to provide customised training programmes which support business growth and employee development.
Their lecturing and training staff have a close relationship...
Scottish skills gap a long-term challenge for employers
Scottish businesses are suffering from a significant skills gap and they don’t expect the situation to get much better in the near future. So says The Open University’s (OU) Business Barometer Report 2021, produced this year in conjunction with...
British Army joins forces with CrisisCast to develop revolutionary virtual reality training
Working closely in partnership with the British Army, expert disaster and crisis management organisation, CrisisCast, has announced the pilot of a virtual reality platform developed to assist Armed Forces training in human emotions and cross-cultural communications.
Project Tyrion, Human Domain...
British Army joins forces with CrisisCast to develop revolutionary virtual reality training
Working closely in partnership with the British Army, expert disaster and crisis management organisation, CrisisCast, has announced the pilot of a virtual reality platform developed to assist Armed Forces training in human emotions and cross-cultural communications.
Project Tyrion, Human Domain...
Intelligencia Training launches new Data and Security Apprenticeships
Three apprenticeship programmes added to Intelligencia Training’s portfolio, will provide new training opportunities within Data Analyst, Data Technician and Security Management provisions.
Intelligencia Training has announced the addition of the Level 4 Data Analyst Apprenticeship Standard, Level 3 Data Technician...
Water Industry welcomes UK’s first Higher-Level Qualification in Developer Services Management
Following accreditation from Ofqual, training provider Learning & Development Associates (L&DA) has announced the launch of the Level 5 Certificate and Award in Developer Services Management.
The new programme, which will represent the UK’s first foundation degree level qualification in...
Exam results highlight greater diversity in future pathways
Reaching the next stop on the new Scottish education exam journey, the community at Robert Gordon’s College is celebrating wider further education choices, exciting future career pathways and a growing interest in US and European university destinations.
Robin Macpherson, Head...
Building back skills post COVID-19
Dr Liz Cameron OBE, Chief Executive of SCC highlights the skills challenges ahead and how apprenticeships form a vital part of the solution.
The pandemic has brought to the forefront skills challenges that existed pre-pandemic as well as bring to...
Why education is key for sustainable businesses
Steven Kiakowski. Director of The Verdancy Group
In fulfilling net zero obligations, UK businesses face pressure to adopt sustainable practices. With new legislation on the horizon, soon sustainability will be a legal business requirement.
But talk about organisational change is cheap. If I’ve...
Continuing a commitment to apprenticeships
Professor Steve Petrie is Business Performance Director at Balfour Beatty and new Chair of the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board’s Standards and Frameworks Group.
I started my career as an apprentice. It all happened quickly and at the age 16, I...
FREE WEBINAR ANNOUNCED IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate resilience experts, Climate Sense, and water industry training provider, Learning & Development Associates (L&DA), have announced a free webinar on adaptation to climate change following the launch of their new qualifications.
The first step on a learning journey that...
How To Help Young People Fight Climate Change
Meet Susan McSeveney, our new director. Susan discusses why engaging young people in sustainability matters is crucial to tackling the climate emergency.
If you follow The Verdancy Group on LinkedIn, you may have caught the news that Susan McSeveney has...
HELP AT HAND FOR ORGANISATIONS SEEKING TO BUILD CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE
An international authority on mitigating the effects of climate change, Climate Sense has joined forces with Learning & Development Associates (L&DA), a leading training provider to the UK water sector, to roll out the newly accredited Adaptation to Climate...
How to onboard new staff remotely
We’re now seeing more of our clients learning how to onboard new staff remotely, and we’ve gone through this too in the last 5 months. By Calum Anderson, The HR Booth.
I read an article last week that businesses with a good...
Universities and Colleges unite to help businesses prosper
The University of Dundee have joined forces with the University of Stirling, Dundee & Angus College, Fife College, Perth College, Forth Valley College and West Lothian College to create a working relationship, with the aim of helping local businesses...
CGI’s successful Graduate Apprenticeships Programme is creating a skilled Scottish IT workforce for the future
Ever since CGI established its presence in Scotland, the Canadian global IT and business consulting services company has prided itself in supporting the growth of the Scottish digital economy by investing in a skilled workforce.
This ambition has been realised...
Business backing talent and diversity
Saj Sharif, CEO and Founder of Zen Consultants Ltd is the winner of the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards 2020, SME Equality and Diversity category and is a member of Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board’s Employer Equalities group.
My first few steps in...
Foundation Apprenticeships
Across Scotland, a growing number of businesses recognise the importance and value of investing in a pipeline of new talent through Foundation Apprenticeships.
At last week’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards, the spotlight was shone on talented young people, who have blossomed...
Apprenticeships are right at the heart of businesses’ plans for the future
That’s the message from firms who won accolades at the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards.
The spotlight was shone on the achievements of apprentices, employers and learning providers from different industries across the country, at a virtual awards ceremony, delivered by Skills...