Download or read book Union Learning Representatives written by Alex Alexandrou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade unions have historically been involved in education and training in the workplace. This activity has gained greater credence and importance in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Denmark due to the recent emergence of union learning representatives (ULRs) and Educational Ambassadors, who are a new category of trained, accredited and unpaid lay representatives based in the workplace. Their key role is to give advice and guidance to colleagues in relation to professional development, learning and training opportunities available. These representatives work in partnership with other stakeholders, namely employers and education providers to ensure that individuals can attend educational and training courses that will help them from both a personal and work perspective. There are now 22,000 ULRs in the UK alone and they are playing a significant part in pushing the present Labour administration’s drive to expand and improve lifelong learning to create a learning society that benefits individuals, organisations and ultimately the nation and its economy. They have rewritten the rules of the workplace by helping to replace distrust and adversarial relations with partnership working based on mutual respect and trust. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of In-Service Education.
Download or read book Union Learning Representatives written by Alex Alexandrou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade unions have historically been involved in education and training in the workplace. This activity has gained greater credence and importance in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Denmark due to the recent emergence of union learning representatives (ULRs) and Educational Ambassadors, who are a new category of trained, accredited and unpaid lay representatives based in the workplace. Their key role is to give advice and guidance to colleagues in relation to professional development, learning and training opportunities available. These representatives work in partnership with other stakeholders, namely employers and education providers to ensure that individuals can attend educational and training courses that will help them from both a personal and work perspective. There are now 22,000 ULRs in the UK alone and they are playing a significant part in pushing the present Labour administration’s drive to expand and improve lifelong learning to create a learning society that benefits individuals, organisations and ultimately the nation and its economy. They have rewritten the rules of the workplace by helping to replace distrust and adversarial relations with partnership working based on mutual respect and trust. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of In-Service Education.
Download or read book Learning with Trade Unions written by Moira Calveley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection provides an understanding of the range of learning that is enabled by trade unions, and the agendas around that learning. It comes at an important time as, in the UK, recent years have seen significant new opportunities for unions' involvement in the government's learning and skills policy. At the same time, trade unions have had to cope with declining membership and changing employment patterns, and thus have a keen interest in defining their role in contemporary employment relations and in pursuing strategies for union renewal. Therefore, in order to explore these dynamics, a strong feature of the book is its drawing together of informed, research-based contributions from the fields of training, skills and education, and of industrial relations. International and historical perspectives are included in order to better understand the contemporary issues. There are important conclusions for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers.
Download or read book The Quiet Revolution written by Trades Union Congress and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research written by Felix Rauner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 1103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) research has become a recognized and well-defined area of interdisciplinary research. This is the first handbook of its kind that specifically concentrates on research and research methods in TVET. The book’s sections focus on particular aspects of the field, starting with a presentation of the genesis of TVET research. They further feature research in relation to policy, planning and practice. Various areas of TVET research are covered, including on the vocational disciplines and on TVET systems. Case studies illustrate different approaches to TVET research, and the final section of the book presents research methods, including interview and observation methods, as well as of experimentation and development. This handbook provides a comprehensive coverage of TVET research in an international context, and, with special focus on research and research methods, it is a cutting-edge resource and reference.
Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning written by Peter Jarvis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As lifelong learning grows in popularity, few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning provides a disciplined and complete overview of lifelong learning internationally. The theoretical structure puts the learner at the centre and the book emanates from there, pointing to the social context beyond the learner. Up-to-the-minute syntheses from many of the leading international experts in the field give vital snapshots of this rapidly evolving subject from wide-ranging perspectives including: learning throughout life sites of lifelong learning modes of learning policies social movements issues in lifelong learning geographical dimensions. This authoritative volume, essential reading for academics in the field of Lifelong Learning, examines the complexities of the subject within a systematic global framework and places it in its socio-historic context.
Download or read book The TUC Workplace Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Skills Strategy Oral and written evidence written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Education and Skills Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HCP 197-i/xiii, session 2003-04
Download or read book Trade Unions and Workplace Training written by Richard Cooney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade Unions and Workplace Training examines the changing role of trade unions in the provision of vocational education, workplace training and skill development. It reflects upon: the role that unions have played in the reform of vocational education and training systems; the nature of union involvement in consultative mechanisms at a national and industry level; the nature of union involvement in skill formation at the workplace; and the development of mechanisms for the articulation of employee voice in the design, delivery and assessment of vocational training. The book provides a collection of studies of Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Norway by leading researchers in the field. Distinctive, accessible and original, all the chapters are written in a style that illustrates the relevance of academic debates and research data to practice and the book includes a number of the chapters written by trade union practitioners.
Download or read book Employers Perspectives on Improving Skills for Employment written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-12-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strong skill base is an important element of a productive and sustainable economy. The Department for Education and Skills spends around £6.7 billion on skills training in England, with an additional £23.7 billion being spent by employers. Despite this expenditure there are still skill shortages and the UK has low productivity compared to rival economies. This report follows two others on the subject: 'Skills for life: improving adult literacy and numeracy' (ISBN 0102931631); and 'Securing strategic leadership in the learning and skills sector in England' (ISBN 010293689). It is based on direct research with employers on how they want publicly funded training to be improved and whether it represents value for money. It is divided into four sections that look at the need for: clear advice on the best training for staff; training that meets business needs; incentives for employers to do more training; and ways that employers can influences skills training.
Download or read book irs Best Practice in HR Handbook written by Neil Rankin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides HR professionals with a comprehensive desktop reference guide to best practice. It draws on new and exciting IRS research, surveys and case studies and has been written in a practical way making full use of checklists and examples. Providing best-practice guidelines from named organizations, this new handbook is designed to show you how to approach a wide range of HR and related areas. The handbook also gives you compliance material in an easy-to-use format, clarifying what the law requires.
Download or read book Human Resource Development written by Juani Swart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter in Human Resource Development provides the reader with commentary, activities and review sections in an integrated approach. The action-oriented approach is vital for practicing managers but increasingly for postgraduate and final year undergraduates who have work experience. It is this aspect of the book that fills a gap that currently exists in the market. This text reflects organizational realities and balances and integrates the coverage of individuals, teams and organizational learning.The book is written in a straightforward manner and explains concepts and key issues in a lucid style. The activities are focused and are better suited to encouraging readers to learn.
Download or read book Smith Wood s Employment Law written by Ian Smith and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative and accessible, 'Smith & Wood's Employment Law' provides detailed and well-explained coverage on the core areas and key case law. Critique and contextual treatment engages students and helps them to develop a well-rounded and deep understanding of the subject.
Download or read book Smith Thomas Employment Law 9th Ed written by Ian Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 899 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the successor to Smith & Wood's Industrial Law, this book maintains its reputation for both comprehensive coverage and lucidity of presentation. With a new and improved structure and layout, the ninth edition maps closely onto courses in employment law, providing an invaluable resource to students of this complex and fast-moving subject.
Download or read book OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Employment and Skills Strategies in Northern Ireland United Kingdom written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Northern Ireland is implementing labour market and skills policy and putting measures in place at the local level to stimulate quality employment, inclusion and growth.
Download or read book OECD Skills Studies Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance for Slovenia Improving the Governance of Adult Learning written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-coordinated adult learning system will be essential to support the achievement of Slovenia’s long-term development goals. The transformational effects of globalisation, technological progress and demographic change on life at work and outside of it amplify the importance of getting ...
Download or read book 101 Learning and Development Tools written by Kenneth Fee and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 101 Learning and Development Tools is your practical guide to all the most up-to-date training techniques, organized around the classic learning and development cycle. Whether you need a quick, ready solution or some guidance on where to go for in-depth information, this is your essential reference guide. It picks up from where you are in the process of managing learning, and helps you place it in a broader context. Each chapter is a mini guide to each tool with: a description of the tool analysis resources needed cost implications cross-references to help you identify alternative or related tools for further study or investigation 101 Learning and Development Tools is the indispensable, all-in-one-volume reference book for both professionals in the field and students learning about the subject.
