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Virtual classroom: a new form of live learning
Employers are making decisions around employees’ training needs post COVID-19 and many are concerned about bringing high numbers of people into a physical classroom. As a result, the pandemic appears to have pushed virtual classroom training to the forefront; it has allowed employees to keep learning during a time when meeting trainers in-person is not necessarily safe. In this blog, David Sharp explains the many benefits of virtual classrooms.
Dementia in the workplace – considerations for employers
Dementia is often thought of as something that affects people who have retired, but with the state pension age rising and the default retirement age a thing of the past, people will increasingly experience the first symptoms of dementia while at work. Employers therefore need to consider how they can make their workplaces more dementia-friendly and the legal duties that arise when an employee has dementia.
David Sharp
NEBOSH certificate programme: the ‘new’ normal
Changes are underway at NEBOSH – both in the face of growing competition for a slice of the global health and safety qualifications market, and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. NEBOSH has made changes to make its certificate-level qualifications even more accessible and attractive for training providers and learners alike. International Workplace CEO David Sharp looks at the new opportunities.
David Sharp
Why there isn't an app for that
Contact tracing via smartphone usage has brought our reliance on mobile apps into question. International Workplace's CEO David Sharp explains why, when it comes to digital learning, mobile apps are not the best choice.
David Sharp
The DNA of digital learning: it's not magic
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven most organisations to switch to digital channels in the absence of physical meetings and face-to-face communication. Nowhere has that sudden change been more strongly felt than in the training sector, where traditional instructor-led or 'classroom' courses have been magically ditched for webinars, virtual classrooms and eLearning. Can it really be so easy? asks International Workplace CEO, David Sharp.
Is sick building syndrome making an unwelcome comeback?
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is largely believed to be a phenomenon of the 1990s but new findings in a survey carried out by intelligent business technology experts the Remark Group show that it may well be making an unwelcome return.
Facial recognition 'a threat to privacy', says ICO
Facial recognition technology is in the news almost daily, and will be of special importance to anyone responsible for managing premises and people.
New rights for self-employed couriers in groundbreaking deal
Hermes’ self-employed couriers now have the option to take holiday pay and have guaranteed earnings following a groundbreaking deal between the consumer delivery company and GMB Union.
Alex Davies
Are employers keeping up with equality?
It seems like a week cannot pass without a report of harassment or inappropriate behaviour by high-profile figures or within well-known businesses and brands. This is despite legislation that has been designed to prevent harassment and discrimination bein
Alex Davies
Digital learning: Here’s what we’ve learned in 2018
The last 12 months seem to have denoted a marked acceleration in the move to ‘digital’. In the world of learning and development, not everyone welcomes this. We talk to a good number of senior managers responsible for managing people and workplaces and the vast majority are either unaware of just how much of a transformation learning technologies can bring; or else they are fearful of it.