Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 26 Issue 9

Long‐term unemployment and the “employability gap”: priorities for renewing Britain’s New Deal

Colin Lindsay

This paper reviews recent reforms to the UK’s main active labour market policy for the long‐term unemployed aged over 25: the so‐called New Deal 25 Plus. It discusses the…

Management development – a model for retail business

Michèle O’Dwyer, Eamon Ryan

This paper focuses on the development and evaluation of a management development programme for owner/managers of independent retail businesses in Limerick City. It describes the…

Addressing ICTs skill challenges in SMEs: insights from three country investigations

Yanqing Duan, Roisin Mullins, David Hamblin, Stanislaw Stanek, Henry Sroka, Virgilio Machado, Joao Araujo

The rapid advancement in information and communication technologies (ICTs) has brought enormous business opportunities as well as challenges. One of these challenges is the demand…

Training issues associated with COTS‐based information intensive systems

John V. Farr, Dinesh Verma

One key aspect of commercial‐off‐the‐shelf (COTS) based systems pertains to operations and maintenance training. Therein lies the focus of this paper. Factors necessary in the…

Museum staff get leadership and management training

Scottish firms bid to attract the most talented graduates

Note from the publisher

Research shows how to get the best from distance learning

Hospital staff train for computer "driving licence"

European commissioner backs closer links between education and research

Union Learning Fund bids approved

Europe "not doing well enough" in lifelong learning

More women choose engineering and IT in Germany

European Commissioner speaks up for e-learning

Ireland trains SMEs in e-business

Denmark reforms social and health-care training

Packaging becomes more professional