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The tomorrow people

The Government is no stranger to criticism when it comes to how it keeps its house in order but following a damning review exposing the lack of leadership training for civil service staff, has it finally redressed the balance? Read more

Blended learning is bunk: informal learning the future

Jay Cross, the man who coined the term 'elearning', believes the Web is revolutionising the way we learn, with the explosion of online communities - the era of traditional course-led training is coming to an end and informal, social learning is the way forward, he says. Read more

Sheffield - elearning capital of Europe?

At first glance Sheffield is an unlikely contender, but is fast becoming the elearning capital of Europe. Annie Hayes talks to the experts behind Sheffield’s transformation as an ehub. Read more

Creating a coaching culture

Coaching has become an increasingly popular training method for organisations wanting to improve their L&D but to gain its full potential, coaching needs to be taken out of the corporate classroom and seeded in company culture. Read more

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Editors Note
A year ago, cabinet secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell promised to drag the government’s arcane approach to training into the 21st century. How has O’Donnell’s’ vision fared? And as our theme of elearning for the month draws to a close we exit on a bang, with an exclusive interview with Jay Cross - his opinions are outspoken and stirring stuff - while Annie Hayes has scrutinised Sheffield's ambitious plans to become the elearning capital of Europe.

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Susie Finch, editor, features
Claire Savage, editor, news



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