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As an impact of the current economic climate we are currently seeing a huge change in the way we are funded through local government grants and collaborative partnership working and have to look at streamlining the administrative function we provide

One of the things it's great to see more of at Conferences & Exhibitions is 'knowledge exchange' sessions. Where at different times of the day people from both conference and exhibition can come together to meet new people, network and exchange ideas

Developing a programme for Team Leaders/Supervisors and have a normal tried and tested method and plan and wondered what you would do if you have 3 sessions and the delegates have had no training at all as they are a growing SME?

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We’ve packed up our stand and we’ve put away our new DPG shirts, Learning & Skills/Learning Technologies 2015 is ticked off the list…

We’ve really enjoyed our short stay in London but it’s time to head back to DPG HQ in Manchester…

…after we finish

A crisis of confidence in L&D - 85% of line managers identify employee development as critical to achieving business outcomes, but fewer than one in four rate the L&D function as critical to achieving business results.

Key shifts in the world of wor

Social has been one of the watch words in L&D trends over the past five years. Some experts suggest that all learning is social, some say you can design social learning experiences, others that you can’t touch it, that L&D professionals should just s

Almost half of working women (45%) believe there still aren’t enough women in senior positions in their company. In response to this finding, O2's new guide helps businesses to support female leaders of the future. Follow the guide's recommendations

Your Profession, Your Future

Introducing a brand-new event for 2015, the CIPD London Student Conference has the dedicated focus of supporting and enhancing CIPD students’ knowledge and understanding of the HR sector. Taking place at one of the Capit

Does anyone have experience of an enhanced paternity leave package?  Up until now we have only had one new father in the company and we gave him a week at full pay.  However as our company grows we are likely to have more employees becoming fathers a

Every year thousands of learning and development professionals and leaders rely on this information to build effective learning functions.  Your participation will not only earn benchmarks for your own use, but also help your fellow professionals tak

DPG are proud to announce that we are an official partner of ATD and will be leading the UK Delegation to the USA for this years ATD 2015 International Conference & Exposition in Orlando, Florida on May 17-20, 2015 

Join us in London on the 30th Janu

The Learning Technologies and Learning Skills conference & exhibition in London is a massive event in the Learning & Development calendar held over 2 days on the 28th/29th January.

2015 is always off to a flying start for any Learning Professional w

The topic of talent is an important one as organisations look to future proof their workforce with the right knowledge and skills to help them succeed in an ever changing world.

This event hosted by CIPD Scotland on the 21st February sees some fanta

Hi everyone,

As part of my Digital Marketing Apprenticeship I need to complete a research project looking at how people use social media specific to my industry.

As I work for DPG, what better way to complete this research than to use the fantastic D

Yes it’s nearly with us! I hope you have all managed to fit in your Christmas shopping between work, your programme and your personal lives? What did we do before on line shopping! I hope you do manage to get a well-deserved break over Christmas, bu

We recently held our the third CIPD FREE place draw at DPG HQ. To summarise, a lucky CIPD student from each of our programme intakes gets the chance to get their fees refunded. Say hello to our third winner Natalie Woods who works for an internatio

Hi everyone.

I've just started (in November) my level 5 L&D HRD course. Part of my first assignment is to write my first Blog and I thought I'd have a bash at opening a discussion around the old chestnut of Time Management.

I'm fortunate that I ha