CIPD Communities postings
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Abebooks
A site for selling used books and textbooks. By inserting .com instead of the suffix .co.uk you can search the US too.
Aconventional
Nick Shackleton-Jones' blog.
Adult Dyslexia Organisation
The site is speech-enabled. Provides a checklist of questions for self-diagnosis. Has a helpline and many resources which can be accessed from the left-hand menu which expands fully by clicking on the plus signs.
AI Commons
This worldwide portal promoting the sharing of academic resources and practical tools on appreciative inquiry. This definition of Appreciative Inquiry is one of several from the site: Appreciative Inquiry is the co-operative search for the best in people, their organizations, and the world around them......
Amazon
A site for selling used textbooks. By adding .com instead of the suffix .com you can search the US too.
Andrew Gibbons
This site is included as it has much information on learning logs and how to use them.
Apprenticeships.org
This is the website of the National Apprenticeship Service. There is information for employers and would-be apprentices.
Backing Young Britain
Govenment website to help young people into jobs and encourage the uptake of apprenticeships.
CIPD case studies on Learning and training in China
A list of a dozen case studies from company with activities in China.
CIPD Helping People Learn page
Has a long list of case studies on training, learning and development.
findamasters.com
This website has a list of universities at which you can do a masters or Phd. It also carries a list of job vacancies at universities and academic institutions.
Informal Learning
Jay Cross' Informal Learning blog.
Intellectual Property Office
Government website detailing rules for copying material which might be used in training courses or other ways.
Investors in people
See case studies of about 30,000 organisations and get free overviews of the standards and buy the full-text volumes.
Learning Activity.com
This site has loads of information on calculating the ROI of training and much more.
Performance.Learning.Productivity
Charles Jennings' blog.
RapidBI
This site is included here as it has much information on personal development and personal development plans.
Raptivity
American company has produced a free report (registration needed) on creating compelling interactive learning content.
Research and Markets
From this page you can find information on size of the IT training and Training markets. The full reports are available to buy, but there is some basic information which you may find helpful.
Terry Gillen
Terry Gillen, author and trainer, has many free, downloadable resources on his website, such as leadership training, appraisal and communication skills.
Train to Gain
Government website from The Learning and Skills Council. To help businesses get the training they need to succeed. The service offers skills advice and tries to match business needs with Further Education and training providers.
Training Zone
Has a list of free resources about aspects of training