CIPD - Learning and training

Research

See separate web pages for details of ongoing and published research in these topic areas:
Coaching
Talent management
Helping people learn
E-learning

Other research in the area of learning, training and development

We run an annual learning and development survey that provides data on current and emerging trends and issues.
- View the 2008 survey

The survey is accompanied by a 'Reflections' paper in which leading commentators reflect on different aspects of the survey findings and draw out important developments.

View the 2008 Reflections paper

In September 2006 we published a research report investigating the take-up of the Modern Apprenticeship scheme by large employers. The report is available to purchase online in our bookstore.

Buy the report
View the summary
A survey of employees experiences of training was published in February 2005 as Who learns at work? It looks at the availability of training, who receives the most training opportunities, the preferred training methods and the success and relevance of training.
View the survey
In January 2005 we published a guide to basic skills. Basic skills in the workplace: opening doors to learning poses questions to think about why and how improving literacy and numeracy impacts on bottom line productivity.
View the paper
A think-piece on e-learning and disabilty was published in January 2005. It is based on interviews with key stakeholders and containing details of examples of current practice in case study organisations to realise the potential of e-learning for disabled people.
View the change agenda
A think-piece on trade union representatives and how they can contribute to learning at work was produced jointly with the TUC in April 2004.
More details of Trade Union Learning Representatives
A shift is taking place in human resource development from training to learning, with a move away from isolated top-down training interventions to encouraging and supporting the learner. To reflect these changes, Martyn Sloman's book, Training in the Age of the Learner, published in September 2003, comments on these changes. A summary think-piece called Focus on the Learner is available in the Change Agenda series.
View the change agenda
Our project, How do people learn, was conducted on behalf of CIPD by the Cambridge Programme for Industry. It mapped our current approaches to learning, and our knowledge on where, when and how people learn. It covered how new technology impacted on learning, and the learner, and was launched at HRD 2002. This is available to purchase online in our bookstore.
Go to the CIPD Bookstore