Specialist Language Courses Case Study
Background Specialist Language Courses (SLC) designs and facilitates complex technical – and business focused language programmes to an international market, focusing on courses where language skills make a critical difference to organisational and individual effectiveness. As a consultancy SLC offers a ‘best of breed’ approach, working with specialist schools, inhouse training organisations and online language […]
Pitman Training Case Study
Background Pitman Training is the UK’s leading independent training provider, helping the nation transform careers and change lives through self-paced vocational training. Revolutionising office skills since 1837, Pitman Training has a wealth of heritage which underpins the foundations of its premium products. Specialists in PA, Microsoft Office, Business, Finance and IT skills training, Pitman Training […]
Google Squared Case Study
Background Squared was originally developed by Google in 2012 as a 6 week face to face immersive learning experience to help combat some of the challenges the media industry was facing around hiring, developing and retaining great digital talent. Squared was designed to develop the digital leaders of the future by giving them a strategic […]
National Association Awards Finalist
We are finalists! The CPD Standards Office applied for the ‘Best COVID Response’ award with the National Association Awards and we have been selected as a finalist which is super exciting for all of us here at CPDSO! Reaching the finals is an incredible achievement for us and a reflection on the commitment and […]
Skills Paying Bills in 2021
At the end of December 2020, 1.72 million people were out of work in the UK, an increase of 1.2% compared to September 2019. The job market is now more competitive than ever, with many seeking any type of work they can find to support themselves financially. Rising numbers of professionals are now looking to […]
Online Learning Nightmares Survey
The International CPD Standards Office wants to know more about your negative experiences of online training. As many of you know, we are proud to promote our accredited, gold standard global CPD training and coaching providers. Since COVID19’s lockdown, there has been a boom in online learning, where unfortunately the market has become flooded with new providers, […]
Get F2F ready Update
Responding to the demand to get training events back on track for 2020, we have been working hard over these past weeks at the CPDSO, in partnership with a great CPDSO member Barry Bailey, from Mobile Team Challenge (MTC), to pull together a tool to help get all of our providers back in a F2F […]
CPD Standards Office Warns Of Training Scams – UK Press Coverage – Summer 2020
Since inception in 2012, the CPD Standards Office has relentlessly campaigned for excellence in lifelong learning on both a UK national, and global basis. Since COVID19’s lockdown, there has been a boom in online learning, and the web has become flooded with new training and coaching providers. As with every industry, there is always a […]
The CPD Research Project 2020
Our Research Background The CPD Research Project, established in 2009, is largest university led research project into CPD, adult skill development and lifelong learning. With over a thousand professionals, 50 professional institutes, and various employers, charities and government, taking part in the research project, the results produced robust data. The most striking finding was a […]
Blockchain Is Powering E-Learning – But Beware The Charlatans
CPSO CEO and Co-founder Amanda Rosewarne’s article featured in MillGens – check out the article and link below. https://millgens.com/blockchain/blockchain-e-learning/ E-learning has exploded thanks to the business chaos wrought by the coronavirus, and bad actors are looking to cash in – that’s why blockchain is critical to helping validate courses, writes Amanda Rosewarne, CEO and Co-Founder […]