Latest Leadership Thinking
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Learning Services – Utopia or Europa?
Surveys continually point out that the focus for training is for it to be aligned with business strategy. So what does that REALLY mean? How are organisations ensuring alignment? What does it mean for providers of learning services?
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Latest Learning News
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Is your age affecting your work?
Surveys regarding the forthcoming Legislation is providing some very interesting opinions and statistics on age as people prepare to adhere to the new laws coming into play for 1st October.
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10 top interview No No’s!
With the new age awareness legislation coming out on October 1st, interviewing for new staff has become much like carefully picking your way through a minefield of precariously placed do’s and don’ts.
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Rapid e-Learning
The biggest buzzword of 2006 in the e-learning world has to be ‘rapid’. Add to that some other words, say ‘Breeze’ or ‘Articulate’ (just two of the so called ‘rapid tools’ family) and you have a ‘90% plus’ monopoly on all that’s been written so far.
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Laura Overton interview
By popular demand the e-learning interview returns this month. We are delighted that Laura Overton has taken the time to answer our questions and hope that you find the answers interesting and useful.
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Can e-learning really make a difference to your business and staff?
The Skills for Business Network work based e-learning project is conducting a major study to understand why UK employers are currently investing in e-learning and the difference it is making to their business and staff.
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Case Study
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UNIAID - All about You
71% of sixth form leavers said that the shortage of money was their biggest concern about Higher Education. UNIAID selected Epic to produce an innovative e-learning program to encourage higher education students to balance their financial books, enabling them to concentrate on the academic ones
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Announcements
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Working for the other side...
Steve Mackenzie has recently been appointed as Business Development Manager for bespoke e-learning at Epic. He will focus initially on developing new business in the media and local government sectors.
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I'm currently going through the materials I left with, and already learning new things! Hopefully in a couple of years elearning at both Egg and Prudential will be completely different to its current form!
James Hayward, Technology Consultant
egg.com
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Inside Epic
What we've all been up to:
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e-learning
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July and August have been good months with projects getting underway in several of our sectors. Product knowledge e-learning development remains strong in the banking and financial services sector...
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consulting
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During August, the Consulting team have not been totally on vacation. Whilst several assignments reached their conclusion, we took the opportunity to review our approach to addressing learning strategy...
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web
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It's been a busy month in the Web Division. A particular highlight has been the re-launch of the new, improved TQi site which gives access to up-to-date information about the quality of higher education...
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professional
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August has seen the completion and launch of the Age Awareness product. Epic professional now has 3 key products with a 4th - Leadership and Management due for completion within the next 2-3 weeks...
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testing and
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Epicentre have been helping their external clients in educational publishing gear up for the new school term by ensuring all their latest electronic products are fully functional and aesthetically pleasing...
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Keep an eye on our website for the launch of Epic professional.
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Epic Out & About
PG Certificate in e-learning officially up and running
On 12th July the universities of Sussex and Brighton met to validate the Post Graduate Certificate in E-Learning Design, which is being jointly delivered by the two universities. Keith Landsborough, Director of Content Production at Epic, represented the local e-learning industry on the panel, which also included Dr Martin Oliver, Senior Lecturer in ICT in Education from the Institute of Education as the external member of the panel.
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Epic Research
Is your organization currently considering or using 'rapid' e-learning?
A day in the life…
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Role: Senior Flash Developer
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