The Training Foundation, under the TAP (Training Accreditation Programme) has developed a wholly online, tutor-supported set of International Qualifications, offered by the Institute from 1st September 2016.
Peter Cheese, CEO of the CIPD, commented in his welcome to the March 2016 issue of People Management, that innovation is urgently needed...we are delighted and proud to announce on this very special day, HRH The Queen's 90th birthday, that The Training Foundation has received the most prestigious business award in the UK for a second time - a Queen's Award for Enterprise for 'Innovation in the Quality Assurance of Learning & Development'.
On Wednesday the 9th of December Coldharbour Systems, part of Civica Group, was presented with a TAP® (Training Accreditation Programme) Partners shield in recognition of their “commitment to quality assurance in learning and development.”
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are increasingly being used to support the delivery of training, as Learning & Development teams continue to face budgetary pressures to downsize and deliver more. However, SMEs are often ignored when it comes to professional development in training delivery skills, primarily due to the fact that line managers are under pressure not to release them for training and face budgetary constraints. The Training Foundation has developed a simple, effective and practical solution to this issue, which includes a one day programme giving SMEs critical TAP delivery skills.
Bristol’s Computershare (ASX: CPU) was today presented with a trophy in recognition of its “commitment to quality assurance in learning and development.” Partner status is only granted to organisations that commit to the robust 'Queen's Award for Innovation - winning, skills-based, assessable TAP methodologies for learning.
The Training Foundation is delighted to welcome David Annets, who joined the team as Global Director for the Policing sector on 2 November 2015. David comes with a fantastic pedigree, with over 30 years in Policing, the last four of which have been spent in Learning & Development closely associated to the College of Policing Ryton and delivering senior management & leadership programmes across the globe.
The Training Foundation has been approved by the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) as an Employer Nominated Training Provider. NSAN has welcomed TAP’s inclusion as an Employer Nominated Approved Provider and recommends TAP, as they firmly believe that the quality of employee training is crucial to the sector’s success in addressing the skills challenges the sector is facing for the planned nuclear programme.
The British Institute for Learning & Development, the Awarding Body for all Certificates and Diplomas issued under the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP®), has announced that from 1st Oct 2015 all applicants for professional grades of BILD membership will be required to hold a TAP Qualification.
The British Institute for Learning & Development (The BILD) announces an expanded, long-term agreement with The Training Foundation, operator of the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP®). TAP® is The BILD’s recommended Qualifications and Continuing Professional Development Programme for L&D professionals.
The e-QUAL Programme development followed from collaboration with NHS Wales and Academi Wales and a case study outlining the successful pilot programme may be viewed on the TAP website. Following feedback from the pilot, the TAP e-QUAL Programme is now launched. It will be relevant to any organisation which is resourcing self-study e-Learning modules, whether designed and developed internally or externally. Based on the TAP e-Learning Design Guidelines, e-QUAL is an integrated Programme which (a) provides skills training to enable content development that meets the Guidelines and (b) trains delegates in an objective assessment methodology, leading to TAP Certified e-QUAL Assessor status.
In November 2013, the 25,000th TAP® Certificate was awarded and to mark this milestone Nick Mitchell, who founded TAP® in 1998, was interviewed by TrainingSuccess.TV. He was asked: ‘What makes TAP® different from other train the trainer programmes?’
The OnlineTVGroup has launched www.TrainingSuccess.tv, the first online TV Channel exclusively for the UK training sector, in association with The Training Foundation (www.tap-training.com) and supported by the British Institute for Learning & Development (www.thebild.org).
The Training Foundation has announced the launch of TAP Academy www.tapacademy.com, its brand new online learning portal for Learning and Development Professionals undertaking TAP (the Training Accreditation Programme) Qualifications.
The British Institute for Learning & Development (The BILD) announces a formal partnership agreement with The Training Foundation, owner of the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP®). The parties will collaborate on a range of initiatives aimed at enhancing the professional skills and status of L&D practitioners on a global basis.
The Rules of Engagement white paper can be accessed at www.trainingfoundation.com.
Sally Taylor, Head of Client Training at BT Expedite says: 'When we display a slide that says our trainers have a TAP qualification, we're demonstrating to our clients that they are in safe hands. TAP provides a rigorous structure for course design and endorsement of high standards of training delivery, which gives clients and our staff the confidence that we know what we are doing.'
The British Institute for Learning & Development (the BILD) and The Training Foundation have collaborated to complete what is believed to be the UK's most extensive survey of qualified L&D practitioners.
Another major UK learning provider has announced a policy commitment to the TAP® Learning System, the UK’s leading training skills certification programme, administered by The Training Foundation. Under the requirements of the TAP® Partners programme, organisations commit to utilise the services of TAP-qualified learning and development specialists.
On February 10th a capacity audience of over sixty Education, Training and Development specialists from the NHS attended an event at The Training Foundation to learn more about blended learning, to find out about the TAP Learning System and to hear a presentation from Professor Philip Candy, Director of Education, Training and Development for the National Health Service's National Programme for Information Technology (Connecting for Health).
The Training Foundation has launched TAP TV, a dedicated web TV channel, available from the TAP Skills website 24 hours a day, world-wide. In addition to video clips that chronicle the ten year history of the TAP Learning System viewers can see and hear learning and development professionals from a wide range of sectors talking about their own experiences and the benefits generated from achieving TAP training qualifications.
Alison Wright is E-learning Programme Manager within NHS Education South Central's Quality, Practice Learning Team. In this new case study she explains why the TAP Certificate in Blended Learning perfectly matched NESC's aspirations to move from a position of patchy, undeveloped provision to a far more coherent, integrated approach to the exploitation of new learning technologies.
Moorfields, the oldest Eye Hospital in the world, is internationally renowned for its ophthalmic treatment, cutting edge research and medical training. Sustaining its world leading reputation depends on recruiting, training and developing staff of the highest calibre - not just those administering the treatment but all the non-clinical staff responsible for managing the whole patient experience from first appointment to discharge.
The 150th organisation has announced a policy commitment to the TAP® Learning System, the UK’s de facto standard for training skills certification administered by The Training Foundation. Under the requirements of the TAP® Partners programme, organisations commit to solely utilise the services of TAP qualified learning and development specialists.
As one of the world’s largest payment-services companies TSYS enables hundreds of millions of consumers globally to navigate their lives with confidence and convenience every day. The US arm of Client Training is based out of Columbus, Georgia, whilst the European arm of Client Training is part of the Product and Knowledge division and is based in York, England.
Since its founders started leasing out rolling stock almost 150 years ago Lombard, a leading asset finance specialist and part of The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group, have been helping businesses to obtain the vehicles, vessels, aircraft, machinery or technology they need. In the competitive finance arena, where customer loyalty is vital and much harder to come by than in the banking world, attracting, developing and retaining the highest calibre of staff is a top priority. Until the latter part of 2006 investment in learning and development (L&D) had been steady but unspectacular. Having disbanded the training function for a while, the business decided it needed to up its L&D game to achieve ambitious business targets and a new small team was formed in the autumn of 2006 to drive the L&D agenda forward.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is one of only six mental health trusts in the country to have achieved an 'excellent' rating for the quality of the mental health and learning disability services it provides to people in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham. In the fast changing mental health care environment, skilled and accurate use of clinical records systems is central to maintaining the highest standards of patient care and clinical practice. Like most community and mental health trusts in London, Oxleas uses the RiO IT system for recording, managing and retrieving patient records. This new system allows the Trust to drive forward a standardised, faster, safer approach to all aspects of patient care from referrals through to discharges and communication between teams. The Training Foundation's TAP Learning System is playing a vital role in supporting the Trust's aim to provide the best mental health and learning disability services in the country.
Ever wondered who processes and authorises your card transactions when you shop at JJB Sports, Adams, Selfridges or a host of other retail stores? It will be the people at Fidelity National Information Services (FNIS), a major outsourcer of credit and debit card services and one of the world’s leading providers of banking technology. Processing 40m credit and debit cards, supporting 50m card accounts and authorising £78bn of card transactions on behalf of over 6000 financial institutions and high street retailers requires a highly trained staff. The Training Foundation’s TAP® Learning System is not only helping FNIS's Birmingham based training team to standardise the quality of training delivery to call centre staff, but also provide a blueprint for an expanded range of programmes across the company.
Part of the 15th largest company in the world, AXA Sun Life provides pensions, financial planning and investment solutions and advice to millions of individuals and businesses through Britannia and Birmingham Midshires. In the fiercely competitive, tightly regulated financial services sector, it is essential that all customer facing staff are trained to sell the right product at the right time in a way that is fair to all customers, whether individuals or companies. This responsibility falls to Regulated Sales Training Manager Paul Ingleby and his team of four trainers, who operate out of AXA's Coventry-based head office.
The University of Oxford lays claim to be the oldest university in the English speaking world, attracting over 18,000 students from more than 130 countries and employing over 8,500 university staff. In an environment where the mission is to provide exceptional education to the very best of the world's students and to attract, develop and retain the highest calibre of academic staff it is not surprising that similarly high aspirations apply to the delivery of essential business support systems and services.
The integration of the former North Glamorgan and Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trusts in April 2008 to form Cwm Taf NHS Trust brought together a full spectrum of healthcare services with the objective of providing quality, patient focused healthcare to around 330,000 people across both regions. From a training and educational perspective this means ensuring that staff have the right skills in the right place at the right time. The merger presented a number of challenges to Helen Thomas, who heads up the new Trust's Corporate Training Department. Not only did she have the cultural issue of amalgamating two training teams from the former Trusts, but also the task of ensuring a consistent, high quality
approach to the design, delivery, accreditation and evaluation of all corporate training programmes.
A new national Register of TAP® qualified learning and development professionals was launched at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Annual Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place in Harrogate today.
As a result of rapid growth in demand for qualifications within the Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP) across all sectors The Training Foundation is now seeking to recruit new TAP training consultants to join our existing team.
The Training Foundation, winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2005, were invited back to this year's winners celebratory event on April 24th held at the Gladstone Library, Whitehall, London in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal.
The Training Foundation has joined forces with the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) in an arrangement designed to increase the number of applicants seeking FSSC Recognised Trainer status by making the recognition process more affordable.
With an increasing number of organisations now adapting their training strategy to incorporate blended learning solutions that integrate a variety of face-to-face and online media, The Training Foundation has recognised the need as many trainers as possible to become conversant with the wide range of options available and the critical factors in making blended learning a success. The new TAP Certificate in Blended Learning, available via a two-day classroom course or online, provides the essential knowledge and skills trainers need to engage successfully with twenty-first century learning media.
HRH the Princess Royal visited the Coventry training centres of The Training Foundation today to present the Foundation with the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation.
Recent investments in the development of learner support skills are contributing to higher learner completion and achievement rates within the Torch Hub network of learning centres.
A panel of experts have decided to nominate The Training Foundation for the e.learning age industry award for outstanding achievement - to be presented at a gala dinner at The Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London on October 13th.
Following a £2m Research and Development programme spanning four years, The Training Foundation has today launched a unique e-Learning product suite. Targeted at the issues that have restricted the take-up of e-Learning and inhibited its potential, this initiative makes blended learning an affordable and realistic option for every organisation.
When Chantal Brookes, a trainer from the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded a TAP (R) Certificate in Training Delivery Skills on 25 April, she became the 1,000th person working for the English NHS to have achieved a qualification within the Trainer Assessment Programme since its launch in 1998. No other employer worldwide has 1,000 in-house trainers externally certified to the same standard.
The new FSSC Recognised Trainer Scheme is designed to recognise the capabilities of individual trainers. This recognition will be personal and will attach to the individual, not the employer.
The Training Foundation is hosting another Open Day in Coventry on Tuesday 26th July. Attendees at this free event will learn about FIT™ - a new and innovative Employment Risk Reduction programme, hear from e-learning guru Clive Shepherd, enjoy a tasty lunch and get hands-on with the latest e-learning technology.
Kate Marsden of Trent Strategic Health Authority has highlighted the proactive role that the SHA plays in funding the development of IT training skills. She feels this role is crucial in order to address the training challenges posed by programmes being delivered by the new Department of Health agency NHS Connecting for Health.
Leeds City Council is the second largest Metropolitan District Council in the UK, employing approximately 32,000 people, about 10,000 of which are computer users. IT Training Manager Pat McConnell has been explaining how long term investments in improved learning facilitation skills have fulfilled two of the core values of Leeds City Council by valuing colleagues and putting customers first.
New employment-awareness programme focused on respect, enterprise and responsibility is welcomed by leaders in education and industry.
Force Training Manager Alison Coupland has been explaining how Lincolnshire Police have addressed their requirement for enhanced and refreshed skills in training design and learning facilitation.
According to Sara Powell - Accreditation Manager for the Financial Services Skills Council, the financial services industry is living with myths about the link between training and business performance - and these myths are preventing firms getting a satisfactory return on their training investment.
Gill Honey, IT Training Manager at News International has been outlining the range of ways in which structured training skills development has helped her department to deliver a greater return of investment in both Trainers and Training Facilities over the last six years.
Richard Malam,Training Manager with Centrica Learning and Development explains his uncompromising approach to the development and certification of training skills.
Tesco Academy Director Nicola Steele explains why over 140 Tesco personnel have attended courses leading to TAP® certification over the last 3 years and sets out some of the benefits that the initiative has generated for staff, for Tesco and for the customer.
The Training Foundation is the first organisation to be awarded the UK's most prestigious business accolade for a training skills qualification in the 40-year history of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise. The Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP) has been adopted by trainers from more than 1,000 organisations since its launch in 1998.
Jo O'Connell, Training Manager for visual analysis software specialist i2, explains how new methods have led to improved course materials and even helped her to create a more cohesive training team.
As the UK's number one vehicle glass repair and replacement specialist, Autoglass is committed to protecting the safety of motorists by delivering the highest standards of service. -Technical training manager Steve Sinclair-Day has been explaining how the development of professional training skills has helped Autoglass to achieve this.
A thirst for a more learner-centred approach to training design and development has led the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to seek out fresh methodologies.
The Training Development Manager for one of the UK's most experienced suppliers of integrated local government solutions explains how they have improved the effectiveness and consistency of their customer training through investments in trainer skills.
The Training Foundation today announced that 312 NHS Trusts in England have now licensed access to its online training portal www.mrsa.no.com to provide staff with the motivational “MRSA – you can make a difference” training programme. Only this week, more than 30 NHS Trusts have joined the initiative. This announcement coincides with today’s report from the Office for National Statistics revealing that MRSA-related deaths continued to increase in 2003 in England and Wales and have now officially doubled in four years.
Sarah Walker, Head of Training Services for Northgate HR explains why ongoing investment in the development of trainer skills is a key element in their business strategy.
Tutors in the adult education sector can now get first-hand experience of creating e-learning materials as well as adapting pre-existing courses – thanks to a new service from The Training Foundation. Developed with Ufi Limited, the organisation behind e-learning providers learndirect, the free Acce-Lerator™ online authoring tool gives tutors a quick and simple way to create tailor-made courses for their learners.
When Tricia Clewett and Donna Stewart founded their training company Clearer Thoughts at the start of 2001, they were confident to offer their services as innovative and professional trainers. Three years later, in the summer of 2004, they underwent an intense three-day experience that proved them capable of delivering even more than they had previously imagined.
The Training Foundation’s Director of e-Learning Clive Shepherd was in a buoyant mood last night after collecting awards in two categories at the glittering World of Learning Awards gala dinner. The highlight of the evening saw Shepherd honoured for making an Outstanding Contribution to the Training Industry.
Aviation Training International Limited (ATIL) delivers a Training Service for the Apache Attack Helicopter to the British Army as a Public Finance Initiative. The organisation trains Aircrew, Ground crew and Maintenance Technicians using a combination of Instructor led training and advanced synthetic devices such as Full Mission Simulators and Part Task Trainers. At the outset ATIL employed instructors originally trained by the UK Armed Services. However it soon became clear to Mike Crabbe, the Maintenance Training manager, that the teaching techniques the instructors required and the assessment strategy in use did not give his instructors the best skill-base for the training tools procured for this project.
The organisers of the World of Learning Conference and Exhibition 2004 have announced that 'MRSA –You can make a difference' has been short listed for a prestigious World of Learning Award. More than 400,000 NHS employees and contractors are now licensed to access this innovative course online over the Internet and this figure is still growing.
Almost 50% of all NHS Trusts in England are now licensed to use the innovative online training course entitled 'MRSA - You can make a difference' which was only formally launched on 14th July 2004.
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority has become the first SHA to enter a license agreement for the new online training course, ‘MRSA – you can make a difference’, formally launched by The Training Foundation two weeks ago.
Graduates awarded the Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP®) Diploma in Learning Facilitation Skills currently teaching in Higher or Tertiary Education can now take advantage of a new partnership between The Training Foundation and the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT). This allows for credit to be granted against modules and topics within the Post-Graduate Certificate in HE Learning and Teaching (PGCertHELT) course offered by Robert Gordon University.
The Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH) has today announced the findings of their independent assessment of a new online course, ‘MRSA – you can make a difference’, formally launched by The Training Foundation earlier this month.
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise today announced that The Training Foundation has been awarded a Framework Agreement contract to provide e-Learning services. These services will also be made available to all other government departments.
The Training Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a revolutionary online course, ‘MRSA – you can make a difference’, which is set to make a huge contribution to the fight against Healthcare Associated Infection.
A virtual classroom (VC) system is a learning environment where a course leader and participants in different locations interact with one another, much as they would in a physical classroom, but remotely via web technology. The unique demands of this environment place a great deal of stress on course leaders and structured skills development is usually needed before they feel truly comfortable in this role. With this in mind The Training Foundation has developed a specialist certificated course entitled The Virtual Trainer, delivered entirely on-line under the auspices of the Certified e-Learning Professional (CeLP) programme.
Gareth Harris who works for the Chelsea Building Society recently became the first person in the UK to scoop a European Diploma in the field of e-Learning.
The Training Foundation has announced plans to open a further dedicated training centre to accommodate rapidly growing demand for training programmes with the mission of empowering everyone involved with training and developing others.
The Training Foundation has appointed Hywel Thomas as European Director. Based permanently in Brussels, Thomas will be responsible for liaison with the European Institute for e-Learning (EifEL) , the e-Learning Industry Group (eLIG), the European Commission and international partners working with The Training Foundation as part of a strategy designed to create common standards and a standardised approach to training skills certification across the European Community and beyond.
Centra Software has announced that The Training Foundation has selected their virtual classroom application to enhance the Certified eLearning Professional Programme(CeLP).
The European Institute for e-Learning (EIfEL) has announced its endorsement of the Certified e-Learning Professional ( CeLP® ) programme, paving the way for wider adoption of the initiative across Europe.
In a move that mirrors this month’s announcement by The Learning and Skills Council, The Training Foundation has announced its new regional management structure for England. These individuals will work with the LSC's new Regional Directors and a wide range of other partners as part of The Training Foundation mission to empower everyone involved in training and developing others.
Over the course of the last three years a quiet revolution in the development and certification of training delivery skills has been taking place within the National Health Service. Gary Turnbull of Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust recently completed the three-day TAP Delivery Skills Refresher (DSR) programme operated by The Training Foundation, thereby becoming the 500th NHS trainer to be awarded a certificate within the Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP) since the turn of the millennium.
The Training Foundation is seeking to expand its training team to accommodate growing levels of demand for Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP) courses around the country.
As part of a major expansion programme The Training Foundation is seeking to recruit 5 Regional Managers, each based in one of the English Regions. These individuals will work with a wide range of partners to help deliver the Government's national agenda for skills in a regional context by empowering all involved in training and developing others.
The Training Foundation has revealed that to date, over one thousand bookings have been received from individuals now working towards a Certificate or Diploma within the new Certified e-Learning Professional Programme (CeLP).
The Training Foundation was formed in 1998 with the objective of empowering everyone involved in training and developing others.