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Derbyshire County Council to implement Pathlore LMS

Derbyshire County Council is to implement Pathlore's learning management system (LMS) which has been supplied by The Matchett Group.

The Matchett Group say they will manage learning, development, and performance objectives for around 14,000 of the council’s 33,000 staff. These include employees across six departments of the council, including chief executives, corporate resources, environmental services, community and cultural services, social services and education.

Councillor John Williams, leader of Derbyshire County Council said: "We want to make sure our employees have every opportunity to develop their skills and progress. I am sure the LMS will help us to further strengthen our employee development."

Institute and BCS form collaborative alliance

The British Computer Society (BCS) and the Institute of IT Training have announced a new collaborative alliance.

BCS President David Morriss said "The BCS and the IITT agree to work collaboratively in support of their members (corporate and individual) in the professionalisation of all aspects of the provision and operation of IT systems, the development of the IT profession and its attractiveness as a career, and in support of the UK government's aim to be an exemplar of professionalism and best practice".

Colin Steed, chief executive of the IITT said: "We are delighted to be working collaboratively with the BCS and we are currently exploring ways where we can both increase the benefits to our respective membership."

SummitSkills apppoints Finance and Corporate Services Director

SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for building services engineering, has appointed Anthony Smith as Finance and Corporate Services Director.

Smith's role will include providing financial advice to the organisation and ensuring secure funding is in place to enable SummitSkills to achieve its strategic aims and objectives. Smith is a Chartered Accountant and was previously Head of Finance at the charity World Vision UK.

"Although it is quite a change to move from an organisation focusing on the developing world to one which focuses on the UK, I equally believe in what both are trying to achieve," said Smith. "I am very happy to be working for an organisation which is concentrating on learning and skills and which has improved opportunity and performance at its heart."

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