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Reaping the long-term benefits

Stephanie Palmer advises employers on the best ways to mentor apprentices to become long-term assets to a company. After...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Sending out the right messages

Ruth Sparkes advises providers on how best to promote their apprenticeships programmes. We have, in our marketing armoury, lots...

Ruth Sparkes
Ruth Sparkes
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Maintaining that cutting edge

Exeter College is rated outstanding by Ofsted which has praised the excellent progress made there by apprentices. So John...

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Expert Contributor
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Apprenticeships must work for young women too

Huge numbers of women are now taking apprenticeships, but Dr Carole Easton explains why YWT thinks they are missing...

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Expert Contributor
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Apprenticeships: Fundamental to Britain’s Future

Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell explains why apprenticeships are vital for our country. Apprenticeships are fundamental to the future of...

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Expert Contributor
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Bang the drum for National Apprenticeship Week

National Apprenticeship Week is about banging the drum for apprenticeships. It is about showcasing the excellent work that has...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Tough budget choices

Government budgets are of course finite — but our front page exposes questionable priorities over how it is being...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Take stock over expansion plans

National Apprenticeship Week rightly celebrates tens of thousands of individual successes from young beginners to older workers acquiring new...

Gordon Marsden
Gordon Marsden
Opinion

Skills to pay the bills

Kirstie Donnelly explains why she thinks the teaching of soft skills need to be incorporated more into apprenticeships and...

Kirstie Donnelly
Kirstie Donnelly