York College
‘apprenticeships’
Bolton College held its first ever Jobs & Skills Fair to promote apprenticeships and tackle local unemployment. The event, held at the college’s £70 million Deane Road campus, celebrated National Apprenticeship Week with an Apprentice of the Year awards ceremony presented by former X-Factor contestant Laura White. Qurban Ali (left), motor vehicle apprentice of the […]
Bulletin
Providers are being urged to introduce new apprenticeship duration requirements immediately. The Skills Funding Agency is calling on existing apprentices aged 16-18, where possible, to be given a 12-month minimum programme. It comes after the skills minister John Hayes’ announcement last year of the year-long minimum for teenage apprentices, which will come into effect on […]
News
Social entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt is to take charge of an employer-led review into how businesses can be encouraged to hire an apprentice. Mr Holt, chief executive of Holts Group of Companies, will talk to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about what the government can be doing to reduce bureaucracy and simplify the process […]
Three high street banks are launching new apprenticeship schemes to try and help young people launch a career in the financial services sector. HSBC, Barclays and Santander announced they will be creating more than 1,500 places at a financial services sector round table held in Canary Wharf during National Apprenticeship Week. Skills minister John Hayes […]
As the dust settles from National Apprenticeship Week 2012, surely all eyes now are on the next big event of the year, the Eurovision Song Contest. Aside – obviously – from Adult Learners’ Week in May. Our recent Eurovision record is almost as good as my ability to link pop culture references to topical issues […]
Opinion
If you were one of the many thousands of visitors to WorldSkills London 2011 last October it will come as no surprise as to why we are launching the UK’s first ever national skills event, WorldSkills UK – The Skills Show. Nearly 200,000 people visited WorldSkills London 2011 when the UK hosted it, making it […]
Social entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt is to head-up an employer-led review into apprenticeships. Mr Holt, CEO of Holts Group of Companies, will speak to the sector about what can be done to encourage small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to hire an apprentice. Skills minister John Hayes announced the appointment earlier today. He said: […]
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Youth unemployment rose by 22,000 in the three months leading up to December 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The unemployment rate for people aged 16 to 24 rose to 22.2 per cent in the quarter, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from July to September 2011. The labour market statistics, published […]
Less than three per cent of employers think an apprenticeship is most relevant to someone aged 22 or above, a YouGoV survey has revealed. The research, commissioned by Pearson in partnership with NIACE, asked more than 1,000 businesses what they thought of the apprenticeship programme. In contrast, 57 per cent of survey respondents said an […]
