Home Secretary Theresa May is to consult on a new visa levy which would be used to fund apprenticeships for young people from Britain and the rest of the EU.
BARCLAYS will create 75 new apprentices for young people in the North-East over the course of the year.
Employers have escaped the reach of a government clampdown on “misuse” of the word apprenticeship, it has emerged. Companies who run their own unfunded courses and label them ‘apprenticeships’ will continue to be able to deliver such programmes in less than a year without fear of a proposed Magistrates’ Court prosecution and fine. Even firms
The department for business, innovation and skills (BIS) has revealed the lowest statistics since records began for people not in education, employment or
Buckinghamshire sits to the north west of London and includes towns such as Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Beaconsfield. In 2022 it got its first city when Milton Keynes achieved the status as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. Famous landmarks in Buckinghamshire include Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and his colleagues cracked the German Enigma Code during the Second World War. Pinewood Studios, where many Hollywood blockbusters are shot, is also in the county. Buckinghamshire has seen major infrastructure development in recent years, with the controversial HS2 railway line being constructed through the area. East West Rail also passes through the county, with a new station being built at Winslow. It also possesses a number of London Underground Stations on the Metropolitan Line, including at Chesham and Amersham. Major roads through the county include the M40, the M1, the A404, the A421, the A5 and the A41.
Andy Burnham has said apprenticeships and technical education are central to his bid to become the next Labour leader. The Leigh MP made the comments during a speech he gave in Crewe this morning as part of his leadership campaign. Mr Burnham announced he would be establishing an “expert panel”, led by Pat Glass MP,
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On 1 July 2015 Sheffield Hallam University held an official launch event for higher and degree apprenticeships together with employer partners including Nest...
More than 1,000 new apprentices have been taken on so far this year - almost double the number of new starts for the same period in 2013.
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The way the UK thinks about workplaces and workers means that those learning a trade are at a disadvantage. And that’s bad news as we attempt to add 3m apprentices to the mix.
Hiring an apprentice can be a leap of faith. You get an employee that knows little about the industry. So, how valuable are apprenticeships to employers?
Apprenticeship levy must not be an added tax on business, says CBI regional director Sarah Glendinning
Only 21% of students said they felt supported by their school or college to investigate apprenticeships
ONE young person to already benefit from an apprenticeship is Chippenham’s Georgina Williams.
The proportion of 25+ apprenticeships has gone back up to levels last seen before the failed 24+ apprentice loans system, provisional figures out today have revealed. The figures, published in the Statistical First Release (SFR), suggest a full-year growth in apprenticeship numbers across all age groups — but the biggest growth was among those aged 25 or
The study will give weight to arguments that so-called 'Mickey Mouse' degrees in non-traditional subjects at poorly performing universities are poor value for money.
Organisations are missing out on the chance to reward employee development via staff training programmes, claims educational awarding body SQA
The Trailblazer initiative has caused a revolution in the way businesses and training providers operate within the apprenticeship sector, changing the way
A total of £144m EU and Welsh Government money is being invested to fund more than 50,000 apprenticeships in West Wales and the Valleys over the…
