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The Government has announced plans for a new law over careers guidance, The Independent on Sunday has reported today.
Plans to make public sector employers take on more apprentices were announced today by skills minister Nick Boles.
The Enterprise Bill proposes that public bodies with at least 250 employees would be required to ensure that a minimum of 2.3 per cent of their recruits each year are apprentices.
A resounding call was today (25 January 2016) heard throughout the corridors of Whitehall and local government offices as plans to make public sector employers take on more apprentices were announced today by Skills Minister Nick Boles, in a consultation on new measures to ensure apprentices make up more than 2.3% of the workforce in public bodies in England.
[…] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministers-call-on-public-sector-to-open-doors-to-apprentices?
New proposals to ensure apprentices make up more than 2.3% of the workforce in public bodies in England, have been announced by the Government.
A consultation is being launched on plans to make public sector employers take on more apprentices, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills said.
A DRIVE to encourage youngsters to take an apprenticeship after they leave school was high on the agenda of a two-day careers fair.
This year’s Oxford City Learning (OCL) careers fest, which finished yesterday, held at Mini’s Cowley Plant, aimed to inspire youngsters with different career choices.
There have been over 150,000 starts across England, with every region seeing at least 11,000 apprenticeships started in the last quarter. In addition, more young people are benefitting from traineeships which provide the essential skills and experience needed to prepare for an apprenticeship or other job.
[…] http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/news/more-young-people-choose-apprenticeships-as-choices-grow/?
The number of apprenticeships is “not growing at a pace we would like”, the Association of Employment and Leaning Providers (AELP) has warned, with sluggish progress among 19- to 24-year-olds a particular cause for concern.
Invariably these days news items about apprenticeships are accompanied by the stock image of a young person in overalls, typically in high tech engineering, maintaining some complex piece of machinery.
A recent article in the Daily Mail cites a Managing Director bemoaning the state of the employment market for high skilled Apprentices. The article relates to engineering and other highly skilled technical roles. I was struck by the article’s tone of frustration that not enough help was being given to businesses who work in the upper reaches of our multifaceted economy.
[…] https://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-news/apprenticeships-and-skills-poverty
Through its involvement with the ‘Creating a New Pendleton’ regeneration scheme in Salford, a local employer has been shortlisted for a National Apprenticeship Award for their work with Salford City College in delivering construction Apprenticeships.
[…] http://manchestergazette.co.uk/salford-apprentice-employer-shortlisted-at-national-awards-526/?
The Education Secretary has pledged to tackle “outdated snobbery” towards apprenticeships through the introduction of a new law requiring schools to allow access to apprentice providers and colleges.
Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the work of Bury St Edmunds-based pub group Greene King for its commitment to training apprentices.
The company, which currently has 3,300 apprentices, has been recognised by the government for its commitment to apprenticeships.
At our roundtable with Policy Exchange yesterday, the Skills Minister, Nick Boles, set out a thorough and clear set of reforms he is driving forward to ensure that the 3million apprenticeship target is met through high quality. He rightly says that the levy is a game-changer and I share his excitement about how this will draw in employers who now have to invest in apprenticeship training, many for the first time.
“The Biggest Thing to Happen in Apprenticeships over the NEXT 5 years”
Over the next 5 years, apprenticeships will change in a radical way. With radical changes comes the need for radical solutions and business models.
The National Apprenticeship Company is coming soon to work with you, to lead the evolution!
Then “The National Apprenticeship Company” is a good place to start and work through the many questions to find solutions.
Why not join us on that journey by signing up for more information and be part of the evolution of apprenticeships:
Our Traineeship programme can benefit a young person who is struggling to get into work, providing them with an up to 10 weeks workplace programme, moulding them into high-quality employees.
[…] http://www.profoundservices.com/blog-post/208/could-you-offer-a-young-person-work-experience
Our Customer Relations Apprentices have been working with Profound since September, and have progressed massively since!
Josh Lincoln, Louise O’Hare and Kallum Fisher work within the Business Development Department, as the ‘foundations’ of new business for Profound.
[…] http://www.profoundservices.com/blog-post/207/customer-relations-apprenticeship-success
