As you know, schools and colleges play a critical role in providing careers information, advice and guidance, to ensure that students have a fair and balanced view of all the opportunities available to them. This is still a work in progress, as teachers continue to learn more about apprenticeships, and grow in confidence in their … Continued
For those Young Ambassadors that are current apprentices, have you got your NUS Apprentice extra card yet? It’s one simple way to cut costs and is the ONLY discount card dedicated to apprentices, it costs £11 for 12 months. 1000s are already saving an average of £13.50 per month on everything from food and fashion … Continued
The Education Skills Funding Agency are developing a short guidance document to support apprentice line managers in understanding off-the-job training. In particular we want to help line mangers understand how off-the-job training works in practice and the importance and benefits of it. We would like to speak to apprentices to find out about your experiences … Continued
The Department for Education’s apprenticeships campaign ‘Fire It Up’ is once again live. It is already showing positive results since its launch in January, with a 10% increase in young people’s consideration of apprenticeships. The second phase of the campaign continues to target broad audiences such as young people, parents etc. but will also focus … Continued
Cosmopolitan spoke to Aimen Fatima, 21, an inspirational lab scientist degree apprentice at The University of Manchester, about what first got her into science and what she’s working on right now. “Growing up in Pakistan, my mum was my biggest inspiration. She was an army nurse and really into biology. If someone asked me what … Continued
There’s still time to make your application! If you’ve been nominated for Apprenticeship Champion of the Year there’s still time to complete your personal application – until Tuesday 28th May at 12 noon! Everyone registered for the Awards now have until noon on 28 May to complete their National Apprenticeship Awards application. If you haven’t … Continued
Careers education and knowledge of apprenticeships is on the rise, but there is still much work to do to fix youth unemployment. On the 8th May, Youth Employment UK launched the results from the 2019 Youth Voice Census, a survey capturing the experiences of more than 3,000 14-24-year olds as they transition between education and … Continued
Following the introduction of the new Fire It Up campaign in January, we have made updates to the Apprenticeship Champion branding and assets. You can now download updated versions of the following: Apprenticeship Champion email signature Apprenticeship Champion website badge – for schools Apprenticeship Champion website badge – for organisations Apprenticeship Champion website badge – … Continued
Mark Dawe, Chief Executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) writes about the role schools play in helping students to find out about the apprenticeship route. “Reading the case studies in Tes’ Inspiring Apprentices series is a great reason for getting out of bed in the morning. They are a perfect reminder … Continued
The Department for Education are seeking views on the principles that should guide their review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below. This consultation is the first stage of the Government’s review of post-16 level 3 and below qualifications (excluding T Levels, A Levels and GCSEs). It asks for views on the high level principles … Continued
