Apprenticeships
Young people least likely to value apprenticeships
People under the age of 25 are least likely to see the value in apprenticeships, according to research from the...
‘Drop snobby attitude to technical education’ demands Damian Hinds
The education secretary insists the UK needs to alter attitudes if it wants to close the skills gap and boost productivity
Use apprenticeships to get ready for the workforce of the future
Apprenticeships will play a vital role in helping employers embrace new developments in technology, according to research from The 5%...
Personnel Today Awards 2018 winners: Morecambe Bay Hospitals take top trophy
UHMBT scooped the "best of the best" award at the 2018 Personnel Today...
Vintage year for Mitchells & Butlers L&D Team at Personnel Today Awards
Pub and restaurant giant Mitchells & Butlers won Learning & Development Team of the Year at tonight’s 2018 Personnel Today...
Public service HR accolade moves to HM Land Registry
The success of its first apprenticeship scheme persuaded the Personnel Today Awards 2018 judges to award the Excellence in Public...
London Borough of Croydon lauded as Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
Croydon Council headed up the shortlisted companies in the 2018 Personnel Today Awards’ Apprenticeship Employer of the Year category with...
‘Real’ Living Wage increases by 2.9% outside London
The “real” Living Wage, the rate of pay set by the Living Wage Foundation, has increased 25 pence to £9...
Two-thirds of businesses concerned about high-skilled roles
Two-thirds of businesses are worried that they will not be able to find sufficiently skilled people to fill high-skilled roles,...
Why the public sector must embrace apprenticeships
Requirements for public sector employers to ensure a certain percentage of their workforce is apprentices may pose some organisational challenges,...
Apprenticeship provider 3aaa goes into administration
A national training organisation that claims on its website to have “created more opportunities than any other apprenticeship provider” has...
How we can fix the apprenticeship levy
Employers have an opportunity to shape the future of apprenticeships when the government publishes a consultation on the apprenticeship levy’s...
MPs demand action to improve apprenticeship quality
Apprenticeships do not offer sufficiently high quality training and too many disadvantaged people are missing out, claims a damning Education...
Apprenticeship levy reforms revealed by chancellor
Employers will be able to transfer a quarter of their apprenticeship levy-subsidised training fund to another organisation, under a package...
Civil service to boost diversity through apprenticeship
The civil service is looking to hire its first wave of apprentice economists, including school leavers, in a bid to...
