Apprenticeships
Apprentices can continue learning while furloughed
Apprentices who have been furloughed are allowed to continue their training as long as it does not provide a service...
Personnel Today Awards 2020 open for entries
Entries have opened for the 2020 Personnel Today Awards, recognising the HR professionals, teams and suppliers that have delivered outstanding...
Apprenticeship providers “on brink of collapse”
Private apprenticeship training providers are “on the brink of collapse” after failing to secure financial support from the Department for...
Graduate and apprentice hiring hit by coronavirus uncertainty
Companies have been forced to scale down entry-level recruitment programmes.
First occupational health nurse apprenticeship set to be launched this summer
The first Level 7 apprenticeship for occupational health nurses is set to be launched by the University of Derby this...
Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed
Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement...
Why apprenticeship levy payers must ‘use it or lose it’
Some £52m in apprenticeship levy funds went unspent in 2019, despite there being an option for employers to transfer up...
You’re fired? Why the right contract is key when dismissing apprentices
Organisations might find themselves in hot water if they wish to dismiss an apprentice. How can this be avoided?
Employers let millions in apprenticeship levy funding expire
About a quarter of the money made available for apprenticeship training has been relinquished back to the government, suggesting that...
HS2 ‘will deliver jobs and skills investment’
Prime minister Boris Johnson has given the “green signal” for the construction of the HS2 high-speed rail project, which business...
How apprenticeships can revitalise businesses
National Apprenticeship Week has seen positive stories emerge about apprenticeships amid a new optimism about their benefits for workers and businesses.
Stigma hovers stubbornly over apprenticeships, study finds
There is a disconnect between young people's perceptions of apprenticeships and their aspirations for learning, new research has revealed.
National Apprenticeship Week 2020 invites us to ‘look beyond’
National Apprenticeship Week this year sees the government encouraging employers and young people to “Look Beyond” in a bid to...
North East ‘most pessimistic’ about future prospects
People in the North East of England are the most pessimistic about their futures, with less a third of people...
Why critics of the apprenticeship levy should back off
Critics of the apprenticeship levy need to understand the system is still new and employers are exploring what works.
