It’s National Apprenticeship Week, and employers, apprentices and industry professionals everywhere are shouting about the benefits that apprenticeships can bring. But what do these benefits look like to the owner – and training manager – of a SME construction business? …
It’s National Apprenticeship Week, and this year’s theme is ‘Look Beyond’. Here, Lisa Bingley, Operations Director for the MIRA Technology Institute (MTI), talks about how a simple work experience placement and subsequent engineering apprenticeship allowed her to look beyond the …
What do you get if you take a national cosmetics business, and add in some hard-working apprentices? Some great feedback and some big benefits, according to Liam Adams, Learning and Development Coordinator at Benefit Cosmetics UK. For National Apprenticeship Week, …
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is a celebration of all those who are earning while they are learning. But it’s also a chance to celebrate all those who are using their knowledge to influence the apprenticeship landscape for future generations to …
Our Digital Trailblazer Groups (TBG) have been hard at work moving their respective standards through the initial drafting phase as part of our Digital Route Review,and are continuing to seek employer members from relevant sectors. Please don’t be shy. If …
Welcome to the Digital Route Review blog I am the Relationship Manager for the Digital Route Review (DRR) and it is my role to help the Trailblazer Groups work through the Institute’s recommendations and take a holistic look at the …
I have worked in the science industry for over 20 years and for as long as I can remember we have been talking about increasing the numbers of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). At school I was …
Julie Harris, Apprenticeship and Graduate Manager for Premier Foods, oversees the Level 2 Food Operator and Level 3 Advanced Food Operator Apprenticeship Standards. Establishing a clear career path for new entrants Throughout our industry, it was widely recognised that there …
The introduction of End-Point Assessments (EPA), the ‘exam’ taken by apprentices at the end of their training, is arguably the single most important change to apprenticeships since the Richard Review. It is therefore important to ensure that the EPA …
The employers involved in the development of the Research Scientist Apprenticeship Standards (chaired by Robert Watts, Covance), have been collaborating with the Royal Society of Biology, Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry on fast-tracking the process in …
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