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Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

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17 Mar 2016 Education

Apprenticeships still have an image problem – report

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Apprenticeship Levy, due to be introduced in April, and in line with National Apprenticeships Week, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is publishing a report into how young people perceive non-academic education. ACCA's chief executive Helen Brand tells PoliticsHome about the findings.

Don’t make your daughter go to university

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Don’t make your daughter go to university

The Chief Executive of national charity, Career Ready, urges teachers and parents to consider new professional apprenticeships as valid alternatives to higher education.

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

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15 Mar 2016 Education

Degree apprenticeships have potential to fill skills gaps

‘Degree apprenticeships’ have been lauded by Universities UK (UUK) and Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, as ‘life-changing opportunities’ with the potential to plug more specific skills gaps.

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14 Mar 2016 Economy

Surge in insurance apprenticeships

New figures from the CII show a 50% increase in technical insurance apprenticeship starts since 2013.

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14 Mar 2016 Environment

Young people hold the key to nuclear renaissance

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is supporting this years Apprenticeship Week and will be exhibiting at the Big Bang Fair to highlight the breadth of opportunities available in the nuclear sector to students planning their educational path towards an engaging and rewarding career.

14 Mar 2016 Education

Government failing to increase 'quality' apprenticeships

Shadow BIS secretary, Angela Eagle, warns that “when it comes to apprenticeships, the Government is overly focused on quantity over quality”.

'Quantity and quality' - Nick Boles on how to create three million apprenticeships

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14 Mar 2016 Education

'Quantity and quality' - Nick Boles on how to create three million apprenticeships

With National Apprenticeships Week kicking off today, skills minister Nick Boles explains to Debbie Carter how the Government plans to meet its target of creating three million apprenticeships by 2020.

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11 Mar 2016 Education

Nearly 60% of construction bosses start their careers as an apprentice - research

Nearly 60% of SME construction owners started their career as an apprentice, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (14th to 18th March).

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01 Mar 2016 Economy

Saga urges pensions minister not to repeat past mistakes

Commenting on the announcement by Baroness Altmann that former CBI Director John Cridland has been appointed asindependent reviewer of state pension age,Paul Green, director of communications for retirement specialists Saga said:

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24 Feb 2016 Economy

Cutting disability benefits by £30 per week won’t help people into work

Today, MPs in the Commons voted to overturn House of Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which would have protected the amount people supported by disability benefits are paid.

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11 Feb 2016 Education

Female engineers triumph on UN day

Women engineers are celebrating being the very best of British after a glittering red-carpet ceremony in London.

‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns

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09 Feb 2016 Education

‘Careers advice failing due to lack of funding,’ union boss warns

Careers advice and education is in desperate need of more funding and needs better support from employers, the general secretary of a leading teaching union will tell MPs.

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08 Feb 2016 Education

Local Engineer Takes Starring Role in Advertising Campaign

Coca-Cola Enterprises celebrates Sidcup employee in new regional advert

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02 Feb 2016 Economy

IOSH welcomes new safety and health strategy for Ireland

A new three-year strategy to advance workplace safety and health in Ireland has the right focus for the nations needs, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

28 Jan 2016 Education

Baroness Sharp: Gov't apprenticeship ambitions 'are not enough' to tackle UK's skills gap

Lib Dem peer, Baroness Sharp warns ahead of her House of Lords debate, that the "twin challenges of poor productivity and needing to upskill' an ageing population will not be addressed through increased apprenticeships alone.

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28 Jan 2016 Education

Government’s transport apprenticeship drive must focus on quality not quantity

The Government’s new transport skills strategy, which sets out how it will create 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020, must focus on quality and not just be a numbers game, warns the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

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26 Jan 2016 Education

CII apprenticeships guide launched in wake of changes

Launched today at a conference addressed by the Prime Minister's apprenticeship ambassador Nadhim Zahawi MP, the new employer apprenticeship guide is the latest initiative in the CII's drive to support firms wanting to take on apprentices.

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22 Jan 2016 Health

Three in four DWP threats to cut benefits are incorrect

Data obtained by Mind from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under the Freedom of Information Act reveals the huge and disproportionate number of sanctions imposed on people with mental health problems who arent currently able to work.