National Apprenticeship Week 2015 Launches Today
- Last updated 09 Mar 2015
National Apprenticeship Week kicks off today. We’ll be bringing you a series of informative, interesting and hopefully inspiring features and news stories to mark the occasion. But first: what is it all about?
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National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is designed to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy.
This year NAW, co-ordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service, is all about:
- Getting more small businesses to take on apprentices
- Promoting the range and breadth of apprenticeships on offer, including at Higher level and in blue chip companies
- Celebrating apprenticeships and the level of success that learners can achieve
Here are some surprising facts about apprenticeships:
- 1,000 businesses are now involved in designing the new apprenticeship standards
- There are 1,500 different apprenticeships on offer in more than 170 industries
- The government invested £1.5bn in apprenticeships in 2013 to 2014
- Businesses see an increase in productivity by £214 a week when they hire apprentices
If you were impressed by any of those points then keep checking out our News section all week: we’ll be bringing you the essential edit for NAW 2015.
News
- “Constant feeling of failure”: teachers think GCSEs & A-levels are damaging your health
- A quarter of UK employers have never considered employing apprentices
- The top 10 most employable degrees
- Civil Service Apprenticeship Positions Set to Double for 2015
- School leaver blog: your greatest weakness
- Women more likely to get top graduate jobs than men...if they apply
- School leaver blog: speculative applications and more
- School leaver blog: your first CV and more
- The best cities to study in for a career in the UK games industry
- Apprenticeships are to be legally protected