A good quality apprenticeship is worth every second of your time and can even fund your aspirations of university study.
Sue Husband, director of the National Apprenticeship, said: «
Good quality apprenticeships offer a fantastic way for many young people to earn as they learn whilst providing employers with the skills they need for their business.»
Not exact matches
The metro mayor will need to set the agenda on this, convening the business community, universities and skills providers, and highlighting the importance of high
quality apprenticeships for residents and businesses, as
well as matching
apprenticeships with businesses from different areas of the city region.
That means providing high
quality apprenticeships and working with the education system to provide
good quality work experience.»
Andrew Bridgen highlights the importance of raising the
quality of
apprenticeships and welcomes the
good progress being made in this area.
On
apprenticeships, Neil said: «With the clock counting down to the start of the
apprenticeship levy companies across the country are concerned about whether the system is ready to deliver what business and apprentices need — high -
quality training that leads to a
good career.
Using the MESMA platform, which enables key elements of the self - assessment and improvement planning process to be allocated to authorised people to boost
quality assurance, Reform enables the user to assess how
well prepared they are for the
apprenticeship reforms against a diagnostic framework.
David, who was at the heart of designing, establishing and running the National
Apprenticeship Service between 2009 and 2013, calls for a greater focus on the
quality as
well as quantity of apprentices going forward.
Key Training, one of England's largest providers of 16 - 19
apprenticeships is
better prepared for Ofsted inspections after boosting its self - assessment and improvement planning using experienced online education software and
quality assurance specialists Mesma.
Due to new
Apprenticeship standards, there is an improvement in skills, behaviour and knowledge levels within the
Apprenticeship schemes, as
well as increased requirements for maths, English and ICT which in turn, drive up the
quality within the sector.
Students that get
apprenticeships through Digital Advantage will benefit from high
quality work experience, respected qualifications and
good starting salaries; giving them a head start in the digital industries over young people coming out of university.»
He also said
good quality advice on
apprenticeships and skills in schools was still «very rare», adding Ofsted inspections could be «toughened» to ensure schools were doing
better.
«That means more
good school places and giving people the chance to learn and upskill throughout their lives with high -
quality degrees,
apprenticeships and other technical and vocational qualifications.»
A spokesperson for ATL told Schools Week that it would «love to be involved» in developing an
apprenticeship standard focused on careers education, provided it was «
good quality and appropriate».
The feedback we have had shows employers are positive about the reforms and taking their time to plan high
quality,
well thought through
apprenticeship provision that meets their specific needs.