However, we do believe that if the levy's main goal is to increase
the number of apprenticeship starts, then it doesn't go far enough.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats will today outline a key election pledge to double
the number of apprenticeship starts in Wales.
Not exact matches
The UK government revealed in January 2016 that more than 150,000 youngsters
started an
apprenticeship in England (across all industries) in the fourth quarter
of 2015 alone, and the authorities are keen to see this
number grow even further.
Schools which successfully sent a great
number of teenagers into
apprenticeships start giving career advice and guidance at a younger age and before key decision - making ages.
The application comes at a critical time for both teacher recruitment and
apprenticeship creation, with education ministers under pressure to boost the
number of trainees entering the profession and meet a pledge made by the prime minister during the general election campaign to generate three million
apprenticeship starts over the course
of this parliament.
Compass Group UK & Ireland has marked the
start of National
Apprenticeship Week by announcing plans to build the
number of Compass apprentices to 1,500 by the end
of 2017.
The
number of people
starting an
apprenticeship has fallen by around 30 per cent since the levy was introduced this time last year.
There is little point having a target for the
number of people
starting an
apprenticeship if many fail to finish (overall almost 30 % do fail to complete their
apprenticeship).
The
number of apprenticeships that were
started by people aged 25 and over remained higher than any other category in 2015, totalling 214,000.
Starting pay in public service typically ranges from # 24,000 to # 30,000 for graduate schemes and is between # 15,000 and # 23,000 for the small
number of higher
apprenticeship programmes available.