Sentences with phrase «quality apprenticeships»

A good quality apprenticeship is worth every second of your time and can even fund your aspirations of university study.

This will ensure all businesses have a real choice of high - quality apprenticeship training provision, no matter where they are in the country or what sector they operate in.

This is part of the government's commitment to ensure there are three million high - quality apprenticeship starts by 2020.

Parents are often astonished when they realise companies such as Airbus, BBC, National Grid and GCHQ offer high quality apprenticeships which remove the burden of university fees and lead to great careers.

The report, launched by social mobility tsar Alan Milburn, includes a call for the government to commit to end youth unemployment by 2020, with greater provision of quality apprenticeships, and points out that the professions are set to expand dramatically.

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.»

In our experience, what can come as a shock to the system for some employers is the quality assurance policies and processes required to deliver high quality apprenticeships which far outweigh the quality assurance requirements for short, sharp training interventions for in - house activity.

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.

I have experienced first - hand the difficulty young people have in accessing information about quality apprenticeships.

Bousted told the Commons sub-Committee on education, skills and the economy that there were few quality apprenticeships and that employers needed to provide more work experience to young people.

However, the supply of high quality apprenticeships at level 3 is not yet meeting demand.

«We will bring about the progressive restoration of free education for all; and guarantee quality apprenticeships and adult skills training.»

Skills minister Nick Boles said: «Putting an end to poor quality apprenticeship training lies at the heart of our reforms of apprenticeships.

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.

The funding will be used to support and encourage the growth of apprenticeships and is part of the government's wider aim to achieve three million high quality apprenticeship starts by 2020.

The investment announced today will ensure that all businesses are able to benefit from high - quality apprenticeship training provision.»

That means providing high quality apprenticeships and working with the education system to provide good quality work experience.»

We need to be given alternatives: a broad range of quality apprenticeships that aren't simply tools to suppress wages, properly funded vocational training and opportunities to retrain later in life — to allow workers to adapt to a changing labour market.

As a country we need to do much more to encourage young people into well - funded, high quality apprenticeships, where they can learn the skills, gain the experience and make the contribution that Britain needs now more than ever.

A great education for me and my siblings, affordable university places and good quality apprenticeships.

Ed Miliband has pledged that Labour would create an extra 80,000 high - quality apprenticeships a year in England, as he spelled out the party's business policy.

Labour proposed an apprenticeship guarantee, by which every school leaver who gets the grades would be able to begin a high - quality apprenticeship.

Miliband complained that at present just one in 10 employers in England offers an apprenticeship, saying this is six times fewer high - quality apprenticeships than Germany.

Commenting on the discussion, Nick Boles MP said: «High quality apprenticeships are vital for attracting talented people to join the construction industry and ensuring the sector has the skills it needs to boost productivity.

The commission welcomed the government's current efforts to increase the number of quality apprenticeships.

It is hoped that the levy will provide a huge boost to training and development by encouraging employers to invest in high - quality apprenticeships and giving young people a chance to reach their full potential.

«The contributors are all keen to support and extend high - quality apprenticeships.

«Alongside this, businesses have a key role to play in improving every school across the country through joining governing bodies, offering clear routes to high - quality apprenticeships, careers advice and work experience, regardless of a young person's background or where they live.»

Details on how millions of top - quality apprenticeships will be delivered over the next three years have been revealed today as the Institute for Apprenticeships sets out its operational plan.

-- Continue to replace lower - level classroom - based FE courses with high - quality apprenticeships.

The Government should ensure that all of the apprenticeship levy is used to fund high quality apprenticeships.

«We should look at things like the pupil premium and whether or not certain parts of it can be based or dependent on how many students they get, especially from deprived backgrounds, to go into high - quality apprenticeships,» he said.

How do you decide the acceptable number advancing per school to «high quality apprenticeships» when the number available tend to vary significantly within areas?

This green paper argues that high - quality apprenticeships are a core way to improve these skills across the UK.

But while the government is pushing hard to promote high - quality apprenticeships, firms and individuals face a challenge.

The group is calling on employers to do more still to help young people make the transition into work but wants action from the government too, particularly on providing higher quality careers guidance and more high - quality apprenticeships.