To retain Britain's competitive place in the world, we need to invest as much in
vocational routes as we do in academic ones.
He said the cuts were happening against a backdrop of a «very tight labour market» and as
vocational routes into employment are being undermined».
The new one -
year vocational route into teaching is being developed due to reforms that mean many large schools will have to take on a certain number of apprentices every year.
Whilst the school will focus on academic rigour it will also provide the opportunity to follow a
more vocational route.
Young people will be signposted along this new
vocational route via quality careers advice and guidance.
Nigel said: «More work needs to be done to improve the public's understanding of what engineering is and the diversity of engineering jobs and careers,
including vocational routes and especially apprenticeships.
So said then - Skills Minister Matt Hancock earlier this year, arguing for a «new norm» that
treats vocational routes as every bit as worthwhile as academic ones.
Schools in England are to be required to
give vocational routes as much time as academic subjects to help students who want to land apprenticeships.
They need to be tweeting
about vocational routes, listening to success stories and retelling them to their constituents.
Wilshaw is expected to say that the number of 16 to 18 year - olds being taken on as apprentices is as low as it was a decade ago, and the low figures are partially a result of schools failing to push pupils
down vocational routes.
Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, admitted she was «extremely concerned» about the new one - year
vocational route into teaching currently under development.
Qualification as an accounting technician may be a good route toward chartered accountancy if you have trouble finding a place on an appropriate graduate scheme, or if you would prefer to take a
more vocational route.
«We are passionate about the true potential for apprenticeships and want to bust the myth that
a vocational route is not as credible as pursuing higher education.»
We can not change the fact that
vocational routes are currently underrepresented in Parliament by politicians with direct experience of them — but we can change the number of advocates in Westminster and beyond.
Even where they do, the careers advice on offer isn't encouraging enough youngsters into
vocational routes that would serve them best.
The education secretary, Nicky Morgan, wants pupils to study English, maths, science, a modern foreign language and either geography or history until they are 16, but headteachers have said it would not be appropriate for some youngsters who might be better suited to
a vocational route.
But they added: «We absolutely recognise the importance of this subject and are committed to continuing to offer routes into the industry via both academic and
vocational routes — and through our updated A-levels in physics and design & technology.»
It has been welcomed by many commentators but criticised by teaching unions, who say schools might feel compelled to push children in to academic subjects when they might be more suited to
a vocational route.
Several of the schools involved in planning the new apprenticeship told Schools Week of the need for
a vocational route to attract those who would not normally consider a university route into the profession, and to allow talented TAs to progress without having to pursue full - time education.
We believe students should have access to academic and
vocational routes, side by side.
Alison was made a Director on 1 December 2015 and qualified via
the vocational route, initially as a Legal Executive then latterly as a Solicitor qualifying in 2008 from Nottingham Trent University.