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Encouraging start to 2015 for
apprenticeships & traineeships
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»»The government has welcomed
“The provisional figures also show
figures showing that the number of young
that, despite being a relatively new
people taking part in apprenticeships and
development, the number of people
traineeships continues to rise.
participating in higher apprenticeships
Provisional figures for the first three
now stands at over 15,000. Higher
months of this academic year show that
apprenticeships allow learners to develop
there were more than 573,000 people
high level technical skills that employers
participating in apprenticeships – including
want and need up to post-graduate level.
more than 353,000 16 to 24 year-olds. Skills
“The figures show the continued success
Minister Nick Boles said: “At 147,500, the
of traineeships as the programme moves
number of people starting an apprenticeship in to its second year. There were 5,000
between August and October 2014 is up on
traineeship starts in the first quarter of the
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in 2013.
2014 to 2015 academic year building on
Stanley
the first year of the programme which saw
more than 10,000 young people taking up
the traineeship opportunities.”
More than 1,000 employers are
now involved in developing new
apprenticeships as part of the
government’s Trailblazers scheme.
If you are interested in taking on
an apprentice call the National
Apprenticeship Service on 08000 150
600 or go to www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/
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Apprenticeships no longer
just ‘jobs for the boys’
The Deputy Prime Minister marked
National Apprenticeship Week in
March by celebrating the growth of
women taking up apprenticeships
over the last five years.
»»Having lagged behind
men in the last parliament, the
latest figures show that more
than a million women started
apprenticeships between 2010 to
2011 and 2013 to 2014 co