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Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook is
currently gathering news items for major features on apprenticeships in
the next edition.
February 11, 2012 - The Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook is currently gathering news items for major features on apprenticeships in the next edition.
In February 2011, coinciding with Apprenticeship Week, the coalition government provided the following statistics regarding the take-up of the apprentices programme:
• Jaguar Landrover were creating 1,500 new apprenticeship places
• BT were offering 250 apprenticeship places across the group
• Morrison’s supermarket chain were set to offer 7,000 places
• Proctor and Gamble were recruiting 10 apprentice accountants
• 180 people had gained skills at higher education level by taking higher apprenticeships.
The number of people taking higher apprenticeships testifies to the programmes ability to progress apprentices from Intermediate and Advanced Levels to a level comparable with a university degree,
with graduation ceremonies for apprentices and their families together with an apprentice roll of honour. The Higher Apprenticeships Fund, announced in July 2011 with an allocation of £25mn to support
advanced and higher apprenticeships in key sectors such as advanced manufacturing, IT and engineering, is designed to assist this progression. The fund is part of an apprentices’ investment package
totalling £180mn, for which, from 22 July 2011, companies have been invited to bid. In the current financial year, the government has committed itself to funding approximately 360,000 apprenticeships.
To encourage employers to take on larger numbers of apprentices, red tape and bureaucracy have been cut and the overall process simplified. Companies that contract directly with the government
regarding their apprenticeship training requirements have simplified payment, reporting and assessment procedures together with improved guidance.
On 24 October 2011, provisional figures boded well for the apprenticeships programme: apprenticeship starts for the academic year 2010–11 had risen by more than 50 per cent compared with final figures
from 2009–10; and apprenticeship numbers had risen across all age ranges and levels of training.
Statistics indicate final data for 2009–10 of 279,700 apprenticeship starts compared to 442,700 starts in the full academic year 2010–11.
The largest sectors were:
• Business, administration and law: 130,290 apprenticeship starts (76,590 in 2009–10)
• Retail and commercial enterprise:100,630 apprenticeship starts (61,620 in 2009–10)
• Health, public services and care: 86,120 apprenticeship starts (44,150 in 2009–10).
In October 2011, £20mn was invested to boost skills and drive growth in key industries. The government match funded £11mn following the first round of bids to the Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF),
with more apprenticeships playing a key role in the government’s vision of business identifying how skills can drive growth. Sectors which benefited immediately from GIF funding, and which also stand
to benefit from co-investment from employer groups, were: renewable energy; hospitality; science-based industries; energy and utility bills; creative industries; active leisure; environmental industries;
employment services; nuclear; health; and creative and cultural skills.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said, “Sustained economic recovery will depend on our ability to excel in the high-tech skills that our most innovative companies need to compete in the globalised
economy.
“That is why this government is committed to skilling up our workforce through work-based training. By providing concentrated seed funding for employer-led projects that attract further investment
from business, we’re targeting money where it will be best placed to drive growth.”
This was submitted by the Parliamentary Information Office. For more information on the Parliamentary Information Office please visit http://parliamentaryyearbook.co.uk/contactus.html
February 11, 2012 - The Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook is currently gathering news items for major features on apprenticeships in the next edition.
In February 2011, coinciding with Apprenticeship Week, the coalition government provided the following statistics regarding the take-up of the apprentices programme:
• Jaguar Landrover were creating 1,500 new apprenticeship places
• BT were offering 250 apprenticeship places across the group
• Morrison’s supermarket chain were set to offer 7,000 places
• Proctor and Gamble were recruiting 10 apprentice accountants
• 180 people had gained skills at higher education level by taking higher apprenticeships.
The number of people taking higher apprenticeships testifies to the programmes ability to progress apprentices from Intermediate and Advanced Levels to a level comparable with a university degree,
with graduation ceremonies for apprentices and their families together with an apprentice roll of honour. The Higher Apprenticeships Fund, announced in July 2011 with an allocation of £25mn to support
advanced and higher apprenticeships in key sectors such as advanced manufacturing, IT and engineering, is designed to assist this progression. The fund is part of an apprentices’ investment package
totalling £180mn, for which, from 22 July 2011, companies have been invited to bid. In the current financial year, the government has committed itself to funding approximately 360,000 apprenticeships.
To encourage employers to take on larger numbers of apprentices, red tape and bureaucracy have been cut and the overall process simplified. Companies that contract directly with the government
regarding their apprenticeship training requirements have simplified payment, reporting and assessment procedures together with improved guidance.
On 24 October 2011, provisional figures boded well for the apprenticeships programme: apprenticeship starts for the academic year 2010–11 had risen by more than 50 per cent compared with final figures
from 2009–10; and apprenticeship numbers had risen across all age ranges and levels of training.
Statistics indicate final data for 2009–10 of 279,700 apprenticeship starts compared to 442,700 starts in the full academic year 2010–11.
The largest sectors were:
• Business, administration and law: 130,290 apprenticeship starts (76,590 in 2009–10)
• Retail and commercial enterprise:100,630 apprenticeship starts (61,620 in 2009–10)
• Health, public services and care: 86,120 apprenticeship starts (44,150 in 2009–10).
In October 2011, £20mn was invested to boost skills and drive growth in key industries. The government match funded £11mn following the first round of bids to the Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF),
with more apprenticeships playing a key role in the government’s vision of business identifying how skills can drive growth. Sectors which benefited immediately from GIF funding, and which also stand
to benefit from co-investment from employer groups, were: renewable energy; hospitality; science-based industries; energy and utility bills; creative industries; active leisure; environmental industries;
employment services; nuclear; health; and creative and cultural skills.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said, “Sustained economic recovery will depend on our ability to excel in the high-tech skills that our most innovative companies need to compete in the globalised
economy.
“That is why this government is committed to skilling up our workforce through work-based training. By providing concentrated seed funding for employer-led projects that attract further investment
from business, we’re targeting money where it will be best placed to drive growth.”
This was submitted by the Parliamentary Information Office. For more information on the Parliamentary Information Office please visit http://parliamentaryyearbook.co.uk/contactus.html
Source : http://www.i-newswire.com/cable-welcomes-big-rise-in-apprenticeship/156870
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