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With City & Guilds’ Million Extra campaign bringing together employers and learners to deliver a million apprenticeships by 2013, a series of regional summits revealed the obstacles that must be overcome if the UK is to unleash its talent
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From the top of London’s ‘Gherkin’ building, a national apprenticeship summit drew
together representatives from 13 sectors to look at why there were only 11 places for every 1,000 workers in the UK, despite the fact that the government had increased funding to enable 75,000 additional apprenticeship starts per year. It soon became clear that the
apprenticeship challenge was not something that could just be addressed at a national level, so it was continued at a regional level throughout the UK to create a more detailed picture. The regional
summits gathered training providers, employers and other organisations to identify actions that could boost new apprenticeships. Delegates recognised several key areas for improvement, including the need for increased support for apprentices and employers; clearer progression routes for apprenticeships; and appropriate levels of key skills for school leavers. City & Guilds is collecting these
fi ndings to pull together a set of recommendations that it will deliver to the government to help shape future policy. Interested parties wishing to add their input can do so through the Million Extra website.
‘We need to celebrate employers that have successful, inspirational apprenticeship schemes to encourage others to follow...’
THE MIDLANDS SUMMIT
THE SOUTH SUMMIT Location: Microsoft, London Host: John Lockwood,
Senior Manager, Strategic Relations, City & Guilds Key speakers: Stephen Uden, Head of Skills & Economic Affairs, Microsoft; Dr John Chudley, Divisional Apprenticeship Director, South, NAS
Complexity and bureaucracy of recruitment: Apprenticeship recruitment must be simplifi ed. Funding should be offered based on the stage, not the age, of the learner, and should better support employers in the beginning phases of their programmes.
Apprenticeship incentives: The government needs to provide suitable incentive schemes linked to take-up and completion rates. For learners this could come in the form of reimbursed expenses.
Engage schools on apprenticeships: There is a clear need to help schools understand that they offer valuable training with fi nancial advantages.
Apprenticeship progression: There are insuffi cient higher level apprenticeships, funding is complicated, and universities present barriers to higher education. The system needs to make higher education accessible for apprentices.
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