Apprenticeships just as valuable as university

Posted on 4 Mar 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Apprentices from across the UK gathered at the London Film Museum on London's South Bank to urge the government to address the stigma surrounding apprenticeships and focus on raising the profile of courses in schools.

The debate, attended by the minister for skills and enterprise Matthew Hancock and chaired by two Industry Apprentice Council (IAC) members and apprentices, Lizzie Moffatt from Vauxhall Motors and BAE System’s Andy Fowler, is part of the Voice of Apprenticeships conference, a flagship event for National Apprentice Week. During the debate, several apprentices commented that…

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