The skills gap is growing & apprenticeships aren’t yet pulling their weight

Posted on 3 May 2018 by The Manufacturer

Christopher Greenough says much better understanding of apprenticeships is needed from the government downwards, together with a change in the way Sixth Form education is funded.

An apprenticeship is neither cheap labour, nor a stop-gap while you find out what you want to do as a career. The Apprenticeship Levy, introduced last year, was the government’s response to business saying they wanted to take the lead in skills provision, but it is clearly falling far short of…

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