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Winning Higher Apprenticeship Projects Announced
A wide range of projects have been awarded funding to create new apprenticeships at Level 4 and above. New higher frameworks which will be created include facilities management, sustainable building and human resources management. The full list is available here.

Employer Support Announced to Boost Apprenticeships
A number of initiatives to encourage and support businesses to recruit apprentices were announced in November. These include an incentive payment for businesses with less than 50 employees, and a streamlining of the recruitment process to ensure that all vacancies can be advertised within 1 month. More detail is available here.

London Boroughs create 2000 new Apprenticeships
Over 2000 apprentices have started working for a London borough, or a contractor delivering borough services, since 2009. Borough leaders and chief executives pledged to create 2000 new apprenticeships by 2012, and this target has been met 6 months ahead of schedule - a fantastic achievement.

London Borough Apprenticeship Awards 2011
Winners of the first London Borough Apprenticeship Awards were announced in September. Full details of the winners, and all the short-listed entries, can be found here.

Review of Vocational Education and tackling youth unemployment

The Department of Education has published its response to the Wolf Review, as part of a major government announcement about measure to tackle youth unemployment. You can find the Wolf Review response here, and further details of the other announcements here.

 

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