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The winners of the national Apprenticeship Awards 2009 were announced by Rugby World Champion Matt Dawson. In total there were over 1,000 entries across 8 categories for both apprenticeship employers & apprentices themselves.
Speaking of the awards, Matt Dawson said, “It’s a real honour to be involved in this year’s national Apprenticeship Awards. I believe Apprenticeships are tremendously important to Britain’s future, they unlock talent and provide a viable, alternative route for young people to pursue a career.
The number of new apprentices aged over 25 has rocketed by 377% as employers look to skill up and their workforce during the downturn.
Recent Government figures revealed that 46,800 over-25s joined apprenticeships this year, compared to only 12,400 in 2007-08.
The increase in over-25’s in apprenticeships comes at a time when the number of 16- to 18-year-olds in apprenticeships has fallen by 8.3%, likewise the number of 19- to 24-year-olds signing up to apprenticeship schemes dropped by 2%.
A Gov’t spokesperson said the reason was because of the high proportion of over-25s being made redundant and turning to apprenticeships to gain new skills to become more employable. However, most of the upsurge in over-25s apprenticeships are from existing employees of organisations looking to motivate and further develop their staff.
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NHS Apprenticeships to treble
The total number of NHS apprenticeships will be 5,318 from March 2010, rising from the existing 1,500 apprenticeship places they have already. This latest push in apprenticeships is timely as the Government recently announced they would increase the number of public sector apprenticeships by 21,000.
The NHS apprenticeships to be made available will be in a variety of roles from clinical support apprenticeships like dental nursing, through to non-clinical apprenticeships such as business administration, catering & IT.
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