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University of Exeter is among the leading providers of degree apprenticeships.

Degree apprenticeships offer an innovative and cost-effective way of attracting, training and retaining high-calibre employees and graduates. They give employers the opportunity to diversify workforces and improve social mobility by offering a different route into, and progression through, their organisations. …

Hector MacAulay MBE, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty’s Regional business in Scotland, provides insight into how the company is challenging outdated perceptions of the construction sector through school outreach.

As a member of The 5% Club – a movement of employers committed to providing ‘earn and learn’ positions - Balfour…

This week marks the 16th anniversary of the National Apprenticeship Week initiative, first launched in 2008 and, like many teenagers, it’s been far from plain sailing.

From a lack of focus on quality, to questions regarding government funding and the effectiveness of incentives for employers, the scheme has had its…

The 17th annual National Apprenticeship Week kicked off on 5 February with organisations across the civil engineering sector promoting their own apprenticeship programmes and vacancies.

HS2 Ltd pointed to its existing cohort of 1,400 apprenticeships and said that 19 new roles were opening this week. The firm also said more apprenticeships…

Apprenticeships are a vital pathway into the construction and civil engineering sectors as they provide diversity of tasks, hands-on engagement and the opportunity to earn money, according to NCE’s Apprentice of the Year 2022 winners.

This week is National Apprenticeships Week, and NCE is just one among many companies connected to…

As it’s National Apprenticeship Week, it’s an ideal time to take stock of the apprenticeships landscape and reflect on the vital role they play in the engineering and technology sector.

At the end of last year, the Department for Education (DfE) released its latest apprenticeships data and EngineeringUK ran an…

Against a backdrop of economic challenge, rising materials and labour costs, new figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have revealed that almost 225,000 extra workers will be required to meet UK construction demand by 2027.

CITB is responding by investing in apprenticeships, launching a range of targeted initiatives and…

Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, with support from charity EngineeringUK, have launched an inquiry to uncover the reasons behind the decline in engineering, manufacturing and technology apprenticeship starts seen over recent years in the UK.

Given the skills shortage and a growing demand for engineers and…

It can sometimes surprise people I speak with to learn that I’m now in my 36th year at WSP. I don’t often reflect on my journey from entry-level civil engineer to chief executive within the same organisation, but so formative were those early years of my career that this week…

HS2’s commitment to creating "Skills for Life" – the theme for this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) – has been reinforced today as the company confirmed 300 more apprenticeship jobs will be created.

NAW, from 6 to 12 February,  is an opportunity for the education and skills sector to celebrate the…