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Roth Child<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RichardJMurphy</span></a></span> TBF the Tories also ran a bunch of mad ideas around apprenticeships (even though they got them up and running). <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> should be the object lesson in unintended consequences for all politics classes for years to come.</p>
Toastie<p>Govt. to private training providers: 'You need to give us a 3yr financial plan.' <br />(Provider) 'Can we have the rules for how you'll fund us?' <br />'Hmm. I suppose. But we'll publish them late.'<br /> 'Erm, okay. And you'll keep everything the same?' (Govt. waves hands vaguely around <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a> and some new Level 2 stuff). Provider: 'Okay, cool. Here's the plan, fully costed. Phew. That was a lot of work. I'm taking half term off before we approach the Year end. As you know, that's our busiest time and I wouldn't want to put our funding at risk.'</p><p>Govt. 'Oh, and we're cutting Level 7 funding. But we won't announce that until midnight on the day after the Bank Holiday during half term.'<br />'Wait, what? How many people does this impact?' <br />Govt. '''<br />'Hello? Who asked for this? How may learners will it remove from the system? You only measure funding for 16-18 and 19-24 year old, so why cap L7 funding at 21? What does that mean where there are high-level skills gaps such as in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a>?'<br />Govt. ''</p><p>'Hello?'</p>
UK Railway and Transport News<p>New Network Rail Partnership Means More Young People Apprenticeships <a href="http://dlvr.it/TKnN09" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TKnN09</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.london/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.london/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.london/tags/NetworkRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkRail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.london/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailNews</span></a></p>
Railpage<p>New Network Rail Partnership Means More Young People Apprenticeships <a href="http://dlvr.it/TKnLZ5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TKnLZ5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetworkRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkRail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailNews</span></a></p>
Railpage<p>18 year olds given chance to become train drivers <a href="http://dlvr.it/TKcHDH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TKcHDH</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatBritishRailways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritishRailways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a></p>
Ken Larson<p>“HELMETS TO HARDHATS" non-profit connects veterans to federally-approved apprenticeship training programs and careers on nearly 2,000 apprenticeship training facilities across North America.</p><p><a href="https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2025/05/03/helmets-to-hardhats-non-profit-connects-veterans-to-federally-approved-apprenticeship-training-programs-and-careers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.c</span><span class="invisible">om/2025/05/03/helmets-to-hardhats-non-profit-connects-veterans-to-federally-approved-apprenticeship-training-programs-and-careers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobtraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobtraining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a></p>
Railpage<p>Ealing Apprentices Reap Rewards of HS2 Investment <a href="http://dlvr.it/TKVK3h" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TKVK3h</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HS2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldOakCommon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldOakCommon</span></a></p>
Marc Rothera<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> Much appreciated, thanks Prof.</p><p>Any employer with any sort of sense of purpose (beyond just the bottom line) has an incredible opportunity, through apprenticeships, to drive meaningful & lasting change.</p><p>My career has moved from Youth Work, to HE Widening Participation to Apprenticeships, I believe I've done more, for the people I was trying to enable with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a> than I could have in the first 2. </p><p>We see so many 'rough diamonds' shine with the right chances!</p>
Marc Rothera<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> BTW, anyone who employs people in England and thinks: </p><p>'yeah, I could offer <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a> for people from 'non-traditional' backgrounds' </p><p>lemme know. </p><p>Broadening access to advanced skills development is entirely my bag, I want to work with you.</p>
Railpage<p>500th apprentice joins HS2 construction partner <a href="http://dlvr.it/TKCnCX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TKCnCX</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HS2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailNews</span></a></p>
Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich<p>Assessing the Value of Incomplete University Degrees: Experimental Evidence from HR Recruiters <a href="https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17693&r=&r=lma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izad</span><span class="invisible">ps:dp17693&r=&r=lma</span></a><br>"… studying unsuccessfully for a degree directly related to a job can still yield positive returns in terms of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> compared to activities not focused on formal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/humanCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanCapital</span></a> accumulation, such as working and traveling. However, back of the envelope calculations show that these increases just cover the direct and opportunity costs of studying.<br>… HR recruiters view years of unsuccessful study without a direct link to a job as “lost” years, offering substantially lower wages to such applicants compared to people who have a university entrance diploma but have never studied.<br>… recruiters highly value alternative forms of human capital acquisition, and may largely prefer it to unsuccessful university studies. In the scenario we used, HR recruiters showed a strong preference for people without a degree who had completed a company-based <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/traineeship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traineeship</span></a>. <br>In sum, these results suggest that a failed degree is rarely a worthwhile investment—at least in the eyes of HR recruiters."<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LaborMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/universityDegrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universityDegrees</span></a></p>
Railpage<p>Prime Minister announces extra funding for Transpennine Route Upgrade <a href="http://dlvr.it/TJpc6t" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TJpc6t</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Trump is attacking working people so he & his billionaire friends can hoard more money.”<br>-B Wikler</p><p>“Last night, President Trump🚨rolled back critical protections for workers, incl. EOs aimed at registered apprenticeships, project labor agreements, & the $15 minimum wage for fed contractors -weren’t just empty rhetoric, they ensured fair wages, safe workplaces, and increased opportunities for apprenticeships. Now, they’re gone.”<br>-J Williams</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Railpage<p>Train operator introduces new apprenticeship courses to train women for leadership <a href="http://dlvr.it/TJNR2G" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TJNR2G</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoviaThameslinkRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoviaThameslinkRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomensDay</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> are now <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whitecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitecollar</span></a> trades that need <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a>, not a career crawl<br>They typically see graduates hired to work on help desks and encouraged to gain experience by building and experimenting with a home lab or acquiring vendor certifications so they can secure a role in a network operations center. While that progression builds skills, it can mean a decade or more passes before they advance into more meaningful network engineering roles. <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/tech_career_paths_apprenticeships_needed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/27/tec</span><span class="invisible">h_career_paths_apprenticeships_needed/</span></a></p>
Marc Rothera<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@drawkcab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>drawkcab</span></a></span> If those people are <25 and earn less than £50k it's the perfect moment to upskill them further? Employers have a dangerous tendency to be very 'route one' about training 'we're hairdressers we must access hairdressing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a>' why not put someone on a business admin course and get them to help streamline the opperation, access a marketing course and bring in more business etc etc?</p>
Marc Rothera<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@drawkcab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>drawkcab</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> Finally, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a> (the course/training element) are essentially free </p><p>(big firms get a tax rebate for using them, small firms pay a maximum of 5% of the face price of the course, but there's vast amounts of money sloshing about in 'Levy Transfer' pots, making it rare that non-levy employers will ever pay anything).</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>If apprenticeships are a good way of learning on the job rather than undertaking a full-time educational route after school, then the likely prospect of the collapse of the apprenticeship ecology for hairdressing salons may be a sign of a wider problem for youth employment, the narrowing of chances for people who choose to learn on the job.</p><p>The overlooking of this crisis is one more part of the UK's obsession with academic pathways!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprenticeships</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1enpq1w97jo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1enpq</span><span class="invisible">1w97jo</span></a></p>
Marc Rothera<p>I'm sitting in on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NAW25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAW25</span></a> Local Digital Skills session, shaping up to be a really interesting session, the skills agenda is on the move again and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Apprenticeships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apprenticeships</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apprentices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apprentices</span></a> need to be at heart of it:</p>
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