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Employers get ready for 2017 launch of new apprenticeship
Employers get ready for 2017 launch of new apprenticeship
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Employers get ready for 2017 launch of new apprenticeship
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The apprenticeship for entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs is almost ready for launch – after two years of development by UnLtd and a group of over 100 employers and other organisations. Leading employers interested in the apprenticeship scheme got together with other organisations to find out more at a breakfast meeting hosted by Deutsche Bank, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016. The event was addressed by Sue Husband, Director of Apprenticeships and Delivery Service at the Skills Funding Agency, pictured above. Sue was speaking on behalf of the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, Robert Halfon, who said: Apprenticeships offer people a ladder of opportunity to gain the vital skills they and businesses need to succeed. Our reforms have been putting more control in the hands of employers, and this is clearly working. It’s fantastic to see how over 100 organisations have successfully worked together to create the Apprenticeship for Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurs standard. The apprenticeship standard for entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs, defining the expected knowledge, skills and behaviours of successful apprentices has already been approved by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. A new employer brief has now been created to provide more information on how it will work in practice. The last step on route to implementation is the submission of the assessment plan – due to happen in January - which outlines how the apprentices’ work will be evaluated during and at the end of the apprenticeship. After that, employers and training organisations will be able to apply on the Department’s website to take part in the scheme. Any employers or training organisations that would like to be involved in the first wave of apprenticeships in 2017, please get in touch via apprenticeships or contact David Pollard, Director of Southern Business Growth Network and chair of the apprenticeship employers group.
March 2016 - Government approves standard apprenticeship for entrepreneurs July 2015 – Apprenticeship for entrepreneurs reflects new economic reality April 2015 - UnLtd calls on the next Government to introduce apprenticeships for entrepreneurs as part of the Social Economy Alliance January 2015 - UnLtd and FSB seek views on apprenticeships for entrepreneurs October 2014 - Minister for civil society Rob Wilson applauds apprenticeships idea September 2014 - Lord Young joins the debate on apprenticeships for social entrepreneurs September 2014 - Apprenticeships idea chimes with Labour’s thinking September 2014 – UnLtd invites politicians to explore a social entrepreneurship apprenticeship September 2014 - UnLtd urges politicians to back an apprenticeship for entrepreneurs as part of the the social economy