All About Apprenticeships

The Importance of Apprenticeships: how vital are apprenticeships post-pandemic?

In this episode of All About Apprenticeships we’re gazing into our crystal ball and exploring the importance of apprenticeships in post-Covid Britain. Georgie Frost speaks to Jon Graham, CEO of JTL - a not-for-profit charity offering advanced apprenticeships in the trade sector – to find out how he sees the role of apprenticeships, and apprentices themselves, in re-building UK plc.

Georgie and Jon also cover why the image of apprenticeships needs to change, and why Jon might just be the Ruud Gullit of the apprenticeship world, plus we’ve also got Anna Morrison from Amazing Apprenticeships with her take.

You can find out more about how the HomeServe Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

And check out JTL at JTL Training | Apprenticeship and Work Based Learning Provider.

This week on All About Apprenticeships, we're going back to basics, as Georgie Frost speaks to Richard Hamer, Education and Skills Director at BAE Systems, to find out everything you need to know about setting up an apprenticeship scheme.

How can you get it right for both you and your apprentices? Where do you get funding from? How important is it to find a good training provider and what even makes a good apprenticeship scheme?! We've got you covered with all that and plenty more. Plus we've also got Anna Morrison from Amazing Apprenticeships with her take.

You can find out more about the work of the Homeserve Foundation here and visit the UK Government website referenced by Richard in the episode here.

And check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies. You can also find out about apprenticeships at BAE Systems here.

Listen, subscribe and leave a rating in all your usual podcast places, and check out the HomeServe Foundation @HSV_Foundation.

In the first episode of series three of All About Apprenticeships, award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost chats to the new man in the top job - Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills Alex Burghart MP.

In a conversation recorded ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, Georgie and Alex talk levelling up, why incentives are coming to an end, what he makes of the vocational vs academic balance, and what happened when the Prime Minister called to offer Alex job.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

And check out the Government's apprenticeship hub here.

In the final episode of series two, award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost chats to the Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills, Toby Perkins MP, to find out what he makes of the recent cabinet reshuffle, how he views apprenticeships and what he makes of the age old apprenticeships vs university debate.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

And check out the Government's apprenticeship hub here.

The BBC, Sky, PA Media and ITV are some of the world’s biggest media organisations but did you know they also offer some of the country’s largest apprenticeship schemes?

It’s not just the glamour of broadcasting, but at the BBC for example, apprentices can be found across the business. You can see why apprentices would want to be a part of it but what’s in it for these big broadcasters and news outlets?

Georgie finds out the answers from Mark Waldron, editor of the Portsmouth News newspaper; Pepe Lacy, one of his three new apprentices, and Eleanor Gregory, who came through ITN's apprenticeship scheme.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

And check out the Government's apprenticeship hub here.

The UK Government has an ambitious ten-point plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and create and support up to 250,000 green jobs along the way.

According to the Government, there will be "electric vehicle technicians in the Midlands, construction and installation workers in the North East and Wales, specialists in advanced fuels in the North West, agroforestry practitioners in Scotland, and grid system installers everywhere" - but what part can apprentices and apprenticeships play in meeting those ambitious targets?

To talk through that and plenty more, Georgie Frost talks to Phil Beach CBE, chief executive of Energy and Utility Skills, and Liz Slee, from the Enterprise Trust.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

And check out the Government's apprenticeship hub here.

It’s that time of the year again. A-Level results are out - with GCSE results following. Cue images of students jumping in the air across the news outlets. But it’s what happens next that really matters. 

This year saw a record number of A-Level students apply to go to university - but one of Britain’s most prominent education leaders says too many are choosing that path and it might not be the right one for them. So what are the options, where can you go for advice on your next move and could an apprenticeship be for you?

Georgie Frost gets all the answers from Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills Gillian Keegan.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

And check out the Government's apprenticeship hub here.

Apprenticeships are just for young people right?? Wrong. In this episode Georgie talks to Britain's oldest apprentice, 76 year old Bob Bryce, about his career at Govia Thameslink Railway and why he wants to keep learning and working for years to come.

Georgie also talks to Govia's Apprenticeship Manager David Jackson about why they attract so many older apprentices and why they're targeting a more diverse workforce, and Dexter Hutchings is back to represent the opposite age of the age spectrum.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies.

You can also find out more about the Apprentice Voice, which was founded by Dexter, here.

Presenter and award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost is joined by Anna Morrison, CEO and founder of Amazing Apprenticeships, and Sam Garnham, the External Qualifications Manager at St John's Ambulance, to discuss everything you need to know about apprenticeship training providers.

As well as taking on their own apprentices, St John's Ambulance has recently become a training provider, and Sam explains the process, why they decided to do it, and what support they offer apprentices.

We also hear from some of St John's Ambulance's apprentices, including one who has swapped a career working as cabin crew for an airline for one as a first aid trainer. Find out more about the apprenticeship opportunities with St John's Ambulance by visiting www.sja.org.uk/apprenticeships.

You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies. 

Presenter and award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost is joined by Helen Booth, from the Homeserve Foundation, and apprentice Dexter Hutchings, who is a member of the Young Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network, to cover everything you need to know about the incentives available to businesses when it comes to taking on an apprentice. 

Georgie, Dexter and Helen discuss how the incentives work, whether they should actually be called incentives, and how what's available to businesses has changed.

We also hear from Dylan Jones from Ongas about how he used the support of the Homeserve Foundation to access incentives and bring in his apprentice, Ben. You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you here.

And check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies. 

Listen, subscribe and leave a rating in all your usual podcast places, and check out the HomeServe Foundation @HSV_Foundation.