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On the road with HABC for National Apprenticeship Week

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APPs_National_App_Week_2014_RGB-Jpg This March saw England’s employers and educators being challenged to get involved in apprenticeships as part of a week long effort to raise awareness of work-based learning.

HABC held free roadshows in five locations – London, Dudley, Doncaster, Manchester and Newcastle – as part of National Apprenticeship Week (3-7 March 2014), with delegates able to find out how apprenticeships can help to reduce recruitment costs, retain staff and improve performance whilst also showing a commitment to the local community and young people.

Ben Cressey, Director of Apprenticeships and WBL with delegates

It was a successful week overall, with a number of attendees at the events having since come back to us to say they are interested in offering apprentices and some now well on the path to doing just that.

Adam Glynn at the HABC apprenticeship roadshow in Dudley

Adam Glynn at the HABC apprenticeship roadshow in Dudley

Throughout the week HABC also played its part in the wider national campaign to raise awareness of apprenticeships across the board.  Firstly, we created this visual infographic to explain more about apprenticeships.

Apprenticeship Week Infographic Then we filmed some video at AS Watson – parent company of Superdrug and Savers – to show how their apprenticeships are helping their staff and their business.

AS Watson Filming

First up, Superdrug.

And not forgetting Savers…

We also had regular updates on our social media accounts using the hashtag #NAW2014 (and retweets by major partners such as the National Apprenticeship Service and the Skills Funding Agency ).  From our Twitter timeline…

Twitter Stream And we had quotes and endorsements from key clients, leaflets handed out at partner events, press coverage in trade and regional titles, and a new HABC blog (this one!).

So if you want know more about how we can help you with apprenticeships, just click here .

On the road with #NAW 2014

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And so we’re back in the office after a long and busy week supporting National Apprenticeship Week 2014, with five roadshows across England taking in London, Dudley, Doncaster, Manchester and Newcastle.

It’s been a successful week, and we think we’ve helped a few businesses make the leap and decide to get involved in apprenticeships. We were particularly impressed by how involved many of the people we spoke to already were in helping young people and learners, and we certainly took our fair share of questions. We’ll pull together the best ones and post them on here for everyone to have a look at.

Our next apprenticeship event is at our National Conference at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester on 13 November. We hope to see you there, but in the meantime, here’s some pics from last week’s events.

HABC’s apprenticeship challenge for England’s employers and educators

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England’s employers and educators are being challenged to get involved in apprenticeships this March as part of a national campaign to raise awareness of work-based learning.

Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC) will be showing employers and educators across the country how great businesses are made by apprentices at five free events around England as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2014 (3 March to 7 March).

The events and locations are:

  • London – 3 March
  • Dudley – 4 March
  • Doncaster – 5 March
  • Manchester – 6 March
  • Newcastle – 7 March

And the awarding organisation – which is one of the UK’s top ten educational bodies – will be demonstrating how apprenticeships can help businesses reduce recruitment costs, retain staff and improve performance whilst showing a commitment to the local community and young people.

Jason Sprenger, HABC Chief Executive, said, ‘We’ll be challenging employers and educators across England to get involved in apprenticeships, and inviting them along to find out more. We’ll show how by putting apprenticeships and learners at the centre of everything you do, you can improve the bottom line of your business whilst giving young people genuine career opportunities.

Apprenticeships give young people the chance to learn a trade whilst earning money and working towards a recognised qualification. They also give employers the chance to mould and develop the future workforce in a way that meets the needs of their business.’

Sue Renny, Apprenticeship Programme Manager at AS Watson UK – parent company of Superdrug and Savers – said, ‘We have been delivering apprenticeships for more than six years now. The focus for us is our 16-18 school leaver programme, where we offer young people an opportunity to take the first step into the world of work whilst working towards a nationally recognised qualification, in this case a retail skills level 2 apprenticeship.

Our success rates have been fantastic and we have been able to offer almost 75% of our apprentices a permanent role on completion of their qualification – more than 30% of these being offered supervisory roles.’

To book a place at the event, call HABC on 0845 226 0350, email or click here .

More information on National Apprenticeship Week is available here .

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