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Universities and Businesses Must Work Together to Continue to Build Job Market
Office for National Statistics (ONS) statistics recently released show that vacancies are declining slowly, and have remained at a high level compared to previous years. The unemployment rate is higher than the same period last …
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The Importance of Nurturing and Growing Homegrown Talent
This week (5 – 12th February) marks National Apprenticeship Week, a campaign backed by the UK’s Department for Education which highlights the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. This …
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Supporting Students into the Right Career
A top Welsh comprehensive school has shared the importance of helping young people find the right career path for them. With so many options available to school leavers, making a decision can feel overwhelming. Y …
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“It’ll be the Best Three Years of Your Llife” – Coleg Gwent Celebrates National Apprenticeship Week
This National Apprenticeship Week (05 – 11 February), Coleg Gwent is shining a spotlight on two of its 602 apprenticeship learners — showcasing support for an alternative route to higher education across its Blaenau Gwent …
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Apprentices Strike Gold to Win New Green Chef Challenge Contest
A team of two young Mid Wales apprentices has won a new competition launched by the Culinary Association of Wales to find the best green chef. Commis chefs Gabbi Wilson and Rosie Koffer, workmates at …
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First Railway Engineering Degree Apprentices on the Right Track
The first cohort of students to take on a degree apprenticeship in railway engineering have begun their training. Two of the major businesses involved in supporting the study pathway have also explained why they are …
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The Importance of Apprenticeships in Modern Education
Dr Francis Cowe, Director FE Partnerships and Degree Apprenticeships at the University of South Wales (USW), looks at the importance of apprenticeships in modern education. What is National Apprenticeship Week? Running from Monday 5 February …
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New Teaching Apprenticeship Set to Transform Pathway to Classroom
A new teaching apprenticeship will launch this autumn revolutionising the way schools recruit teachers while supporting more people to earn while they study for a degree. The teacher degree apprenticeship will offer a high-quality, alternative …
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BT Group to Recruit More Than 60 Apprentices in Cardiff and Merthyr
BT Group has today announced plans to recruit more than 60 apprentices in Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil for its September 2024 intake. The new recruits will work in EE, part of BT Group, as apprentice …
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Plans for Proposed New Academic Building at USW’s Treforest Campus Progress
Plans for a proposed new building on the University of South Wales’s (USW) Treforest Campus in Pontypridd have taken a big step forward with the appointment of the construction company BAM. They will help to …
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Fully-funded Support for Employers in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Anglesey
Darogan Talent, Wales’ Graduate Hub, announces it has secured funding through the ARFOR Challenge fund to deliver a package of support for employers in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Anglesey to help them connect with student …
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MP Visits Pioneering Training Facility Promising Jobs and Careers Reinvention
In amongst the news of redundancies coming from Tata’s Port Talbot plant, hope springs eternal with the launch of an innovative and exciting training facility that promises the prospect of work and new career pathways. …
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UWTSD’s Apprenticeships Judged Good by Ofsted
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s apprenticeship provision has been judged ‘Good’ in a recent inspection by Ofsted. The review was of provision funded via the UK Government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) …
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New Growth for International Language Learning in Welsh Schools
Primary schools in Wales are off to a good start in embedding International Languages in their classrooms according to new British Council research. The research was carried out by Dr Ian Collen, Dr Jayne Duff …
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Nominations For Welsh Teaching Awards Now Open
Nominations are now open for this year’s teaching awards, celebrating the outstanding work of educators across Wales and for the first time is open to the college workforce as well as schools. As our learners …
