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Published: 05/02/2024
This week (5-11 February) is the 17th National Apprenticeship Week (NAW), with a returning theme of ‘Skills for Life’. The annual celebration of apprenticeships is a great opportunity for employers and organisations to encourage more people to explore the benefits of apprenticeships and showcase rewarding careers. …
Published: 25/10/2023
Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, with support from charity EngineeringUK, have launched a five-point plan for growing and sustaining engineering and technology apprenticeships for young people. …
Published: 16/10/2023
Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, with support from charity EngineeringUK, have launched a five-point plan for growing and sustaining engineering and technology apprenticeships for young people. …
Published: 03/02/2023
This week, 6-12 February, is National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) and the theme for 2023 is ‘Skills for Life’. Run by the Department for Education (DfE), it is a great opportunity for employers and organisations to highlight the opportunities available. Many professionally registered engineers have started their career as apprentices and many more are involved in apprenticeships as trainers or mentors. Approved or accredited engineering apprenticeships are listed on the Engineering Council’s Cou …
Published: 23/01/2023
Professionally registered engineers and technicians are among those best placed to encourage a new generation of people into engineering. They are inspiring students and young people at all levels – by teaching and assessing in schools and colleges, through to university research and supervision. …
Published: 11/01/2023
Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, with support from charity EngineeringUK, are today launching an inquiry to uncover the reasons behind the worrying decline in engineering, manufacturing and technology apprenticeships starts seen over recent years in the UK. …
Published: 07/11/2022
Guidance is available to support the Approval and Accreditation of Qualifications and Apprenticeships (AAQA). This is a new Engineering Council Standard (introduced in 2020) against which apprenticeships, including Degree Apprenticeships and Graduate Apprenticeships, and non-degree qualifications can be recognised. …
Published: 25/10/2022
Engineering charity Foothold has launched a new programme of support with funding from Neptune Energy, designed to help empower neurodiverse engineers, students and apprentices to achieve their full potential and thrive in both their professional and personal lives. …
Published: 19/10/2022
The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Louis Kimber EngTech LCIBSE, a Mechanical Engineering Technician at Atkins, who has won this year's CIBSE Apprentice of the Year Degree (Levels 5 – 7). The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Young Engineers Awards (YEAs) 2022 recognise future industry change makers, as they address the big questions around the role of engineering in delivering a safe, healthy, and sustainable built environment for all. …
Published: 10/10/2022
T levels have potential to deliver much needed homegrown technical talent if challenges faced by employers are addressed by government, according to a new report from Make UK and EngineeringUK, 'Unlocking talent: ensuring T Levels deliver the workforce of the future'. …
Published: 04/02/2022
The fifteenth National Apprenticeships Week took place from 7-13 February in England. This government initiative celebrates apprenticeships, showcasing the work done by apprentices of all ages and the range of apprenticeships available. Apprenticeships combine on-the-job experience with academic study, allowing apprentices to earn a wage and work towards a qualification simultaneously. …