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Londoners Fail To Take Up Apprenticeship Programmes (12 December 2011)

Date: 12/12/2011
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Londoners Fail To Take Up Apprenticeship Programmes

The take-up of apprenticeship placements is experiencing a North-South divide, according to a recent study. The study, conducted by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), revealed that 70 per cent of all apprenticeships went to youngsters based in the North of England, with Londoners failing to take up training programmes. Less than one per cent of youngsters located in Kensington and Chelsea enrolled on an apprenticeship programme, compared with the 15 per cent of youngsters in Yorkshire’s East Riding.

Jane Scott Paul, the AAT’s chief executive, claimed that whilst it was unsurprising that the level of apprenticeship take-up is of greater prevalence in the North, the difference between the two might cause alarm. Ms. Paul claimed that in London some boroughs experience deprivation and that the research findings may indicate that youngsters fail to be equally aware of apprenticeship opportunities available. One in five people aged between 16 and 24 years are currently out of employment, education or training in the UK.

A spokesperson for the Business Department claimed that they were enhancing standards and increasing the level of funding provided to produce a greater number of high-level training opportunities in a range of industries, including healthcare, advanced manufacturing, fashion design and information technology. He added that this included a greater level of support for youngsters who required help to gain basic skills as well as financial incentives to aid small community-based companies to take on new apprentices.

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