Headline news and latest reflections This week’s highlights included a further 26 new HAs in Data Analytics, which continues to be a very substantial growth area, and nine DAs in Town Planning. Six of the latter were with Arcadis in Bristol, two were with Nexus Planning (one in Reading and one in London) and one … Continue reading 62 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England remain solid

Headline news and latest reflections It’s been another positive week, with a good spread of new vacancies both occupationally and regionally. The most prolific occupations were Project Management with 28 new vacancies (2 DAs and 26 HAs) and Quantity Surveying with 27 (25 DAs and 2 HAs). The most prominent locations were Watford (16), Norwich … Continue reading 61 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England still doing well

Headline news and latest reflections The upward trend that started last summer maintained its momentum yet again this week, with HAs doing especially well. Highlights included HAs for Cyber/Network Engineers and Ammunition Technicians with the British Army, the latter leading to the option of training as a Bomb Disposal Operator, and 30 vacancies for Policy … Continue reading 60 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England remain quite strong

Headline news and latest reflections Once again there has been plenty of activity in the past week, especially in London and the East of England, East Midlands and South West. I recorded 172 new vacancies across 38 different occupational areas and prominent employers included HM Treasury (15 Policy Officer HAs), Salesforce.com (15 Digital Technology Solutions … Continue reading 59 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England doing nicely

One of the positives to emerge from the pandemic has been the plethora of new initiatives being taken by universities and other organisations to provide insights into careers, universities and courses. Virtual open days, webinars, online content and lectures, MOOCS, virtual work experience and online summer schools are not only helping to compensate for the … Continue reading More upcoming webinars from Aberystwyth University

Headline news and latest reflections Once again it was a good week for new DA and HA vacancies, albeit with a little bit of extra help from the NHS jobs website. Recently I’ve noticed that health-related apprenticeships are starting to gain in prominence, but I do also stick to my rigid principle of only including … Continue reading 58 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England still doing well

Headline news and latest reflections This week I recorded 148 new DA and HA vacancies, which exactly matches the average figure for the whole 57-week period since lockdown first started in March 2020. On this occasion 73% of the new vacancies were HAs. However, across all 57 weeks the ratio has been 56:44 in favour … Continue reading 57 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England remain steady

Headline news and latest reflections This week saw a steady flow of new vacancies, boosted by an increased number of Adult Nursing DAs with Spire Healthcare. It’s clear from their job spec that, whilst the Nursing vacancies are not directly targeted at school or college leavers, a work-ready 18/19-year-old would certainly not be discouraged from … Continue reading 56 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England still doing well

Headline news and latest reflections I predicted at the end of last week’s blog that the immediate post-Easter period was likely to be relatively quiet. However, given that it was a four-day week too, the actual outcome was only slightly below par with 97 new vacancies recorded. Once again it was also good to see … Continue reading 55 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England remain steady

Headline news and latest reflections I was going to take the whole Easter weekend off, but Week 54 was so eventful that I couldn't sit back and not record it. The headlines are: 200+ Adult Nursing DAs with Spire Healthcare across 35 hospitals in England20 Creative Digital Design DAs at IBM’s Services Centre in Leicester15 … Continue reading 54 weeks after the start of lockdown: Higher & Degree Apprenticeship vacancies in England soar again