Latest reflections on the situation in England  This was an eventful week for new September 2024 DA and HA opportunities with KPMG, Sellafield, Atkins, Defence Equipment & Support, Babcock International, Sky and Stantec amongst the latest employers to post multiple vacancies. Some of these were spread across a range of locations, while Sellafield’s were mainly … Continue reading Week 202: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – a busy week for new vacancies

Background Especially for the last day of Green Careers Week #GCW2023, here’s a summary of who has offered Environmental Practitioner degree apprenticeships from 1st January 2020 right up to today. The data covers every degree apprenticeship vacancy I’ve recorded during this period, with my main criterion being that they need to be appropriate for an … Continue reading Environmental Practitioner degree apprenticeships: who, what and where?

Latest reflections on the situation in England  For the first three days this week things were buoyant, with a substantial range of new 2024 DA and HA vacancies opening up across the country from Barrow in Cumbria to Whitstable in Kent. However, Thursday was slower and then on Friday it all went deathly quiet, with … Continue reading Week 201: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – a great week, except for Friday

Latest reflections on the situation in England  Reaching Week 200, and reflecting on how the post-18 landscape has evolved, took my mind back to the early 1990s when I’d just taken on the role of resident careers adviser at a sixth form college in the south of England. We didn't have the internet, university tuition … Continue reading Week 200: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – reflections on a challenging landscape

Latest reflections on the situation in England It’s been a landmark week in which my cumulative vacancy listings reached 50,000. My numbers will always be substantially lower than any official data that’s based on apprenticeship starts, because I only record vacancies that are publicly advertised and suitable for a capable and well-prepared 18/19-year old to … Continue reading Week 199: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – 50,000 vacancies analysed   

Latest reflections on the situation in England Most of this week was rather quiet, but then it sprang to life on Thursday and Friday thanks mainly to J.P.Morgan, Mott MacDonald and Dentons solicitors. JPM posted a further 40 DAs for September 2024, with the latest batch of vacancies located at their Canary Wharf offices in … Continue reading Week 198: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – a slow but eventful week   

Latest reflections on the situation in England For anyone visiting this page direct from the latest CDI newsletter, thanks for doing so and please note that I currently publish weekly updates every Sunday night. The latest was Week 200, while Week 201 is already looking quite prolific (with at least 350 more vacancies to be … Continue reading Week 197: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – significant developments

Latest reflections on the situation in England The 2024 application cycle gained further momentum this week, as more of the regular annual recruiters opened their application windows across a variety of occupations and a wide range of locations. Amongst the latest to do so were QinetiQ, Mace, Mazars, BDO, Deloitte, AWE, MBDA and Mercedes AMG … Continue reading Week 196: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – it’s all kicking off now 

Latest reflections on the situation in England This was another of those curate’s egg kind of weeks. It was a steady week for HAs, with the total of new HA vacancies coming very close to the weekly average and a quarter of them on this occasion being for Nursing Associates. However, DAs were quiet and … Continue reading Week 195: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – latest data 

Latest reflections on the situation in England This week was extremely quiet throughout the whole of the UK, except in Dorset. The total number of new vacancies I recorded across all four home nations was a fairly low 131, of which 130 were in England and just one was in North Wales. However, the fact … Continue reading Week 194: Degree & Higher Apprenticeships overview – Dorset leads the way