{"id":241,"date":"2014-10-02T10:40:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T10:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2014-10-08T08:07:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T08:07:56","slug":"apprenticeships-pledge-labour-leader-ed-miliband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/apprenticeships-pledge-labour-leader-ed-miliband\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprenticeships Pledge from Labour leader, Ed Miliband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Two-Apprentices-Working.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-262\" src=\"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Two-Apprentices-Working.jpg\" alt=\"Two Apprentices Working\" width=\"219\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a>As part of Labour\u2019s Party conference in Manchester, leader Ed Miliband said that Apprenticeships would be one of his party\u2019s \u201cnational goals\u201d if they were in government.\u00a0 Mr Miliband stated that he would like to see the number of apprentices match the number of university goers by 2025 as part of a 10 year plan to transform the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Miliband stated that many young people he has spoken to argue that schools are not giving the necessary support to for them regarding their apprenticeship options and that previous governments had been \u201cuseless\u201d in making proper provision for alternatives to traditional further education.\u00a0 Currently apprenticeship trainee numbers are still far behind yearly uptake for universities.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this drive, Mr Miliband met a local apprentice, Elizabeth Shephard who is currently doing an electricians apprenticeship and was very impressed with the apprenticeship she was currently doing and was impressed that Elizabeth was \u201cbreaking through in what up to now has been a man\u2019s world\u201d.\u00a0 Women in apprenticeships are something that we actively encourage at ATG Training and we have our own success story of <a title=\"Case Study about Fay Chicken, ATG Apprentice who now works at CERN\" href=\"http:\/\/atgapprenticeships.com\/casestudies\/engineering\/cernfaychicken.php\" target=\"_blank\">Fay Chicken who now works at CERN in Geneva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201crevolution\u201d in apprenticeships would, Mr Miliband said require &#8230;\u201dschools to lead a dramatic change in education, providing new gold-standard technical qualifications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s going to need businesses and government to lead a revolution in apprenticeships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The response to this pledge has been met with guarded encouragement by The University and College Union (UCU), The British Chambers of Commerce and City &amp; Guilds whose managing director Kirstie Donnelly said the focus should be the quality of what is being offered.\u00a0 \u201cHowever what\u2019s important to focus on is the quality of apprenticeships, not just the quantity\u201d&#8230;\u201cWhat we need now are details from Labour about how these additional apprenticeships will be created and how they intend to ensure that quality remains high.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Labour\u2019s Party conference in Manchester, leader Ed Miliband said that Apprenticeships would be one of his party\u2019s \u201cnational goals\u201d if they were in government.\u00a0 Mr Miliband stated that he would like to see the number of apprentices match the number of university goers by 2025 as part of a 10 year plan to transform the UK. 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