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Apprenticeships to become 'the new norm'

Lindsay Plumpton

By: Lindsay Plumpton

Communications Leader

Monday 11 March 2013

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Marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week, David Cameron has committed to making apprenticeships the ‘new norm’ for young people who don’t want to go to university. The Prime Minister has said that he wants work-based training to sit "at the heart of our mission to rebuild the economy" and be seen as a first class career move.

At a visit to a training academy in Buckinghamshire, he called upon employers, educators and MPs to expand apprenticeship roles for young people in order to give school-leavers the chance to learn a trade and build their careers.

Forecasts suggest apprentices could add up to £3.4bn a year in economic gains; and Mr Cameron is confident that apprenticeships could be the key to "a truly world-class, highly skilled workforce that can compete and thrive in the fierce global race we are in."

What do you think? How can we make this vision work in a practical way?

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