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Our apprentices should be able to join the dots, The Observer

Our apprentices should be able to join the dots, The Observer

24 February 2008

Reporting on the Government’s ‘world-class apprenticeships’ scheme, the Observer notes that the initiative is being driven by government policy rather than supply and demand. While employer and professional bodies such as the EEF and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) are broadly in favour of the initiative, they are hardly brimming with enthusiasm.

John McGurk, CIPD Learning Training and Development Adviser said: “Apprenticeships aren’t costless and require long-term commitment to set up and run. Rebranding other lower level initiatives under the apprenticeships banner to meet numbers would devalue the status and defeat the object.”