New Census data shared by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed apprenticeships were the highest qualification for 5.3% of people (2.6 million) across England and 5.6% of people (143,000) across Wales. Co-founder of RateMyApprenticeship, Oliver Sidwell said “Over the last decade, perceptions of apprenticeships have been transformed. The antiquated belief that apprenticeships were either for tradespeople or people going into manufacturing have been blown out of the water by forward-thinking companies revamping their early careers programmes and the feedback from apprentices backs this up too. Employers are upskilling people in regional offices through more structured frameworks and training programmes and it’s been a remarkable turnaround in perceptions since the last Census in 2011.” Click here for more.
