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National Apprenticeship Service
South
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January
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Apprenticeship Week 1st
5th February Guidance on
references to age in adverts Celebrating
Success 2010 Apprenticeship
Awards Apprenticeship vacancies the
stats Advertising vacancies a
hairdressers guide We hope you find this bulletin useful. If
there is anything you would like to see included in the next edition
please contact Ellie
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Apprenticeship Week 1st
5th February |
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Apprenticeship Week kicks off on Monday and there
is a fantastic array of activities occurring across the region. We start
the week off with a bang with Business Breakfasts, and a retail campaign
targeting independent retailers in the fashionable Lanes in Providers across the region have also organised
their own activities to support this years celebrations of all things
Apprenticeships, but there are still a number of ways that you can get
involved: Business in the fast
lane
Car stickers have been distributed to each of
the Provider
Networks, and anyone who is anyone will be sporting one of our catchy
slogans in their rear window. There are 4 to choose from: Good for
Business, Get ahead, Move forward and Business in the fast lane, so pick
yours up now, the NAS team will be looking out for them on their
travels! Read all about it! The PRovider battle is on. The Column Centimetres
Competition is in full swing and one lucky organisation will win £1000 to
support their Apprenticeship programmes. All you have to do is rack up as
many centimetres of press coverage as possible, fill out the entry form
available from the link below, send us your cuttings and sit back and hope
that all your savvy PR work pays off. This competition is running until
the 26th February, so start pushing those success stories to
your local press contacts now! More information is available here, or
alternatively, contact Laura
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Age 16 17 Grant for
Employers |
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Guidance on the Age 16-17 grant has been sent
round to providers, and many of you have been quick to take advantage of
this incentive for your employers. It is crucial that providers contact Malcolm
Wright in the first instance when they
have an employer who wishes to take up the grant, so that we can ensure
they are eligible and funds are still
available. The Apprenticeship vacancies team have seen a huge
increase in the number of employers and vacancies being added to the
system since the launch of the grant, however providers must receive confirmation from NAS before they make any
agreement with the employer, and before any vacancies can be
advertised. Once you have received confirmation, please send
the details of the employers you need to link to your profiles to your
vacancy coordinator, along with the authorisation codes. When advertising
the vacancy, please ensure the vacancy title starts and finished with an
asterix; for example *Exciting opportunity as a Business Admin Apprentice*. This
allows us to filter which vacancies are part of the grant, so we can
promote these to 16 and 17 year old candidates on the system, and to
Connexions. Guidance for providers and employers can be found
on the Apprenticeships website: Employers: http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Employers/AGE16and17.aspx
Providers: http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Partners/AGE-16and17.aspx
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We have received confirmation that providers are
able to include the statement below in their vacancies: You can state in an advert that you welcome
applications from applicants aged (a) 16 to 18 (b) 16 to 24 years old, but
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The South East Learning and
Skills Awards are now open for nominations, and you, your employers and
Apprentices could be our next winners. These prestigious awards
celebrate excellence in Apprenticeships and other vocational training
across the South East and across This year the celebrations will
take place on Thursday 20th
May 2010 at Savill Court
Hotel,
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Apprenticeship
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Advertising
Vacancies A hairdressers guide |
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Calling all
Hairdressers! On 11th February we have put together a
training session to support you with using Apprenticeship Vacancies
online. This will be an opportunity to troubleshoot any
concerns or barriers you have to using the vacancies online system. We will
be sending invitations out soon. Please email Alison
Williams to express your
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Training |
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If you require training, please contact your
Apprenticeship vacancies
Coordinator and they will be happy to arrange one to
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Amanda
Sayers, Learner
Services Manager, Apprenticeship Vacancies Online - 0118 908
2210
Ellie
Ulrich 0118
908 2183 (West -
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