National
What lies ahead for apprenticeships?
Posted: 30 April 2014
Small businesses will be put off the scheme if we don’t learn lessons from the first cohort of trailblazer apprenticeship. The reforms have the potential to improve apprenticeship design and delivery, but how much have the long-term practicalities been considered? Who will update the standards created by employer-led trailblazer apprenticeships once they become out of date? This will happen very quickly in fast-changing industries.