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Research shows apprenticeships give real benefits to employers - and quickly add value

22nd September 2021

New research by The St Martin’s Group demonstrates the fact that apprentices on average not only give real benefits to employers but do so quickly. Furthermore, apprenticeship holders also outperform the wider labour market on several indicators.

Even though there is an associated cost to employing an apprentice over and above their salary (i.e. delivery of the apprenticeship, line manager’s time etc), this important research shows that apprentices’ output surpasses their associated costs and therefore deliver a net benefit to their employers. 98% of employers also experienced additional benefits to their businesses from employing apprentices.

You can read the full report here.

 

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Jan Richardson-Wilde

CEO, Occupational Awards Limited

Jan is the CEO of Occupational Awards Limited, a Director of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink and an FE College Governor. She has over 35 years’ experience in the education sector in strategic and operational management of training programmes with colleges, private training providers, local authorities the voluntary sector and not for profit organisations. Jan has previously been a board member of the Learning and Skills Council, chair of the North Yorkshire Training Provider network and Vice-Chair of Yorkshire Coast College and a Governor of the Grimsby Institute for Further and Higher Education. She has extensive experience of education policy, apprenticeships, qualification, and curriculum development as well as business improvement.

Jan joined OAL in 2019, a leading non-profit industry-focused Awarding and End-Point Assessment Organisation, supporting a wide range of employers and of key stakeholders to succeed and surpass expectations. Jan is committed to continuous improvement and enthusiastic about improving the effectiveness, impact and quality of apprenticeships, education, and training in the UK and internationally. She has a wide range of experience of working in a collaborative context with employers and training providers to develop End Point Assessment, apprenticeships, and a wide range of vocational programmes.

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