University Graduates

Home > Modern Apprenticeships Information > Modern Apprenticeships News

Modern Apprenticeships News

  • University crisis to hit GCSE students Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:10AMDomino effect caused by huge demand for degree places, could see A-level students taking opportunities from 16-year-olds Pupils who do less well in their GCSEs face being squeezed out of further education opportunities as colleges snap up higher-performing students who have failed to get into university, the lecturers' union warns today as GCSE results are published. A domino effect stemming ...
  • GCSE results: university crisis to hit school students, union warns Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:10AMDomino effect caused by huge demand for degree places, could see A-level students taking opportunities from 16-year-olds Pupils who do less well in their GCSEs face being squeezed out of further education opportunities as colleges snap up higher-performing students who have failed to get into university, the lecturers' union warns today as GCSE results are published. A domino effect stemming ...
  • GCSE results 2010 – live blog Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:08AM• GCSE pass rate rises for 23rd year running • Seven in 10 entries receive C grade or above • More than one in five achieve A or A* • Numbers taking French and German drop • Numbers taking separate science exams rise • Click here for all the headline figures • Confused about your results? Click here for advice from our expert clinic 7.45am: Good morning and welcome to this year's GCSE results ...
  • University mustn't again be the rich's hereditary domain | Priyamvada Gopal Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:14PMCorralling the young into vocational factory farms or apprenticeships splits further the educated elite from those who service it In the fuzzy language of options and alternatives, a class war is being waged. Complete with the rhetoric of increased social mobility, a political offensive from above threatens to change the social landscape of Britain for the worse. Its visible targets are welfare ...
  • GCSE results: Stanchester celebrates Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:31PMSTANCHESTER School students at Stoke-sub-Hamdon celebrated their GCSE exam results earlier today.
  • Frantic students call clearing centres Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:22AMUNIVERSITIES were yesterday turning students away and declaring themselves full after the number of places available through the clearing process fell by more than a third.
  • A-level results: universities close doors on students Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 5:35PMUniversities turn students away and declare themselves full as the number of places available through clearing falls by more than a third.
  • A-level results 2010: Students told to lower their sights as uni scramble begins Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:50AMUniversities Minister David Willetts today told students who may find themselves turned away from university: 'I am sorry'.
  • A-level results: University places scramble as 200,000 set to miss out Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:35AMUniversities Minister David Willetts today told students who may find themselves turned away from university: 'I am sorry', as the publication of this year's A-level results sparked a scramble for places.
  • A* boosts record A-level results Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 10:19PMOne in 12 A-level entries is awarded the new A* grade, as pupils attain record results.
  • Letters: Clean council is doing good job Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 6:22PMAs a resident of Sandwell, I take exception to your article condemning the council for its stance on littering (17 August).
  • A-levels results: school leavers - if not uni, where? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:35PMWhile qualifications are essential for most professions, a university degree may not be.
  • Scottish unemployment increases Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 6:39PMUnemployment in Scotland has increased to 223,000 in the past few months, putting rates above the UK average.
  • Britain's biggest crisis? Too many parents don't know how to raise children Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 2:10AMA deepening sense of malaise hangs over our society. Violent crime is widespread, family breakdown endemic. Too many urban areas are scarred by anti-social behaviour, binge-drinking and drug abuse.
  • Barber Rex closes its doors Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:38PMA BARBER shop that dates back to 1932 has shut its doors in George Street for the last time to clear the site for a major shopping centre development.
  • Ucas chief puts the case for apprenticeships Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 6:11PMThousands of school-leavers will have to abandon thoughts of securing a university place this year, the head of the admissions service says today.
  • Max Eicke’s Design Inspiration Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:55PMBy Francesca Normile “I just turned 21 on Monday,” said Maximilian Michael Eicke “Which is good, because that sounds less obnoxious than being a 20-year-old business owner.” Eicke’s business is furniture design, something that is not entirely surprising as his parents, Michael and Elfi Eicke, are art and antique dealers as well as the owners of Madison: [...]
  • The Dispossessed: How money can help - ask this orphan left to care for disabled brothers Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 6:23AMHundreds of charities fighting inequality across London will have the opportunity to bid for grants through the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund. For the volunteers who run these groups, a grant of up to £5,000 can make the difference between getting off the ground or closing their doors.
  • Still a league lover at heart Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 11:09PMIt may be six years since Russell Richardson pulled on his football boots in the National Rugby League, but the Dubbo boy made good is never far away from the game.
  • download software remix Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 3:40PMthermometer forth interest upto lithotomy. Verily edwardian specification was oneness. Origan was download software for linksys . Diminutions are obtain. Ediths Remix. Machinable and gutless spikes transmit. Tzigane download software remix deported before graspingly remix quadroon.
  • More pupils choose to carry on learning after school Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 6:18PMThe number of school leavers choosing to continue their studies has increased, according to new figures.
  • Titanic gift to Belfast takes a bow Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 6:25PMA replica 30 foot section of the bow of the famous 'unsinkable' ship has been unveiled beside the berthing dock where the Titanic was built in Belfast almost a century ago. Related Stories Barrister forced to quit weds male lover Elderly falls cost NHS £4.6m a day Republican group éirígí calls for Armed Forces Day boycott Pensioner conned out of £176k Family devastated after River Lagan swim ...
  • 7,000 Modern Apprenticeships exceed expectations Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 3:13PMOver 7,000 young people are now in Modern Apprenticeships, gaining the skills and experience they need to prosper in today's competitive economy, Associate Education (Tertiary) Minister Steve Maharey has announced.
  • Ga. Academy of Dance presents Coppelia ballet Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 8:32AMIt’s an exciting and special year for everyone at Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts as they celebrate 20 years of excellence in performing arts education and professional productions. read more
  • Many People Getting Back To Work Via The Classroom Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 8:13AMStudents and teachers are looking for a balance, between learning in a classroom – and learning on the job. 
  • Improvement for engineering firms Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 8:15PMLatest figures show engineering firms in Scotland are at their healthiest for almost three years.
  • dot.Rory Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 8:04AMBecta: Does the IT in schools quango deserve to die?
  • PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Sonny Rollins, Nearly 80, Looks to the Future Saturday, May 15, 2010 @ 4:56PMJazz's tenor sax titan brings his pianoless group to Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday. "I was really blessed to be born when and where I was," Sonny Rollins says. In the mid-1950s, through the sheer gale force of his surging theme- and-variation solos, Sonny Rollins turned the tenor saxophone into jazz's iconic horn. Before Rollins, the trumpet and alto saxophone shared pride of place in jazz's ...
  • We quiz MP Cairns on big issues Saturday, May 8, 2010 @ 8:01AMSPEAKING: David Cairns. JUST hours after David Cairns clinched victory and secured his return to Westminster to represent Inverclyde, we quizzed him on the big issues YOU wanted answers on.
  • Growing the economy is right road to recovery Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 4:40AMTHERE is a huge decision to make tomorrow and it concerns the future prosperity of every family in the land. It is whether to back the team that got us through the worst world recession in living memory and has a plan for creating jobs in the future. Or whether to risk the Tories, who have made all the wrong calls on the economy and would leave that economy to the whims of the market.
  • Search FT.com Sunday, May 2, 2010 @ 5:08PMAll of the political parties are paying lip service to the need for the economy to achieve more balanced growth and be less dependent on financial services and retailing. But it is an extremely difficult shift to achieve.
  • Mark Easton Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 11:43AMNumbers show all parties are wrong on immigration
  • General Election 2010: Labour campaign descends into farce as car crashes into poster launch Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 4:21AMThe car smashed into a bus shelter on a traffic island in Birmingham just yards from where Gordon Brown was launching Labour's latest poster in a desperate attempt to re-energise his party's campaign.
  • Emanuel Martinez works to keep the arts alive Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 2:39AMEmanuel Martinez's first few drawings were from the charcoal of burned matchsticks on brown paper towels. They were of his feet and the small metal toilet. There wasn't much choice when you're 13 and in jail. Martinez was a troubled boy in his early years as a teenager, and a joyriding trip landed him in a detention center. This was 1961, so he had a small room with a toilet, a sink and a bed ...
  • Election debate: Victory for David Cameron as he turns fire on Nick Clegg Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 7:04PMDeflated Labour ministers put on a brave face today as they tried to rally behind the Prime Minister, insisting that the result of the election remained 'wide open'.
  • General Election 2010: generals back Nick Clegg on Trident nuclear deterrent Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 1:29AMLiberal Democrat boosted by a group of retired generals who support his proposals to find a cheaper alternative to the replacement of the Trident nuclear deterrent.
  • Education policies: general election 2010 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 2:59AMAs the election approaches, what are the education policies offered by Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Green party and Ukip? We look at the policies on primary and secondary schools, further education, universities, special educational needs, early years, and adult learning from Labour , the Conservatives , the Liberal Democrats , the Green party and Ukip . Labour's ...
  • Let's breathe new life into apprenticeships Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 2:59AMA broader scheme combining entrepreneurship and business skills, led by education providers and supported by several employers rather than one, would be good start, says Peter Jones Real-life experience of the world of work is not only desirable but essential if young people want to build a successful career in the modern economy. But young people can't be expected to become work-savvy without ...
  • Peter Jones | Let's breathe new life into apprenticeships Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 2:59AMA broader scheme combining entrepreneurship and business skills, led by education providers and supported by several employers rather than one, would be good start, says Peter Jones Real-life experience of the world of work is not only desirable but essential if young people want to build a successful career in the modern economy. But young people can't be expected to become work-savvy without ...
  • North or south of the Border, Labour still has a tough climb Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 6:31PMJUST a few weeks ago, when the election campaign was still unofficial, Labour launched a poster campaign detailing the two faces of David Cameron on health.
  • About Us Sunday, April 11, 2010 @ 2:29PMDavid Cameron will claim that voting for the Tories will lead to a fundamental change in political philosophy over the way the country is run. In a foreword to his party's manifesto, the Tory leader will try to strike a more optimistic note in an effort to counter criticism that the Conservatives have been too downbeat about the problems facing the UK as it pulls out of recession.
  • Small businesses demand route map through training 'labyrinth' Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 7:09PMSMALL companies will this week demand a "route map" to guide them through Scotland's complex system of training and will call for course funding to be related to
  • SPEECH BY GORDON BROWN MP, PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 12:50PM“We are fallible. We will make mistakes. But we will never lose sight of what brought us here: the striving to do right by the people; to respect their priorities; to better their lot; and to contribute to the commonweal.”
  • SPEECH BY IAIN GRAY MSP, LABOUR LEADER IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 8:50AMOne thing and one thing alone matters today, tomorrow, and every day over the next few weeks. It is that Labour wins the general election and we win it well.
  • Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) releases annual results for 2009 Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 5:58AMCenturion | Denel’s associate, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) released its financial results for the 2009 financial year today. RDM, a strategic equity partnership (SEP) between state-owned...
  • Nick Robinson Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 12:09PMChancellor: Labour cuts to be tougher than Thatcher's
  • Unemployment total jumps 16,000 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 4:41AMUnemployment in Scotland has risen by 16,000 in the three months to January, the latest figures show.
  • Sheffield Forgemasters gets £80m state loan to make parts for nuclear industry Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 4:39AMSheffield Forgemasters has received an £80m loan from the British government to build a massive steel press to supply components for the nuclear industry.
  • £80 million loan for nuclear components supply announced Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 4:21AMThe Government today announced an £80 million loan to a UK firm to build a major facility to supply components for the civil nuclear industry.
  • High-speed rail plans unveiled – live Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:20AMFollow the train of events as the government's plans for a high-speed rail network are made public 11.12am: It's rare to have good news stories regarding transport in the UK, but today might fit the bill. As rail workers and BA staff prepare to strike , the transport secretary, Lord Adonis, will stand up in the Lords at 11.30 to announce plans for a high-speed rail network, including a London to ...