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NTU supports National Apprenticeship Week with series of events for local employers

National Apprenticeship Week takes place from 7-13 February, and NTU is hosting a number of events designed to support local employers and potential apprentices.

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    National Apprenticeship Week 2022

    Events include a return of the Nottingham Apprenticeship Conference taking place at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground for businesses interested in employing an apprentice.

    The Conference is being run in conjunction with Nottingham College and Nottingham Jobs and will bring together businesses from across all sectors and industries.

    Attendees will receive practical advice and guidance on how to access the tangible benefits apprenticeships can bring to business, as well as information on funding and the apprenticeships on offer in the local area.

    Will Morlidge, Interim Chief Executive of the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership will give a keynote speech on key aims, aspirations and challenges for the region and how Apprenticeships can help to build the future. This will be followed by industry specific roundtable discussions with employers, apprenticeship providers and apprentices.

    Other events taking place during the week include a ‘match-making event’ for employers with apprenticeship vacancies and for those looking to study an apprenticeship. Confirmed employers include Experian, E.ON and Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.

    Ashfield District Council is also holding an Apprenticeship Jobs Fair supporting local employers which will be attended by members of the NTU Apprenticeships team.

    Finally, Friday 11 February also sees the reveal of the shortlist of the 2022 NTU Apprenticeship Awards for this year, which celebrate the hard work, success and achievements of our apprentices and their employers.

    More information on all the events and the Awards can be found here.

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      About Nottingham Trent University

      Nottingham Trent University (NTU) received the Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2021 for cultural heritage science research. It is the second time that NTU has been bestowed the honour of receiving a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its research, the first being in 2015 for leading-edge research on the safety and security of global citizens.

      NTU was awarded Outstanding Support for Students 2020 (Times Higher Education Awards). It was the University of the Year 2019 (Guardian University Awards, UK Social Mobility Awards), Modern University of the Year 2018 (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide) and University of the Year 2017 (Times Higher Education Awards).

      NTU is one of the UK’s largest universities, with over 33,000 students and more than 4,000 staff located across five campuses. It has an international student population of 4,000 and an NTU community representing around 160 countries.

      In the past 15 years, NTU has invested £450 million in tools, technology and facilities.

      NTU is in the UK’s top 10 for number of applications and ranked first for accepted offers (2019 UCAS UG acceptance data) It is also among the UK’s top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

      75% of NTU students go on to graduate-level employment or graduate-entry education / training within fifteen months of graduating (Guardian University Guide 2021).

      NTU is 4th globally (and 3rd in the UK) for sustainability in the 2021 UI Green Metric University World Rankings (out of more than 900 participating universities).

    Published on 1 February 2022
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