The good side of Apprenticeships

 Apprenticeships have come under much criticism. I have talked about apprenticeships in previous posts before please see post dated "Thusrday 8th March 2012". However there are also many of advantages of doing a well established apprenticeship with a good employer who can give an individual those much needed skills to help prepare them for the workforce. Please see the article below.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/aug/27/apprentices-vocational-education

This article is observing how other parts of Europe are actually untlising the apprenticeship for the greater good and training a greater workforce. Certain parts of Europe like Switzerland which I have mentioned in another post about work based learning dated "14th July 2011"  and is also mentioned in this article see how the apprenticeship is beneficial to people who need to build on their work skill set. Experience for young people is seen as an essential competent for the educational route in Switzerland.

There are always good and points to any scheme but apprenticeships when they work well give the individual something worthwhile to built their future around. It is interesting to see how not only the government but the media themselves are seeing the good side of apprenticeships.

Labour's plans for graduates and teaching.

The Labour party think that graduates should be encouraged to take on teaching please see article below as to why.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19820364

This follows on from my recent blog post about teaching dated 29th September 2012. Teaching as a career or a potential career could help boost and fill in some of the missing gaps from the UK's secondary school teaching sector.

Schemes like teach first which is mentioned in the above article build vital skills for graduates who lack work experience. Some the of skills taught in these schemes such as leadership management can be carried away to other types of careers and more senior positions. All in all if you are a graduate or 2nd or 3rd year university student this post may be worth looking at if especially if are considering teaching. Please let me know your thoughts.