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A real apprentice scheme
Geoff Riley
30th March 2009
Forget the hapless, hopeless bunch of shallow ‘apprentices’ on the BBC programme - a group of supposed high-flyers who cannot cost a van load of cleaning equipment. Here is a warmer story of the return of apprenticeship schemes at Doncaster College as the mining industry shows tentative signs of a stronger recovery in prices, production and jobs. Expanding the apprenticeship programme is a really important supply-side policy for the labour market.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.