Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with MinsterFM

York College recognises the essential role that Apprenticeships play in today's business world, ensuring that the workforce has the necessary skills to remain competitive, even in difficult economic circumstances.

In support of National Apprenticeship Week, York College invited MinsterFM DJs James Watt, David Green and Chris Marsden to sample apprentice life. They each spent a week at work developing skills in a new trade.

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As part of York College’s commitment to the dementia care agenda, we are proud to announce Dementia Awareness Month - February 2012.

During Dementia Awareness Month, the College's Business Development Team is supporting the dementia agenda in a number of ways by holding free dementia information sessions for the general public. The sessions are aimed at those with no formal training and who may have family of friends who are affected by dementia.
York College is also launching another exciting addition to its training portfolio; an online NCFE L2 Award in Awareness of Dementia. This engaging and user friendly course allows learners to study with flexibility, in a cost effective way. The dementia training courses for work force development can be delivered in three different ways; face to face, distance and online learning. The College hopes the training options will suit your business needs. Feel free to contact York College and be one of the first to explore how this new training could provide solutions to your needs.
To view a demo of this programme, click here

Learners will be able to apply for a Further Education Loan from March 2013

This announcement  was published in December 2011 by the BIS (Department for Business Innovation and Skills). It gives details of the planned funding scheme and states: “The FE Loans system will be launched in March 2013, at which point learners can apply for an FE Loan in advance of courses starting in the 2013/14 academic year.”
Any student who is studying a course at level 3 or higher and over the age of 24 will be eligible for up to £4,000 worth of funding.
Learners would only have to start repayments on an FE loan upon completion of their course and when they are earning over £21,000 per annum.

The Government encourages employers to take on Apprentices

Small Employer Incentive
On 16th November 2011, the government announced a new incentive to encourage thousands of small firms that don’t currently employ apprentices to take on a young apprentice aged 16 to 24. This will support up to 40,000 new Apprenticeships.
The incentive is for employers with up to 50 (and in some cases up to 250) employees and comprises a payment of £1,500 payable in two stages. It will be available to small firms in all industries and for Apprenticeships at all levels from April 2012.
Details of how the new incentive will be administered and when employers will be able to express formal interest in it are currently being developed and will be announced as soon as possible. Updates on this development will appear on the Governments Apprenticeship Service Website www.apprenticeships.org.uk
The incentive is part of a wider £1 billion package of support to encourage small businesses to employ young people.

Employer subsidy to employ a jobless young person
From April 2012, an incentive of £2,275 will be available for small employers who employ a jobless 18-24 year old for a period of 6 months. The subsidy will support work and training placements.
Government aims to subsidise work placements and training for up to 160,000 young jobless over a 3 year period.
Details of this subsidy are currently being developed and updates will appear in due course .