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Apprenticeships

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Delayed apprenticeships could prolong housing crisis

Some four-year apprenticeships are ‘at risk of taking six years to complete’ due to backlog at Solas training centres
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 23, 2022

Apprentice applications ‘significantly behind’ numbers needed for housing

Numbers entering key trades are not sufficient to carry out Housing for All plan, says TD, who accuses government of having ‘a laissez-faire attitude’
  • Killian Woods
  • March 27, 2022

State supports on way for non-traditional apprentices

Employer complaints have spurred the government to expand off-the-job training wages to apprentices in fields such as auctioneering, accounting and insurance
  • Michael Brennan
  • September 26, 2021

Harris: ‘Encourage children to build a career in construction’

With demand for 27,000 more construction workers to build houses, parents should steer their children towards the building trades, the Minister for Further and Higher Education has said
  • Michael Brennan
  • September 12, 2021

HSE to recruit healthcare apprentices as part of new strategy

Move comes as part of broader shake-up of apprenticeship system amid concerns of too much focus on university courses
  • Aiden Corkery
  • April 18, 2021

Harris to push public sector to take on more apprentices

The Minister for Higher Education is set to impose new targets to boost apprentice numbers in state departments, councils and government bodies
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 7, 2021

How apprenticeship programmes are empowering women

Once thought of as the preserve of the manual trades, apprenticeships are boosting the earning power of women as well as men in sectors from cybersecurity to equine
  • Arlene Harris
  • February 14, 2021

Apprenticeships that aren’t just for men

With a 114 per cent increase in females in apprenticeship in the last two years, women are increasingly prominent in the 21st Century Apprenticeship story
  • Arlene Harris
  • February 14, 2021

On the road to logistics know-how

The Logistics Associate Apprenticeship, led by industry experts, is aimed at addressing the skills gap in the freight distribution and logistics sector
  • Arlene Harris
  • February 14, 2021

Helping professionals to fine tune their expertise

The University of Limerick is pioneering higher-level apprenticeships, designed for working professionals, including a first-in-world Level 10
  • Arlene Harris
  • February 14, 2021

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