Construction Opinion: It’s time to end the exploitation of apprentices in Ireland Apprenticeships are now starting at an older age, and people simply cannot afford to live below minimum wages, Labour Senator Marie Sherlock writes
education 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
Apprentice applications ‘significantly behind’ numbers needed for housingNumbers entering key trades are not sufficient to carry out Housing for All plan, says TD, who accuses government of having ‘a laissez-faire attitude’
State supports on way for non-traditional apprenticesEmployer complaints have spurred the government to expand off-the-job training wages to apprentices in fields such as auctioneering, accounting and insurance
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
HSE to recruit healthcare apprentices as part of new strategyMove comes as part of broader shake-up of apprenticeship system amid concerns of too much focus on university courses
Harris to push public sector to take on more apprenticesThe Minister for Higher Education is set to impose new targets to boost apprentice numbers in state departments, councils and government bodies
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
Apprenticeships that aren’t just for menWith a 114 per cent increase in females in apprenticeship in the last two years, women are increasingly prominent in the 21st Century Apprenticeship story
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
Helping professionals to fine tune their expertiseThe University of Limerick is pioneering higher-level apprenticeships, designed for working professionals, including a first-in-world Level 10
