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Before you can say the letters E-P-A, another school holiday has flown by, but don’t worry, as we have another bank holiday in our sights! Equally as refreshing, our newsletter is here to update you on all the latest OAL info!  We have new declaration forms for all our standards following the end of the […]

We could not be prouder to share with you all our experience at both this years  Annual Apprenticeship Conference and Awards in Birmingham and the Made in Yorkshire Awards. We were thrilled to see our EPA Partners recognised for their contribution to the delivery of apprenticeships in receiving highly coveted awards. We also want to take the time to

Our latest edition of the OAL newsletter covers everything you need to know regarding Covid-19 adaptation end dates for each standard we offer, so you can fully prepare your apprentices for EPA. We have developed support materials regarding our new CASS monitoring strategy for qualifications, OAL online and EPA Process’ that you can freely access via oawards.co.uk

We have recently updated standard specifications to three of our most popular EPA’s in Manufacturing, Food & Drink and Retail. We also wanted to bring to your attention to the 2022 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer rankings, entries of which opened last month. This celebrates England’s outstanding apprenticeship employers and helps future apprentices, parents and careers

National Apprenticeship Week 2022! #Build the Future! Although #NAW2022 may have come and gone, we still have another two interviews we would like to make you aware of this week. The first of which will be Sally Garner-Gibbons, Manager for the Creative and Cultural Apprenticeships at Chichester College, an advocate and leader in apprenticeships since 2013 when she

National Apprenticeship Week 2022! #Build the Future!   In our fifth installment of our interview tasters for #NAW2022, we speak to Cian Short, Early Careers Manager (Bakkavor). Bakkavor are one of the UKs largest food manufacturers, employing over 16,000 people across 23 locations in the UK with further sites in China and the USA. They produce ready

National Apprenticeship Week 2022! #Build the Future! We could think of no better candidate to showcase on day 4 of #NAW2022 than Louise Cairns, CEO of the NSAFD. The NSAFD are the industry experts for skills in the Food & Drink sector and the industry’s voice on everything ranging from attracting new talent, early careers, apprenticeships, CPD

National Apprenticeship Week 2022! #Build the Future! We’re into day two of #NAW2022 and with it the release of another #BuildtheFuture interview promo. Today we’re taking a look at Jill Coyle, Apprenticeship Manager at Nestlé Uk & Ireland. We’ve also provided you with a link to yesterdays interview promo, Sharon Blyfield OBE of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in case you missed it! More to come

National Apprenticeship Week 2022! #Build the Future! The second issue of our revamped newsletter has some fantastic content around this years #NAW2022 and it’s theme of #BuildtheFuture, We have conducted video interviews with some of the fantastic employers and providers that we work with on apprenticeships, and will be releasing short teaser videos throughout the week. We’re

Welcome to our new Newsletter!   We have revamped our newsletter for 2022 and beyond! Bringing you all the most important and up to date information regarding OAL and the sector more often! So sit back relax and digest our new bitesize newsletter!   We are the proud sponsor for the Engineering and Manufacturing provider of