
Charlie Mullins, former apprentice and owner of Pimlico Plumbers, is in ?despair at this country?s continued obsession with university? and is in full support of vocational training.
Elsewhere, we’ve seen professional services firms EY and PwC revise degree and A-level requirements in order to achieve a more diverse workforce. Rather than relegating certain applicants based on their degree results, EY will consider all applications from graduates dependent on the results they achieve on online tests. Describing the hiring revamp as transformative, EY partner Maggie Stilwell said it will ?open up opportunities for talented individuals regardless of their background, and provide greater access to the profession?. PwC, meanwhile, has relaxed UCAS criteria to ?drive radical changes? and ?create a fairer and more modern system in which students are selected on their own merit?. But with the skills gap debate still continuing, exam board AQA has introduced a new method of further education in the form of the Tech-level qualification ? a move backed by employers and bodies including Microsoft, Siemens, Toshiba and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. The move is in a bid to bridge the skills gap found in business, engineering and IT sectors, with more than 100 organisations all playing a part to design and structure the qualifications to make sure young applications walk away with the right knowledge.Read more on education:
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