We are delighted to introduce Oxford Media Factory as our media partner for the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2022. After a fantastic event in 2022, we are excited to be working with the team again to bring you a virtual ceremony on 19th May.

National Apprenticeship Week aims to highlight the exceptional work being done by employers and apprentices across the country. The 15th annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships will take place between 7

As students across the county collect their A Level and GCSE results this week and make all important decisions about their futures, our Apprenticeship Ambassadors look back on what they’ve learned and share some top tips and words of advice.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards recognised the best talent in the county with a special live streamed event on Thursday 6th May 2021.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards recognised the best talent in the county with a special live streamed event on Thursday 6th May 2021.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards recognised the best talent in the county with a special live streamed event on Thursday 6th May 2021.

National Apprenticeship Week 2021 takes place from 8-14 February with the theme of ‘Build the Future’, aiming to encourage everyone to consider how Apprenticeships help individuals to build the skills and knowledge required for a rewarding career.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards recognised the best talent in the county with a special virtual broadcast on Thursday 1st October 2020.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards recognised the best talent in the county with a special virtual broadcast on Thursday 1st October 2020.

We are delighted to introduce the University of Oxford Print Studio - a design, print and binding service in central Oxford - as a sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021.

We are delighted to introduce Abbott Diabetes Care  as sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021 Intermediate Apprentice of the Year Award.

We are delighted to introduce Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) as sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021 School Award. The Trust recognises the value of young people having the opportunity to investigate their

We are delighted to introduce Oxford Brookes University as sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021 Apprenticeship Champion Award.

We are delighted to introduce Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) Skills as the sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021 School Engagement Employer Award.

We are delighted to introduce specialist engineering business SST Technology as a sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021.

We are delighted to introduce Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) as a sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021.

We are delighted to introduce Oxfordshire Skills for Business as a sponsor of the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2021.

OxLEP Skills are holding a webinar to tell you all about the Kickstart process, including the support that's available to businesses through Kickstart gateway organisations and Oxfordshire Skills for Business.

The virtual Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2020 took place at 7pm on Thursday 1st October. A huge congratulations to all the winners and highly commended finalists and a massive thank you to all our sponsors, supporters and the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards committee.

OxLEP Skills, in partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company and LearnLive, are bringing together local businesses to take part in a webinar to help young people in years 11, 12 & 13 better understand their career options and the essential skills employers are looking for – sometime

Young people across Oxfordshire will be receiving calculated A Level and GCSE results this August.

Have you ever considered an Apprenticeship? Have you ever heard of one or what they entail? I wasn’t 100% sure myself, but I was fortunate to attend the University of Oxford Apprenticeship Awards 2020 as part of my WEX (work experience) week with OxLEP.

In the run up to Small Business Saturday on 7th December, we're encouraging small employers to celebrate their commitment to Apprenticeships and the achievements of their star Apprentices by entering the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2020. 

Beginning your career in Health & Social Care with an Apprenticeship in Adult Social Care provides you with the perfect platform to take whichever pathway you choose.

“So it’s the moment you have all been waiting for, finally, the day for your exam results is soon approaching, whether you are undergoing your GCSE exams or A Levels, it is now time to showcase all of that hard work you have been putting in and let your results do the talking.” says Ed Pereira, a

23rd June is International Women in Engineering Day, which takes place annually to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the incredible career opportunities available to young women in this exciting industry. This year’s theme is #TransformTheFuture.

Katie Chegwin has recently completed a Level 4 Business Administration Apprenticeship as an Apprentice Clinical Trials Support Officer at the University of Oxford Botnar Research Centre. She has since been appointed as a Personal Assistant to a senior academic in the University of Oxford.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards recognised the best talent in the county with a special presentation evening on Thursday 4th April 2019 at Jurys Inn Oxford.

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we have produced video case studies of three of our Apprenticeship Ambassadors, Katie, Leona and Usaamah, so they can tell you all about their roles and why they love Apprenticeships! Watch them below.

Today (Wednesay 6th March) is #AskAnApprentice day, so we asked Apprenticeship Ambassador Katie, an Electical Apprentice at Darke & Taylor, what her proudest moment has been so far, both as an Apprentice and as an Apprenticeship Ambassador...

Nairne Barker works for Oxfordshire County Council as an Administrative Support Officer within the Children, Education and Families Directorate. She started her Apprenticeship in June 2017 and has since gone on to secure full time employment with the Council.

Kyle Harley is a Degree Apprentice with Oxford-based global market research company Nielsen. Kyle has attended many events as an Apprenticeship Ambassador, including visiting his former school, Wood Green School in Witney to share his experiences with students.

Returning for the sixth year, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (#TEWeek18) takes place from 5-9 November 2018 and aims to change perceptions of engineering among young people, their parents and teachers and to inspire futur

On Wednesday 3 October, the Thames Valley Young Apprentice Ambassador Network (YAAN) was launched at Pinewood Studios, in Buckinghamshire.

Rebecca Eastwood, 18, is in Year 13 at The Cooper School in Bicester. Like many other students, Rebecca is revising hard for her A Levels and looking forward to a well-earned break once her exams are over.

Leona Weston, ​PR and Communications Apprentice at OxLEP, talks about her experience of joining the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Ambassador scheme...

Today I visited the Natural History Museum for Science Experience Week.

We were delighted when a member of OxLEP Skills recently received an Investors in Education Award from the Oxfordshire Business Education Alliance (OBEA) for “supporting the development of CEIAG across Wheatley Park School.”

As students across the county collect their A Level results today, our Apprenticeship Ambassadors want to ensure that young people and their families have all the facts about Apprenticeships at their fingertips as they make that all important decision about what’s next for their career.

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeships team were invited to Gosford Hill School on 30th June to deliver a 30 minute presentation on Apprenticeships to all staff as part of an INSET day.

Ed Coles, in Year 10 at Cheney School, joined Oxfordshire Apprenticeships on work experience from 3-7 July.

The team at oxme.info are running a campaign throughout June to encourage young people to consider a career in construction.

A library is traditionally a place of quiet but talking was very much the order of the day at Chipping Norton School ‘human library’!

Congratulations to the University of Oxford on being selected as one of our Oxfordshire Business Awards Apprenticeship of the Year 2017 finalists! Read on to find out what makes their Apprenticeships stand out from the crowd...

Oxfordshire Apprenticeships were delighted to celebrate the best of Apprenticeships in Cherwell last Friday as proud sponsors of the Cherwell Business Awards ‘Apprenticeship of the Year’ Award for the third year.

Year 8 students at Wheatley Park School got the chance to try a career in construction for size at a special careers event organised by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise (OxLEP) Skills Team.

Electrical contractor Clarkson Evans has showcased its commitment to the next generation of Apprentices by joining The 5% Club, an industry led initiative focussed on driving momentum into the recruitment of

The Apprenticeship Levy comes into effect from today, 6th April. This is an amount of money that employers will pay towards the funding of Apprenticeships to help the government meet their target of 3 million Apprentices by 2020.

When I received my placement, I came with the assumption that office work is a boring career, but the Oxfordshire Apprenticeships office has shown me that is not true.

We’re really proud that two of our Apprenticeship Ambassadors, Laura and Mel, have joined forces with other young people from across the country in a campaign to help employers break down barriers in their recruitment processes to create attractive and accessible jobs and Apprenticeships for all

To kick off National Apprenticeship Week 2017 in style and showcase the many talents of our county’s amazing Apprentices, Oxfordshire Apprenticeships held a 5-a-side football tournament in partnership with Ignite Sport and the University of Oxford on Monday 6^th March. 

We were delighted and extremely grateful when the University of Oxford Reprographics Team offered to support the Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards by donating their time, skills and resources t

The University of Oxford hold an annual Apprenticeship Awards to congratulate Apprentices who have completed their Apprenticeships and recognise Apprentices and their managers and mentors for outstanding achievement and commitment to the scheme.

They’ve got the vision if you’ve got the drive! Spescavers in Bicester are on the lookout for an Apprentice to join the team and follow in the footsteps of Retail Optical Apprentice Harvey, who’s just coming to the end of his Apprenticeship.

Own a small business? Thinking about taking on staff? Employing an Apprentice could be the way forward for you.

The University of Oxford offers a fantastic range of science, technology and engineering undergraduate and postgraduate courses and Apprenticeships across its many STEM departments.

October has seen the addition of 6 new Ambassadors from various backgrounds and companies, their never-ending support at careers events, and even an award for two deserving people.

We are so proud that our Apprenticeship Ambassador Laura Cunningham won the Highly Commended ‘Apprenticeship Champion of the Year’ Award in the National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 south east regional finals on 17^th October!

We’re very excited to have been joined by 6 new Apprenticeship Ambassadors, who attended our training and preparation day last week.

Hi I’m Jason Ho from Cherwell School. The week at Oxfordshire Apprenticeships was fun and meaningful to me. I gained a lot of knowledge out of it.

Jason Ho, in year 11 at Cherwell School, interviewed Jake Halliday to find out all about his experience of being an Apprentice Sports Coach.

Apprenticeship Ambassador Emily Bampton is a Relationship Management Apprentice at NatWest in Oxford.

Katie Chegwin, 19, is an Apprentice Clinical Trials Support Officer at the University of Oxford Botnar Research Centre, working towards Business and Administration Levels 2 and 3 at Abingdon & Witney College.

Jess Monk, 23, is an Apprentice Machinist at MRC Harwell, currently working towards an Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering. She started her 4 year Apprenticeship in 2013.

On Wednesday 13th July, an important event was held in the Unipart site, Oxford.

It’s been a busy month for both the Oxfordshire Apprenticeships team and the Ambassadors!  This month has seen Ambassadors presenting awards, featuring in the newspaper and attending the Oxfordshire Apprenticeships Roadshow.

To celebrate Women in Engineering Day (23rd June) we meet Jade McGinnity, the first female Electrical Engineering Apprentice at Lucy Electric.

Emily Bampton is a Relationship Management Apprentice with NatWest Bank based in Botley, Oxford. She started sixth form at The Cherwell School but decided it wasn’t right for her, so left to start her Advanced Apprenticeship in October 2015.

How do you find your perfect Apprenticeship? We chatted to five students at Faringdon Community College (FCC) who are planning to start an Apprenticeship when they leave school this year, who wanted to share their experiences with you to help you find your Apprenticeship!

I’m Chloe in Year 11 and when I finish my GCSEs this summer, I’ll be starting a Hairdressing Apprenticeship with Bellaviso Hair & Beauty in Watchfield.

I’m Kira in Year 13 and I’m looking to do an Apprenticeship when I leave school in the summer after finishing my A Levels.

Following the success of their International Women’s Day event, which saw a panel of inspirational women - including Apprenticeship Ambassador Sophie Jamieson, Lab Technician Apprentice at the University of Oxford – speaking to female students, Heyford Park Free School decided to hold a similar e

The Apprentice Torch paid a visit to Oxfordshire last week as part of a campaign to encourage employers to pledge their commitment to ‪‎Apprenticeships.

We joined two of our Apprenticeship Ambassadors, Sophie Jamieson and Sophie Bebb and attended a great talk as part of National Apprenticeship Week, about the planned increase of Apprentices employed within the University of Oxford.

Are you thinking about Apprenticeships for yourself or someone you know? Are you wondering what it’s like to be an Apprentice, or do you have a question about Apprenticeships that you’d love to know the answer to? Why not ask the experts!