Apprenticeships

Hairdressers warn of apprenticeship crisis

Why is it getting harder to find a builder?

Waiting lists, social care and other claims fact-checked

Teenage blacksmith forges social media following. Video, 00:02:19Teenage blacksmith forges social media following

Learning to be a zookeeper during lockdown. Video, 00:01:43Learning to be a zookeeper during lockdown

Youth unemployment doubled in East during pandemic

Apprenticeships mean 'you learn from everybody'

Apprenticeships levy 'has failed on every measure'

Sunak injecting £126m to boost traineeship scheme

Teachers to decide some vocational grades in Wales

'Furlough is a lifeline, I hope they extend it'

Life of a hospital apprentice during the pandemic

BT to recruit 70 trainees at research hub

'We'd just begun our careers when the pandemic hit'

Flying dreams on pause during pandemic. Video, 00:02:03Flying dreams on pause during pandemic

Students waiting to qualify amid Covid delays

Apprentice redundancies rise: 'I was devastated'

'My mum made me redundant' Video, 00:01:45'My mum made me redundant'

'I lost my apprenticeship with my mum'

Doon the Watta. Audio, 27 minutesDoon the Watta

Why Dorset teenager opted for apprenticeship instead of university. Steve Harris. Audio, 00:03:55Why Dorset teenager opted for apprenticeship instead of university

'They are keen to learn and they will surprise you'

My Dorset Life: "Most of my family ask 'why are you doing carpet fitting, why don't you do something easy?' " Steve Harris. Audio, 00:03:15My Dorset Life: "Most of my family ask 'why are you doing carpet fitting, why don't you do something easy?' "