Colin Dalrymple visits Apprenticeships in Scotland

The Apprenticeships in Scotland team welcomed Colin Dalrymple, Chief Executive of Scottish Training Federation to their office this week, where we spoke about youth unemployment and ways of developing Scotland’s young workforce, which is a key topic of the STF conference in September. Colin also met new members of the AiS team who are helping lead our in-house and client web and digital media services where we discussed some of the exciting new things that we have been working on, including our new soon to be launched website. Colin talked about partnerships that he has been developing and the conference that's happening this September which the AiS team will be attending.

Developing Scotland's Young Workforce is the theme for the 2013 STF conference, which was a huge success last year. Angela Constance, Youth Employment Minister for Scotland will be speaking at the event this year, along with John McLelland, current Chair of Skills Development Scotland.  The Apprenticeships in Scotland team are really looking forward to this conference, as it is a key event for networking with STF members.  We hope that by having all of these influential figures in one place and by strengthening relationships we can all help come up with the solution to youth unemployment.

If you haven’t already, click here to book a place at this year’s conference at Crieff Hydro in September 

STF Apprentice of the Year Awards

Apprenticeships in Scotland’s Shannen, Mary and Rebekah attended the Scottish Training Federation’s Apprentice of the Year Awards at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 22^nd May.

There were several very insightful speeches by Margaret McCulloch MSP, Stuart Leitch Chair STF, John McClelland Chair SDS, Angela Constance MSP Minister for Youth Employment and Colin Dalrymple Chief Executive STF. The speakers were discussing Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland and how they have successfully contributed to tackling youth unemployment. The government’s target of getting 25,000 young people into apprenticeships per year is no longer being seen as an ambitious target but a figure that is being met easily and needs to be increased, enthusiasm was evident throughout the room.

The team would like to congratulate the finalists for the award and not forgetting the overall winner of the Modern Apprentice of the year. It is fantastic that young people are going the extra mile within their apprenticeship and making a valuable contribution to the organisations growth.

If you are interested in attending the Annual STF Conference there is an “Early Bird” Discount on the STF website. Click here for more information.

Should you want more information on how to take on an apprentice and make young people your business, please do not hesitate to contact the Apprenticeships in Scotland team. Click here for more information.