For the second year in a row Wadham College played host to the University of Oxford's Annual Apprenticeship Awards.  Clive Shepherd, Apprenticeship Manager and Dr. Stephen Goss, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Personnel and Equality highlighted the years many successes for all apprentices and managers across the university. With 50 apprentices to be in recruitment before the end of 2015 the turn out for the award ceremony was tremendous.    The standard...

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A huge thank you to 3 of our lovely apprentices James Ritchie, Herbarium Conservator in Plant Sciences, Emily Joyce and Sophie Jamieson both Ambassadors, who accompanied Clive Shepherd to the Henley Careers Fair yesterday. It was great to see the message being so well received by all the young people there about how you can have a great career working at a University...

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Our new video testimonials are definitely making an impact!  Two of our videos of our apprentices and their managers have been featured on the Apprentice Eye website! They have national headline coverage on all things apprenticeships and its fantastic to see our testimonials been seen by such a wide audience!  In these videos we hear from Apprentices who are either working towards an Advanced...

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It's that time of year again!  The University of Oxford 2015 Apprenticeship Awards Ceremony is fast approaching. And there is still time to get involved! This event will be taking place in the Old Library of Wadham College on Thursday the 3rd of December at 3pm. RSVP by December 1st. Awards will be presented for the following: * Intermediate Level Apprentice and Advanced...

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James Ritchie, currently working as an Apprentice Technician in the Department of Plant Sciences, was recently interviewed by the Mathematical Physical and Life Sciences Division of the University of Oxford.  James joined the department as an apprentice in the Plant Sciences Herbaria a few days after he finished his GCSE’s. In this interview, James describes his work for the university and how he is enjoying the apprenticeship experience.  Read the full...

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We recently caught up with Jacob Maish, Group IT Apprentice at the Oxford University Press! He tells us all about the perks of being at IT apprentice in Oxford and how he is working towards a level 3 NVQ in ICT telecommunications and a Cisco CND1 qualification. What is the first thing you do when you get into work in the morning?  Firstly, I...

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We recently caught up with one of our own apprentices, Sophie Jamieson.  She's an 18 year old Lab Technician working in The Jenner Institute in partnership with Oxford University. Here is her Day in the Life!  What is the first thing you do when you get into work in the morning? Make myself a cup of coffee Where do you spend most of you day? It...

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As you all know, part of doing an apprenticeship incorporates an educational aspect, this has previously been done through apprentices taking one day a week to attend a days study at a local college. For some of our Apprentices this is still the case however a new platform has been introduced for some of the Oxford Apprentices who are studying with framework provider, Activate Enterprise....

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Featured this week on the ApprenticesROx Facebook Page is The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Ambassadors! 16 ambassadors recently went on an exciting team away day to Hill End for a days networking, planning new exciting events, looking at ways to promote apprenticeships and even a lovely lunch and some orienteering in the summer sunshine! The day looked to be a great success, providing some fantastic opportunities for apprentices to...

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