There have been a few rumours circulating about being an apprentice recently, some of these have been around for years! Speaking from an apprentices view point I'm here to set the facts straight!  1. Apprentices are only for practical/industrial industriesWRONG! Over the past few years apprenticeships have become far more diverse and now cover a wide variety of career choices. Some of the options available at...

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Hello Everyone! Check out these amazing facts about apprenticeships that was created by The Babington Group! They do some great work with a wide variety of apprenticeship career paths, go to their website below to find out more! . http://www.babington.co.uk/blog/apprenticeships/10-reasons-to-hire-an-apprentice/  ...

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The University of Oxford Apprentices appear in Aprils issue of the Nuffield Department of Medicine Spotlight Newsletter! Page 5 of the newsletter features a summary of National Apprenticeship Week back in March of 2015 along with a fantastic review from Lab Technician Apprentice, Sophie Jamieson (Click here to read her Day in the Life Post!) Scroll down to read more about recent activities within the Nuffield Department of Medicine...

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One of our own apprentices from Oxford is now working at CERN!  We recently caught up with Fay Chicken who's a former Apprentice of Oxford University.  We asked her a few questions and here's what she had to say!   Why did you choose the apprenticeship at Oxford? - I applied for an apprenticeship with Oxford, but actually got a position which wasn't originally advertised! Chemistry had put...

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