All About Apprenticeships
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to All About Apprenticeships, the podcast that brings you everything you need to know about the world of apprenticeships.
Presented by business journalist Georgie Frost and sponsored by Checkatrade, All About Apprenticeships will keep you up to date with the latest news, bring you interviews with big name guests, and get up close and personal with the apprentices and employers.
For more information about apprenticeships and some of the apprenticeship programmes supported by Checkatrade, please visit www.AboutApprenticeships.com.
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All About Sport
October 17, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBIn this episode of All About Apprenticeships, we're lifting the lid on apprenticeships in proferssional sport. Careers in professional sport are notoriously short - so how can apprenticeships prepare athletes for life after sport and what role do they play in helping young sporting stars stay on top of their game? Joining host Georgie Frost for this one are Liam Hurt, who played professional cricket for Lancashire and Derbyshire, but is now pursuing a new career in plumbing; Tye Ra...
All About the Exams....and what comes next.
August 31, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this episode of All About Apprenticeships, it's all about the exam results....and what comes next. The dust has settled on another year of GCSE and A-Level results and that means it's decision time for millions of young people. But how do you know what the best option is, where do you look for help and how has the landscape changed for the class of 2023? Joining Georgie Frost are Natasha Devon, a mental health campaigner who helps schools and students manage the transition fr...
All About Influencers
July 20, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode of All About Apprenticeships, we're asking, how do we encourage the next generation of apprentices? And could a new breed of trade influencers hold the key? Joining Georgie Frost are electricians Amy Barratt-Singh and Danny Webb, who started their trade careers in their late 20s. They have since established their own company called 'The Power Couple,' where they share a passion for inspiring young individuals to pursue a career in the trades. You can find Amy on In...
All About Training Providers
June 22, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode of All About Apprenticeships, sponsored by Checkatrade.com, host Georgie Frost explores the role of apprenticeship training providers with Jill Whittaker, the CEO of HIT Training, the market leading expert ‘apprenticeship and training provider’ for the UK’s hospitality and catering industry, and KATE TAYLOR, the apprenticeship operations manager at City and Guilds Electrical Training. We also hear from PAUL JOYCE, Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education and S...
A new start: National Apprenticeship Week and Robert Halfon MP
February 09, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBWe are back with season four of All About Apprenticeships, and this time we're sponsored by Checkatrade.com. And what better way to kick off a new (monthly) series than by talking to the brand new (reappointed) Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon during the week in the year dedicated to all things apprenticeships - National Apprenticeship Week. Mr Halfon tells host Georgie Frost how he plans to ‘build and apprenticeships and skills nation', what...
All About Gaming
June 29, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBIt’s an industry worth billions of pounds, and it’s one that leads the way when it comes to technology and forward thinking - so why is the gaming industry so behind the times when it comes to apprenticeships? According to a recent report by Into Games, there are only 35 active apprenticeships in the UK gaming sector - and more than half of those in the industry say they had no idea how an apprenticeship scheme could even work. In this episode business journalist Georgie Frost spe...
All About Big Business: why apprenticeships work for Amazon
May 18, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this episode award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost talks to Nicola Drury, UK apprenticeship manager at Amazon, to find out why they are investing big into their apprenticeship programme. Plus we hear from Anna Morrison, CEO of Amazing Apprenticeships on why apprenticeships are the perfect way for businesses (very) big or small to find the talent and skills they need to grow. Find out more about apprenticeships at Amazon here and don't forget to check out @national_care...
All About Making a Career Change
May 04, 2022 09:28 - 21 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost talks to former Paralympian Amy Marren about her career in swimming and her decision to retire and pursue a career in law. They explore why apprenticeships are the perfect way to make a career change. Amy is a British double Paralympian, World and European Champion, and Paralympic Bronze Medallist, who retired from swimming aged 21 to focus on her legal career. Having completed a paralegal apprenticeship in 2017, Amy i...
All About Apprenticeships at the BBC
April 13, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode award-winning journalist Georgie Frost talks to the BBC's Head of Early Careers and Staff Apprenticeships Sarah Moors, to find out why apprenticeships are so important to the future of the broadcaster, why it is committed to taking on 1000 new apprentices by 2026 and why apprenticeships are the perfect way for the BBC to meet its ambitious diversity targets. Georgie also speaks to Louise Brown from the BBC's new Apprentice Hub, launched recently in the West Midlands...
All About Partnerships
March 30, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBAll about partnerships - why finding the perfect partner is key to making apprenticeships work for you. In this episode of All About Apprenticeships we’re finding out why partnerships between employers and training providers or between employers and the apprentices themselves are so important when it comes to making an apprenticeship or an apprenticeship scheme work for you and your business. Award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost speaks to Paul Wright, Apprenticeship ...
The Importance of Apprenticeships: how vital are apprenticeships post-pandemic?
March 09, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBThe Importance of Apprenticeships: how vital are apprenticeships post-pandemic? In this episode of All About Apprenticeships we’re gazing into our crystal ball and exploring the importance of apprenticeships in post-Covid Britain. Georgie Frost speaks to Jon Graham, CEO of JTL - a not-for-profit charity offering advanced apprenticeships in the trade sector – to find out how he sees the role of apprenticeships, and apprentices themselves, in re-building UK plc. Georgie and Jo...
Starting an apprenticeship scheme: what do you need to know?
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week on All About Apprenticeships, we're going back to basics, as Georgie Frost speaks to Richard Hamer, Education and Skills Director at BAE Systems, to find out everything you need to know about setting up an apprenticeship scheme. How can you get it right for both you and your apprentices? Where do you get funding from? How important is it to find a good training provider and what even makes a good apprenticeship scheme?! We've got you covered with all that and plenty more....
The New Man in the Top Job: getting to know Alex Burghart
February 08, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBIn the first episode of series three of All About Apprenticeships, award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost chats to the new man in the top job - Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills Alex Burghart MP. In a conversation recorded ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, Georgie and Alex talk levelling up, why incentives are coming to an end, what he makes of the vocational vs academic balance, and what happened when the Prime Minister called to offer Alex job. You can find ...
The Shadow Apprenticeships Minister: getting to know Toby Perkins
October 22, 2021 10:52 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIn the final episode of series two, award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost chats to the Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills, Toby Perkins MP, to find out what he makes of the recent cabinet reshuffle, how he views apprenticeships and what he makes of the age old apprenticeships vs university debate. You can find out more about how the Homeserve Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship here and check out Amazing Apprenticeships and UCAS for up to date i...
Hold the Front Page
September 24, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe BBC, Sky, PA Media and ITV are some of the world’s biggest media organisations but did you know they also offer some of the country’s largest apprenticeship schemes? It’s not just the glamour of broadcasting, but at the BBC for example, apprentices can be found across the business. You can see why apprentices would want to be a part of it but what’s in it for these big broadcasters and news outlets? Georgie finds out the answers from Mark Waldron, editor of the Portsmouth News...
The Green Agenda
August 25, 2021 10:02 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBThe UK Government has an ambitious ten-point plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and create and support up to 250,000 green jobs along the way. According to the Government, there will be "electric vehicle technicians in the Midlands, construction and installation workers in the North East and Wales, specialists in advanced fuels in the North West, agroforestry practitioners in Scotland, and grid system installers everywhere" - but what part can apprentices and apprent...
Results day - with the Apprenticeships Minister Gillian Keegan
August 11, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBIt’s that time of the year again. A-Level results are out - with GCSE results following. Cue images of students jumping in the air across the news outlets. But it’s what happens next that really matters. This year saw a record number of A-Level students apply to go to university - but one of Britain’s most prominent education leaders says too many are choosing that path and it might not be the right one for them. So what are the options, where can you go for advice on your next mo...
Age is Just a Number
July 21, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBApprenticeships are just for young people right?? Wrong. In this episode Georgie talks to Britain's oldest apprentice, 76 year old Bob Bryce, about his career at Govia Thameslink Railway and why he wants to keep learning and working for years to come. Georgie also talks to Govia's Apprenticeship Manager David Jackson about why they attract so many older apprentices and why they're targeting a more diverse workforce, and Dexter Hutchings is back to represent the opposite age of the ...
The Incentives
June 10, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBPresenter and award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost is joined by Helen Booth, from the Homeserve Foundation, and apprentice Dexter Hutchings, who is a member of the Young Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network, to cover everything you need to know about the incentives available to businesses when it comes to taking on an apprentice. Georgie, Dexter and Helen discuss how the incentives work, whether they should actually be called incentives, and how what's available to busin...
The Apprenticeship Levy
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBPresenter and award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost is joined by Tim Smith, from Multiverse, and Lizzie Crowley, senior skills advisor at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, as they get to grips with the Apprenticeship Levy. Georgie, Tim and Lizzie discuss how the levy works, whether it's actually working and doing what it's designed to do - and if it's not, what can be done to change it. You can find out more about the work of the Homeserve Fo...
All About STEM
May 12, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBPresenter and award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost is joined by Mark Donnelly, Head of Apprenticeships and Skills at BAE Systems, and Alison Jackson, Head of HR at Paragon Customer Communications, to talk about apprenticeships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - or STEM for short. Georgie, Mark and Alison dissect the skills gap and get to grips with what's behind it and what can be done to solve the problem. You can find out more about the work of the ...
University or an apprenticeship?
April 28, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBAll About Apprenticeships is back. And to mark the start of a new series, presenter and award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost is joined by Anna Morrison, CEO and founder of Amazing Apprenticeships, and John Cope, director of strategy, policy and public affairs at UCAS, to talk about THAT big decision - whether to go to university or plump for an apprenticeship. Georgie, Anna and John cover off everything that goes into that decision before they hand the virtual reigns to...
The budget, International Women's Day and the Apprenticeship Champion
March 08, 2021 09:40 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBIn the final episode of series one of All About Apprenticeships, Georgie Frost is joined by Anna Morrison, CEO of Amazing Apprenticeships and Jenny Taylor, from IBM UK, who was named Apprenticeship Champion of the Year for 2020, to review the budget and talk about International Women's Day and gender equality in apprenticeships. Listen, subscribe and leave a rating in all your usual podcast places, and check out the HomeServe Foundation @HSV_Foundation.
The Spring Budget preview
March 01, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn this episode of All About Apprenticeships Georgie Frost is joined by Laura Burley, Apprenticeship Ambassador at the Open University, and Tim Smith from Multiverse, to preview the Spring Budget, where the Chancellor has some tough choices to make. In the face of a big coronavirus bill, does he seek to balance the books? Or does he invest? What might Rishi Sunak have in store for apprentices - and could there be any more support for employers? Georgie, Laura and Tim cover what th...
National Apprenticeship Week: Part Three - the apprentices
February 12, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBIn the third and final of our special National Apprenticeship Week episodes, Georgie Frost catches up with four of our All About Apprenticeships cohort to find out how lockdown is affecting them, plus what they'd like to see come out of #NAW2021. Dexter, Jasmine, Bibi and Sam also explain the challenges of starting out as an apprentice and tell Georgie what makes apprenticeships so special. Listen, subscribe and leave a rating in all your usual podcast places, and check out the Hom...
National Apprenticeship Week: Part Two
February 10, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MBIn the second of our special National Apprenticeship Week episodes, Georgie Frost chats to Helen Booth, from the Homeserve Foundation, and John Frith, from Checkatrade, about the findings of the independent ‘UK Domestic Trade Skills Index’. The report has found that we're facing a trade skills shortage that could threaten Britain's economic recovery - and Helen and John tell Georgie how apprenticeships and government action could help address the problem. Listen, subscribe and leav...
National Apprenticeship Week: Part One
February 08, 2021 09:08 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome to National Apprenticeship Week! It's the 14th annual National Apprenticeship Week, an event which celebrates apprenticeships and champions the incredible opportunities on offer. And in the first of three bitesize episodes to be released during the week, Georgie Frost chats to Karen Woodward, the Employer Relations Deputy Director in the government’s apprenticeships directorate, the Education and Skills Funding Agency, to find out what the week is all about and what's comin...
Aston Martin, Multiverse and a vision for the future
January 27, 2021 11:01 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBIn the fifth episode of All About Apprenticeships, presenter Georgie Frost chats to a man who came up with the idea behind the Nissan Leaf, reinvigorated Aston Martin as its CEO and was dubbed the “Most Influential Person in the Global Automotive Business” and “Person of the Past 30 Years” by Auto Express Magazine. Sounds impressive right? Andy Palmer is also a passionate champion of apprenticeships and began his own illustrious career as an engineering apprentice at the age of 16. ...
Steph McGovern: Black and Decker, lockdown and bull pizzles
January 13, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBIn episode four of All About Apprenticeships, presenter Georgie Frost chats to Channel Four's queen of lunchtime telly, Steph McGovern, about her apprenticeship at Black and Decker and how that shaped her career - and gave her the confidence to step in front of the camera. Plus we find out from Steph what a bull pizzle is and what she told the Education Secretary he should do to support apprentices. Georgie also meets the second of our podcast apprentice cohort - 19 year old Jasmine King, wh...
Black and Decker, lockdown and bull pizzles
January 13, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBIn episode four of All About Apprenticeships, presenter Georgie Frost chats to Channel Four's queen of lunchtime telly, Steph McGovern, about her apprenticeship at Black and Decker and how that shaped her career - and gave her the confidence to step in front of the camera. Plus we find out from Steph what a bull pizzle is and what she told the Education Secretary he should do to support apprentices. Georgie also meets the second of our podcast apprentice cohort - 19 year old Jasmine...
All about British Army apprenticeships
December 16, 2020 10:26 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIn episode three, presenter Georgie Frost dons her metaphorical fatigues and delves into the world of apprenticeships in the armed forces. After the British Army was ranked at number one in the UK’s top 100 apprenticeship employers, she speaks to Colonel Matt Ketterer, army lead for apprenticeship operations and quality assurance, to find out what makes its programmes so appealing. Georgie also meets the first of our podcast apprentice cohort - Lance Corporal Gareth Griffin, who is...
Colonel Matt Ketterer: all about British Army apprenticeships
December 16, 2020 10:26 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIn episode three, presenter Georgie Frost dons her metaphorical fatigues and delves into the world of apprenticeships in the armed forces. After the British Army was ranked at number one in the UK’s top 100 apprenticeship employers, she speaks to Colonel Matt Ketterer, army lead for apprenticeship operations and quality assurance, to find out what makes its programmes so appealing. Georgie also meets the first of our podcast apprentice cohort - Lance Corporal Gareth Griffin, who is currentl...
Getting to know the Apprenticeships Minister
December 09, 2020 11:02 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBIn episode two presenter Georgie Frost gets up close and personal with Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Gillian Keegan to explore her own experience of starting out as an apprentice at the age of 16, plus what the Government is doing to incentivise businesses of all sizes to take on apprentices during the pandemic. Georgie also chats to Isa Mutlib, from the BAME Apprenticeship Alliance, to find out about the particular challenges facing minority communities when it comes to appre...
Gillian Keegan: getting to know the Apprenticeships Minister
December 09, 2020 11:02 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBIn episode two presenter Georgie Frost gets up close and personal with Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Gillian Keegan to explore her own experience of starting out as an apprentice at the age of 16, plus what the Government is doing to incentivise businesses of all sizes to take on apprentices during the pandemic. Georgie also chats to Isa Mutlib, from the BAME Apprenticeship Alliance, to find out about the particular challenges facing minority communities when it comes to apprenticeship...
Back to Basics: Everything you need to know about apprenticeships
November 30, 2020 14:15 - 45 minutes - 63 MBWelcome to All About Apprenticeships, presented by award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost, and brought to you by the HomeServe Foundation. In episode one we go back to basics to find out what an apprenticeship in 2020 looks like, how they have changed, how they've been impacted by Brexit and Covid, why apprenticeships are so important and what the government is doing to support apprentices and employers. To answer all those questions and more, Georgie is joined by Tim Smith, direct...
Everything you need to know about apprenticeships
November 30, 2020 14:15 - 45 minutes - 63 MBWelcome to All About Apprenticeships, presented by award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost, and brought to you by the HomeServe Foundation. In episode one we go back to basics to find out what an apprenticeship in 2020 looks like, how they have changed, how they've been impacted by Brexit and Covid, why apprenticeships are so important and what the government is doing to support apprentices and employers. To answer all those questions and more, Georgie is joined by Tim Smit...
Trailer: Welcome to All About Apprenticeships
November 23, 2020 15:38 - 2 minutes - 1.88 MBWelcome to All About Apprenticeships, presented by award-winning business journalist Georgie Frost, and brought to you by the HomeServe Foundation. Whether you're an apprentice, an employer, or you just simply want to know all about apprenticeships. This is the podcast for you.