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Submitting... Erin McKenzie is an Early Years Apprentice employed by The City of Edinburgh Council Apprenticeship schemes have fast become a route to future employment for thousands of school leavers, as the Scottish Government’s Youth Employment Strategy set out an ambition to reach 30,000 apprenticeship starts annually. Openreach judge Anna Steven said: “It’s been fantastic to be associated with the first Edinburgh Apprenticeship Awards. "We’ve been hugely impressed by the high calibre of entrants. As one of Scotland’s biggest employers of apprentices, we know what a massive contr...

Those agri-finalists are – Amy Lochhead, Shauna Murdie, Robbie Gray, Reiss Gordon and Ian Armstrong. Amy Lochhead, aged 18 from North Berwick, has been doing a Modern Apprenticeship Level 3 in Agriculture at Carcant Farm, through Borders College. She said: “I was brought up in a seaside town far away from the rural life that I craved. Since I was young, I’ve had an affinity for all animals and had a need to care for them.” Shauna Murdie, aged 20 from Jedburgh, has been doing a Modern Apprenticeship Level 3 in Agriculture at South Riccalton Farm, through Border College. She said: “...

FUTURE OF EDUCATION Edinburgh-based JB Contracts is one construction firm which has continued to invest in work-based learning, taking on six new apprentices in recent months. In direct response to the pandemic, firms taking on an apprentice will now have increased support from the government and Skills Development Scotland A range of measures aimed at helping employers and apprentices during the current pandemic have been announced by the Scottish Government. The new Apprenticeship Employer Grant is part of the Young Person’s Guarantee and aims to encourage more employers to take on a...