With economic pressures tightening corporate L&D budgets, more employers are looking to use their levy pot more effectively and work to change any stigma and perceptions held by their staff that an apprenticeship is too low level, or that they wouldn’t be eligible due to prior study.
Programmes such as Innovateher, Future is Female and others are working hard to bring more women into STEM fields and The Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network’s remit is to make a positive change to diversity and inclusion in apprenticeships and increase representation from minority groups and those from disadvantaged areas.