apprenticeships

23/03/2018

Exclusive: Whitehall has released just a tiny fraction of the roughly £2bn paid by employers under the Apprenticeship Levy launched last April to boost jobs and skills, Highways can reveal. 

01/03/2018

Tarmac has so far taken on 45 former employees of the failed construction and outsourcing giant Carillion, including two apprentices, and is encouraging others to apply for work.

08/03/2017

Transport for London has created more than 175 new apprenticeship positions and say it is welcoming applications from people who, "want to play their part in keeping London moving, working and growing and making life in the city better".

01/12/2016

More than 50,000 construction professionals, including 15,000 in the roads sector, are needed to deliver key infrastructure projects.  

03/11/2016

A trial scheme aimed at providing young people with the skills to launch a highways career has proved so successful that it will be rolled out further next year.

01/11/2016

Visitors to next week’s Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) event will hear from key personnel from Highways England.

21/06/2016

A significant gender imbalance at apprenticeship level risks undermining the engineering industry’s efforts to build a more diverse workforce, according to integrated infrastructure services firm AECOM.

17/03/2016

This year’s Highways Magazine Excellence Awards will feature a new Apprentice of the Year category.

17/03/2016

Misperceptions that apprenticeships are an inferior route into industry are the biggest barrier to attracting good candidates, according to a survey of apprentices carried out by global infrastructure services firm AECOM.

16/03/2016

The chair of the government’s transport and infrastructure skills strategy Terry Morgan says more must be done to promote the balance between apprenticeships and the benefits of going to university.

15/03/2016

Tarmac has announced the creation of up to 50 new apprenticeships for 2016 to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week which is taking place from 14-18 March.

14/03/2016

Colas is highlighting the work of two apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week (NAW 2016) which is taking place from 14-18 March.

28/01/2016

Targets for the creation of new apprenticeships will be written into contracts as the government sets out to deliver on its ambition for 30,000 apprenticeships in the road and rail sector by 2020.

09/09/2015

Transport for London (TfL) has taken on a record number of apprentices (156) this month (September) as it continues to invest in the next generation of transport professionals.

21/08/2015

The government has pledged to create more than 30,000 apprenticeship places across the road and rail industry during the lifetime of this Parliament.

07/03/2014

Atkins is seeking 15 apprentices to work on a range of projects in its highways and transportation business.

19/09/2013

Six Islanders are on the road to a successful career in highways engineering and maintenance after taking up apprenticeships with Island Roads.