Given increased public interest and investment of public funds in Apprenticeships, there has been a significant increase in research concerned with various aspects of the programme in the UK (and particularly England). to provide an overview of the most up to date evidence on a range of issues to do with Apprenticeships. Skills have been placed centre stage over the past 20 years by a successio...

The learning sciences community has gleaned a good deal from research on traditional apprenticeships, and efforts to implement cognitive apprenticeships in schools. A hybrid model of "sociocognitive apprenticeship" is proposed, combining aspects of traditional and cognitive apprenticeships to aid culturally disadvantaged students to develop successful participation in and identification with pr...

What we know • Indigenous Australians, particularly females, are more likely than the rest of the population to participate in apprenticeships and traineeships, mostly due to the relatively younger demographic structure of the Indigenous population (as apprenticeships are typically undertaken during youth). • Among those enrolled in apprenticeships and traineeships, Indigenous students are more...

but the authors seem unfortunately to have been given no opportunity to amend or reconsider them. Regrettable also in such a diverse collection is the absence ofan index. The papers are very variable in quality, too often over-long, and with frequently excellent data employed in largely descriptive presentations confined to single localities, lacking context or even an attempt to assess wider i...

One of the reasons for tightly regulating apprenticeships was to prevent companies from hiring cheap labour under the guise of an apprenticeship programme. A simpler set of provisions to streamline regulation and incentivize corporates while protecting the interest and well-being of apprentices may now be needed. How can it be made to work? The rules and regulations overseeing apprenticeships n...