The eighth annual Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards will once again shine a spotlight on our county’s apprentices - and the businesses and organisations, training providers and schools that support their journey - recognising the huge contribution they make to our...
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£1 million worth of unused apprenticeship levy funding is unlocked in Oxfordshire
Over £1 million of unused apprenticeship levy has now been secured in levy transfers across Oxfordshire to open the door to new apprenticeship opportunities and talent. The levy transfers, facilitated by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (OxLEP) Skills...
Oxford North’s plan to help more local people into construction jobs
An ambitious new Community Employment Plan has been published to set out how Oxford North will maximise the opportunities created for local people and businesses during the next 18 months of construction which includes a target to create more than 50 new...
Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards 2023 Winners
The seventh annual Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards once again shone a spotlight on our county’s apprentices - and the businesses and organisations, training providers and schools that support their journey - recognising the huge contribution they make to our...
CASE STUDY – Edgars Limited: ‘The Social Contract Programme has allowed us to provide opportunities that otherwise might not have been possible’
Last year we announced the launch of the Social Contract Programme, £1.7m-worth of activity funded by the government’s Contain Outbreak Management Fund to remove barriers to employment for individuals impacted most by the pandemic or experiencing challenges to...
OxLEP backs The Careers & Enterprise Company’s new national programme bringing teachers and businesses even closer together
OxLEP and its Oxfordshire Careers Hub – which works with 53 schools and colleges across the county to develop their careers provision – has shown its support for a new England-wide initiative that aims to equip the county’s teachers with the knowledge needed to...