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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...
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 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...
To mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week, (6 February) OxLEP Skills has launched a new campaign to help Oxfordshire business unlock the door to local opportunities and talent. The ‘door to more’ campaign aims to raise awareness of the support and schemes...
Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) UK and OxLEP – alongside other employers and politicians – last week (20 January) called for Oxfordshire organisations to help businesses to take on their first apprentice. The two organisations were joined by training providers, Warriner...
OxGROW is OxLEP Skills' new virtual mentoring platform - available through the Social Contract programme - with 12 business mentors having been secured through the initiative, to offer support to individuals looking for employment or to change career, with help in...