NUS campaigns to promote and defend the rights of apprentices and is committed to listening and taking action on issues that matter to you. As part of our work on apprenticeships we are launching a new survey to better understand the issues that matter to apprentices.
The UK has a long history of encouraging apprenticeships dating back to the middle ages. They began as a way of practicing and learning new skills and developed into new industries and engineering in the nineteenth century.
Participation in apprenticeships declined after the 1960s and they were eventually replaced in 1994 with modern style apprenticeships. These were aimed at boosting the vocational skills supply in the UK and in recent years there has been a rapid expansion in the number of apprentices. Issues such as FE loans and the apprentice minimum wage now impact on the lives of thousands of new apprentices.
This survey is your opportunity to tell us about your experiences as an apprentice and the issues matter to you. We want to know who advised you about apprenticeships and how useful this was. By completing the survey you will have a say on how apprenticeships work in the future and to help us to defend your rights.
The survey is aimed at current or recent apprentices and should take around 10 minutes to complete. Anyone who completes the survey before Friday 9 November will be entered into a prize draw where 5 winners will each receive a £10 amazon voucher.