Businesses across Milton Keynes are being offered a £1,000 cash bonus by the government to help a young person gain essential work experience while studying the new T Level qualifications. Equivalent to three A Levels, T Levels are a brand new, work-focused alternative to A levels, designed with employers to reflect the needs of the…
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‘An apprenticeship improved my self-confidence’
Here at MK College, we work with so many fantastic employers to provide Apprenticeships in and around Milton Keynes. We were lucky enough to chat to one of our past apprentices, Sana Maud, HR Team Administrator at Grand Union Housing Group, to hear all about her time during her Business Administration apprenticeship at MK College….
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Milton Keynes College Group – the quest for fairer futures
We’ve recently published our strategy for the newly-formed Milton Keynes College Group, and if one phrase encapsulates our goals and ambitions it is, fairer futures for all. This strategy is the culmination of our long-felt determination to be an organisation to provide opportunities for as broad a range of people as possible, to be a…
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Flexible Working for the Future
Flexible working, agile working, or as one of my colleagues calls it – “work-life integration” is a hot topic at the moment. Conducting research for this blog has led me to have some interesting conversations with colleagues, friends and my wider network about their thoughts on how flexible working is fast becoming a key element…
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Unique Teacher Training Partnership
Milton Keynes College and Two Mile Ash Initial Teacher Training Partnership are collaborating in order to train more teachers and fill gaps in city classrooms. Nationally, government targets for teacher training have been missed for the past seven years with many schools struggling to recruit staff. Unique partnership to train teachers for Milton Keynes The…
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Anglian Water Alliance students celebrate apprenticeship success
A group of students from Milton Keynes College are celebrating after becoming the first to be awarded Groundworker apprenticeship jobs with Anglian Water’s Alliances. The six students have become the first cohort to successfully complete the College’s full-time Level 2 Anglian Water Alliances Construction programme, a bespoke course designed as a long-term partnership between industry and…
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Award Winning Apprentice
The nominations are in for Milton Keynes University Hospital Apprentice of the Year Awards 2020, and the winner is… Cara Crotty, Communications Apprentice! Cara tells us, ”I am so thankful to be MKUH’s apprentice of the year! My apprenticeship has benefited me in so many ways – it has given me fantastic experience in the…
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Develop your workforce with MK College: Engineering
Food manufacturer Santa Maria has been working with MK College for several years to recruit and train apprentice engineers and develop their workforce for the future. MK College helped with recruiting their previous apprentice and after having such a good experience, they have since taken on another apprentice through the College. Why employ an Apprentice?…
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The Benefits of Hiring an Apprentice
Having worked with MK College for over two years, James Zammett, Operations Manager at CTE Advanced Technologies, has experienced first-hand the benefits that hiring an apprentice can have on a business. CTE have embraced the partnership with the College by taking on two engineering apprentices so far. Continual College Support James has been impressed by the support…
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New apprenticeship funding opportunity for employers
Employers in Milton Keynes are being encouraged to take advantage of new government funding to take on an apprentice. Milton Keynes College has received record numbers of apprentice applications in recent months and is now appealing to local employers to create more high-quality apprenticeship opportunities so more people, particularly young people, can kick-start a rewarding…
