The AAC Apprenticeship are the national awards celebrating apprenticeship employers and providers.
Open to all apprenticeship employers and providers in the UK; the apprenticeship awards are competitive with two types of awards, Route Awards and National Awards. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Nominations for 2024 awards are now opent; all nominations must be received by noon on Friday, 13 October.
Below are details about the categories available for this year’s awards and the information you’ll need to supply. Alongside key questions, providers will be required to provide key data about their apprenticeship offer, such as recent Ofsted grades and performance data.
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
These awards recognise the outstanding work of a provider within this route sector particular sector. Providers will need to demonstrate that they are a high-quality provider that goes above and beyond for their apprentices. They will also need to demonstrate how they are advocates for developing apprenticeships within this route sector and embrace widening participation. The Awards recognise activity up to the end of July 2023.
Key questions:
This award recognises apprentice providers who’ve made an outstanding effort to increase the diversity and inclusivity of the apprentices they work with and their organisation’s workforce. This award focuses on those organisations that can evidence a commitment to ensuring fair treatment and opportunity for all. Aiming to eradicate prejudice and discrimination based on an individual or group of individuals’ protected characteristics.
Key questions:
This award recognises the outstanding activity of a provider or employer regarding widening participation with their apprenticeship offer. Organisations must demonstrate how they’ve successfully led a campaign to fully embrace apprenticeships to recruit apprentices with personal characteristics such as long-term unemployed, ethnicity, English as a second language, former offenders, special educational needs, gender or disabilities.
Key questions:
This award recognises the outstanding contribution of an individual to the development and promotion of apprenticeships. This could be from any perspective, local to national, subject-specific to sector-wide. The award is for an individual who goes above and beyond their ordinary duties and can demonstrate at least three years of exceptional effort.
Key questions
This award recognises the outstanding work of a single apprenticeship provider. It is open to all types of apprenticeship providers in the UK. Providers must demonstrate they are a high-quality provider with positive outcomes, a commitment to widening participation, and that they go above and beyond for their apprentices and employers.
Key questions
This award recognises outstanding commitment to apprentices and apprenticeships within an organisation. It is open to employers from all sectors and all sizes, providing apprenticeships in the UK. Employers must demonstrate successful implementation of apprenticeships in their organisation and a commitment to providing opportunities to a diverse range of apprentices.
Key questions
The awards were established in 2017 as a joint project by FE Week and AELP.
The awards were established in 2017 as a joint project by FE Week and AELP.
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