http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/23/tougher-apprenticeships-will-signal-an-end-for-britain%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98conveyor-belt%e2%80%99-of-skills/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/23/tougher-apprenticeships-will-signal-an-end-for-britain%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98conveyor-belt%e2%80%99-of-skills/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:37:27 +0000 Mark Farrar http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24526 Apprenticeships are on the rise. Although this is welcome news, we need to ensure that the quality of Britain’s vocational training courses is always considered above the quantity, says Mark Farrar, Chief Executive of CITB-ConstructionSkills. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/23/tougher-apprenticeships-will-signal-an-end-for-britain%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98conveyor-belt%e2%80%99-of-skills/feed/ 3