The National Skills Academy for Financial Services is hosting a week of drop-in information sessions for employers in the City as part of National Apprenticeship week (7 – 11 February). The sessions are aimed at employers who would like to learn more about apprenticeships and the advantages they can bring to their organisation.
The sessions will run between 12pm and 2pm on the 7th, 8th, 9th 10th and 11th February, where a Skills Academy adviser will be available to discuss apprenticeship schemes and how they work in the financial services industry.
Sylvia Perrins, Skills Academy CEO, said:
“We are continuing to focus on encouraging financial services employers to increase the number of apprenticeship placements offered and claim funding to run the schemes. Apprenticeships are a great solution for our industry’s needs; they are recognised as high-quality programmes that deliver excellent results for both apprentices and their employers. Apprentices are highly motivated people who are keen to learn and have the potential to become ‘managers of the future’.” Research demonstrates that, in the majority of sectors, employers who invest in apprenticeships recoup their investment in an average of two or three years. 1
Benefits include higher productivity, quality of work, staff retention and employee satisfaction.
Profiles of Advisers
Karen Davies, Head of Quality and Development at the National Skills Academy for Financial Services. Her work focuses on the quality assurance of products, services and training provision as well as being part of the development team which creates new products tailored to employer needs. Previously, Karen was Examination and Curriculum Manager at the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) where her work focused on developing new and redeveloping existing qualifications to meet current industry needs. Karen is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments and a Foundation Governor at Pope Paul Primary School. She has a degree in English Language and Literature from Odense University and an MA in Medieval English from the University of Durham.
Therese Reinheimer-Jones, Regional Director at the National Skills Academy. Therese has worked at Tower Hamlets College on the ‘employability’ and ‘worklessness’ agenda, managing the curriculum and brokering employers to give students the rich experience of an internship within the sector. Therese has a degree and a Masters in English Literature as well as a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) in further education.
*Refreshments will be available.
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