238 — Supporting apprenticeships

If your organisation had a pot of money that could either be used to fund apprenticeships or paid to the tax man, how would you choose to spend it?

This week on the Good Practice Podcast, Ross D is joined by two colleagues from Emerald Group, Mike Shaw and Fiona Allison, to discuss the Apprenticeship Levy. We cover:

• what the Levy is and how it works
• the extent to which L&D has failed to take advantage of the Levy to fund apprenticeships
• what it's like to be an apprentice, balancing work and study

Show notes

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If you'd like to learn more about the Apprenticeship Levy, this articles answers some frequently asked questions: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/key-facts-you-should-know-about-the-apprenticeship-levy

The CIPD's recent assessment of the Levy's success as a policy can be found at: https://www.cipd.co.uk/about/media/press/010321apprenticeship-levy-reform-budget#gref

The VR tool Mike mentioned in 'What I Learned This Week' was Spatial: https://spatial.io/

You can learn more about Greenland sharks at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark

Connect with our speakers

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter:

• Ross Dickie - @RossDickieEW
• Mike Shaw - @MikeShawLD
• Fiona Allison - @EmeraldHRM