MPs explore policy background and operation of apprenticeships

• Parliament TV: watch the Apprenticeships and Traineeships for 16-19 year olds session
• Inquiry: Apprenticeships and Traineeships for 16-19 year olds
• Education Committee

Witnesses

Wednesday 5 November 2014, Venue: Committee room 15, Palace of Westminster

At 9.30am

• Professor Paul Croll, Bulmershe Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of Reading
• Professor Alison Fuller, Pro-Director: Research and Development and Professor of Vocational Education and Work, Institute of Education, University of London
• David Sims, Research Director, National Foundation for Educational Research
• David Massey, Senior Manager, UK Commission for Employment and Skills

At 10.30am

• Kirstie Donnelly MBE, UK Managing Director, City and Guilds
• Rob Wall, Head of Employment and Education Policy, CBI
• Eileen Cavalier OBE, CEO, London College of Beauty Therapy
• David Harbourne, Director of Policy and Research, The Edge Foundation

Timings are approximate.

Purpose of the session

This is the first session for the apprenticeships and traineeships inquiry, with one panel focused on the policy background to the current arrangements for apprentices and the evidence base for reform, and a second panel looking at the operation of apprenticeship schemes from the perspective of employers, training providers and young people.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select Committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees