National Apprenticeship Week 2023 - NTDC event for technical apprentices

On 8 February 2023, we hosted a morning event for technical apprentices for National Apprenticeship Week 2023. Watch the recording of this event (below) brought to you by Caleb Wright, University of Birmingham and Dr Karen Bailey-Smith, Sheffield Hallam University.

Professional registration for technical apprentices

In this session, we heard from Rob Butler, Applicant Support Mentor in Professional Registration and Tom Cheek, the Science Council’s Apprenticeship Lead about professional registration for apprentices.

BIFoR FACE Experiment - Level 4 apprentice

We heard from Samantha Dobbie at BIFoR about their FACE Experiment - one of the world’s largest climate change experiments. Hear from Tom Downes about how his apprenticeship is directly contributing to this important experiment.

Apprentice panel Q&A discussion

We were joined by a panel of apprentices from across the UK who shared their experiences in a Q&A panel discussion; Abby Shipley, the University of Sheffield; Ryan Morrow, University of Kent; Megan Hughes, Newcastle University; and Oliver Bhurtun, Sheffield Hallam University.

Special thanks to the speakers and panelists who joined us for this session:

• Tom Cheek, Science Council

• Rob Butler, Science Council

• Samantha Dobbie, BIFoR

• Thomas Downes, BIFoR 

• Ryan Morrow, University of Kent

• Oliver Bhurtun, Sheffield Hallam University

• Abby Shipley, the University of Sheffield

• Megan Hughes, Newcastle University

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