Gaming and games development is big business! Moving On visited the EGX computer gaming expo at the NEC in Birmingham to ask the experts about jobs and careers in the gaming and games development industry. Job prospects in the global gaming and games development market The global gaming and games development market is expected to be worth $102bn by 2017 ... Read More »
Category Archives: Apprenticeships
Feed SubscriptionInterview With The Degree Apprentice James Jones
We asked degree apprentice James Jones how he feels about his achievement. James Jones, aged 25, from Bridgnorth, Shropshire has also just graduated with a Degree in Digital and Tech Solutions on completing his apprenticeship. It feels pretty good and a bit strange because nobody has done it before – Graduation Day was a great day, with the gowns and ... Read More »
First Class Degree Apprentice
James Gee is among the first degree apprentices to graduate. We spoke with him about his experience. James started his apprenticeship with Capgemini when he was 17 and has just been awarded a First Class Honours Degree in Digital and Tech Solutions. We asked James about his journey and how it feels to be one of the first to graduate ... Read More »
An Apprentice In China
Joel Statham left school after his GCSEs to pursue an engineering apprenticeship with Rotabroach – we find out about the opportunities that he has been given. Joel found his apprenticeship with Rotabroach, which makes magnetic drills and associated cutting implements for a wide range of applications, through the Semta Apprenticeship Service. Joel attends college once a week and he is ... Read More »
An apprenticeship? Seriously?
Research carried out in the last month suggests that very few students are being advised that an apprenticeship is a valid option when they leave school. In a recent YouGov survey commissioned by leading work-based learning specialist JTL and two of its partners, less than 1 in 12 students reported that they had been advised to consider a work-based apprenticeship ... Read More »