Dec. 04 2023
Source Page: Treasury Minutes progress report – December 2023Found: value for money from the education of 16 -18 year olds 43 Use of information to manage the defence logistics
Dec. 04 2023
Source Page: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Draft Business Plan 2024 to 2027 for consultationFound: It uses its specialist transport and logistics expertise to support our nuclear decommissioning mission
Dec. 01 2023
Source Page: UKAEA Annual Report and Accounts, 2022/23, HC 303Found: buildings ▶ Installed 470kW of solar PV and renewed 1.5Km of pavements▶ 300 new employees including 24 apprentices
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing accredited STEM education for new armed forces recruits under the age of 18.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Defence makes significant investment in STEM-accredited opportunities for our people, including to the under-18 cohort, because we believe that this will enable us to create high-performing and technologically astute personnel with the skills and agility required for a modernised Armed Forces. We also recognise that by investing wholeheartedly in our recruits and apprentices, who come from all walks of life, the Armed Forces are an engine for social mobility and productivity for the nation.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy offers a well-developed STEM route for 16- to 18-year-olds which, irrespective of their prior qualifications, can lead to a fully funded degree within their career. All engineer pathways start with a Level 2 or 3 apprenticeship aligned to the future role and will include maths and English teaching as required. Alongside the nationally accredited engineering opportunities, which also count toward chartered status with the Institute of Engineering and Technology, they will be able to achieve broadening qualifications in areas such as leadership and management.
Army
The Army invests significantly in skills, education and training, including skills-enhancing learning and development pathways for all, including our under-18 cohort. The Army’s Foundation College at Harrogate offers opportunity for under-18s to study for STEM accredited education through study towards maths Level 2 qualifications and up to Level 3 qualification in Information and Communication Technology. As the UK’s top apprenticeship employer for the third year running, and the largest employer of apprenticeships in England, the Army provides further opportunity for under-18s on entry to their Initial Trade Training – including STEM. The Army has over 15,500 soldier-apprentices on programme at any one time and opportunities in most trade sectors including engineering, manufacturing, logistics and construction.
Royal Air Force (RAF)
The RAF has only a very small number of under-18 recruits who undergo Phase 1 training (conducted at RAF Halton). The Aviator Training Academy (AvTA) at RAF Halton does not deliver any bespoke STEM training to under-18s on the Basic Recruit Training Course as there are no training objectives related directly to STEM. The AvTA does, however, deliver Level 1 and Level 2 maths after basic recruit training to those that need it. Those recruits who are under 18 and progress onto Phase 2 training within the RAF Engineering Profession, will by its very nature receive significant exposure to STEM. The RAF recognises this and awards all recruits that successfully complete their profession training with a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship.
Written Evidence Nov. 29 2023
Inquiry: Men's healthFound: This submission focuses on construction, as well as related sectors including transport, logistics, manufacturing
Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023
Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based SectorsFound: understanding of careers and perceptions of the land-based sector are barriers to recruitment of apprentices
Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023
Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based SectorsFound: to standards been introduced. 3 Number of farm businesses applying for BPS in 2022. 4mentor/manage apprentices
Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023
Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based SectorsFound: decreased, yet the new standard is more complex and the delivery is normally focussed around individual apprentices
Oral Evidence Nov. 27 2023
Inquiry: Scotland's space sectorFound: Scotland faces quite a few challenges with respect to skills, logistics and so on.
Oral Evidence Nov. 27 2023
Inquiry: Scotland's space sectorFound: Scotland faces quite a few challenges with respect to skills, logistics and so on.