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Last year we asked 1000 young people what they thought about apprenticeships and found out the following.
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Apprenticeships are seen negatively.
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Lack of understanding of Apprenticeships.
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More focus and pressure to go university.
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No positive role models representing apprenticeships.
Our Festival
The Festival of Apprenticeships is an event that advocates, promotes and celebrates Apprenticeships. This is no ordinary Careers Fair; this celebratory event that not only promotes the value apprenticeships can deliver for young people, but also gives them the knowledge and expertise about how to apply for the right one for them.The event will be taking place online throughout National Apprenticeship Week in February 2026, along with three regional events in London, Birmingham and Manchester. Each event will feature four different zones focussing on Careers, Skills, Employability and Networking.
Festival Features
Main Stage
The stage will feature past and present apprentices and apprenticeship experts sharing their apprenticeships journeys and answering questions.
Career Zone
Meet a wide range of Learning Providers and Employers to find out about the thousands of apprenticeship opportunities available in a variety of different industries.
Skills Zone
An area where visitors can learn more about resources they can access to upskill themselves, as well as meet some of the organisations that provide them.
Employability Zone
An area where visitors can learn how to find out about career opportunities, master the art of cv writing and discover how to complete applications.
Networking Zone
An area where visitors, exhibitors and apprentices can meet and network. There will also be a post event reception with further networking opportunities.
Why should you attend the festival?
Find out about Apprenticeships
There will also be an opportunity to learn about the application process and when to apply.
Find out about different types of apprenticeships and which companies offer them.
You will have the opportunity to meet a wide variety of employers from across different sectors that offer apprenticeships.
You can’t be what you can’t see, meet Apprentice Role Models.
There will also be lots of apprentices in the different zones that you can speak to and hear first-hand knowledge and experience from them.
This could change your life.
Attending the Festival of Apprenticeships will be an opportunity for you find out something new and could you change your life.
