{"id":1086,"date":"2026-02-16T11:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:30:06","slug":"looking-back-on-national-apprenticeship-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/2026\/02\/16\/looking-back-on-national-apprenticeship-week-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back on National Apprenticeship Week\u00a02026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">National Apprenticeship Week now behind us,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0reflecting on a busy and inspiring week celebrating and championing apprenticeships across our community. From engaging employers to supporting future apprentices,\u00a0here\u2019s\u00a0a snapshot of what we achieved:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A week packed with activity<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Information sessions:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0We hosted a series of drop-in sessions for prospective employers and apprentices, offering guidance, answering questions, and\u00a0showcasing\u00a0the opportunities apprenticeships can provide.\u00a0These were well attended with lots of\u00a0positive discussion around the impact apprenticeships can have on an organisation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1087 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2026\/02\/1767702174613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apprenticeship Awards:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> We proudly hosted our annual Apprenticeship Awards, celebrating the achievements of outstanding apprentices and recognising the commitment of the employers who support them. With over 170 guests in attendance the day saw 16 individual apprentices receiving awards and over 200 individuals nominees celebrated.<br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>\nThe day culminated in the award for overall Apprentice of The Year being presented, which was won by Jess Davey of Syneos Health, read Jess\u2019s full interview after receiving the award here : <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/university-of-kent_naw2026-activity-7428176926223151105-Bh8x\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_ios&amp;rcm=ACoAAA-Sa-wBRtDO04b3SfbN7kiRkBDGQlvd78s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Davey Apprentice of the year 2026 winner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More details about this exciting event can be found here : <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrating-our-apprenticeship-community-during-national-apprenticeship-week-2026\/\">Celebrating Our Apprenticeship Community during National Apprenticeship Week 2026 \u2013 Apprenticeships at Kent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1089 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2026\/02\/DSC_9852-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1090 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2026\/02\/DSC_0663-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1095 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2026\/02\/DSC_0195-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1092 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2026\/02\/DSC_9899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Employer partner events:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Throughout the week, we attended events with our employer partners, helping promote apprenticeships and continuing important conversations around skills, talent, and workforce development. Including an event at Great Ormond Street Hospital which was attended by our Senior Business Development and Marketing Officer Alan Bikowski and Employer Relations Lead Sarah Carroll<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1088 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2026\/02\/1770741606770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"591\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Looking ahead<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">National Apprenticeship Week is just one part of our ongoing commitment to apprenticeships. We have many more events, information sessions, and opportunities planned to continue supporting employers and apprentices throughout the year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To find out more about our apprenticeship programmes, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/apprenticeships\">University website<\/a> or contact our team at\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">recruitapprenticeships@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Apprenticeship Week now behind us,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0reflecting on a busy and inspiring week celebrating and championing apprenticeships across our community. From engaging employers to supporting future &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/2026\/02\/16\/looking-back-on-national-apprenticeship-week-2026\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82316,"featured_media":1093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[178772,178782,211089,178727],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}