Manchester Metropolitan University named Training Provider of the Year at the North West Apprenticeship Awards
Manchester Met has been named Training Provider of the Year at the inaugural North West Apprenticeship Awards 2023.
The North West Apprenticeship Awards celebrate the future of apprenticeships and employment within the region. The awards recognise the best and brightest talent as well as the organisations helping them to succeed.
Jo Carney, Head of Apprenticeship Business Development at Manchester Met said “It’s great to win Training Provider of the Year at the North West Apprenticeship Awards and to celebrate the incredible achievements of our regional degree apprentices and employer partners. As a Manchester-based University, we’re extremely proud to have been recognised as Training Provider of the Year within the region.”
Alongside the University, five of our degree apprentices and two employer partners were also winners:
Apprentice of the Year - Retail, Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Winner
Vicky Joynson, Chartered Manager – Retail Degree Apprentice, McDonalds
Apprentice of the Year - Professional Services Winner
Dhanisha Vyas, Chartered Manager Fast-Track Degree Apprentice, Capgemini
Apprentice of the Year - Tech, Digital and Creative Winner
Amy Pridding, Digital User Experience (UX) Professional Degree Apprentice, AJ Bell
Apprentice of the Year - Engineering and Manufacturing
Maison Heywood, Digital Marketer Degree Apprentice, Sumed International (UK) Ltd
Apprentice of the Year - Health, Wellbeing and Care Winner and North West Apprentice of the Year Winner
Lisa McDonald, Social Worker Degree Apprentice, Tameside Children’s Services
SME Employer of the Year Winner
Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN)
Large Employer of the Year Winner
AJ Bell
For a full list of winners, click here.
Our employer partner AJ Bell, who won Large Employer of the Year, shared their experience of increasing diversity within the business through degree apprenticeships with us; click here to watch.
Read another employer partner, and winner of SME Employer of the Year, GMLPN share the benefits of degree apprenticeships for both the employer and degree apprentice.
Amy Pridding, Digital User Experience (UX) Professional Degree Apprentice at AJ Bell and Apprentice of the Year - Tech, Digital & Creative Winner, said
“I was given my own responsibilities and my own role in developing the internal and UX side of the business. It’s something that the business has really championed for me, giving me that opportunity to work independently but also providing mentorship and support.” Read her full case study here.
As a leading provider of degree apprenticeships since 2015, working with more than 540 employer partners and with more than 2,400 apprentices on programmes, the University offers 18 programmes in a range of skills shortage areas, from health to digital and leadership to science, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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