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<p>The Government commissioned research into gender and apprenticeships and ethnicity
and apprenticeships. A report was published in December 2013. Following this a new
advisory group has been established to help address barriers and increase diversity
within apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last two years, projects
under the Skills Funding Agency’s Equality and Diversity Good Practice Fund have encouraged
people from ethnic minorities to apply for apprenticeships, including Chiltern Training,
Awaaz and Heba.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally the ‘Get In. Go far’ campaign
launched in September this year, aims to promote apprenticeships to a wide range of
potential applicants and has generated over a million hits on YouTube.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of applications made through the Apprenticeships
Vacancies website from ethnic minority candidates increased from <strong>328,110</strong>
in 2012/13 to <strong>382,520</strong> in 2013/14. Full information on the number
of apprenticeship applications by ethnicity is published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371696/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelNov14.xls"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371696/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelNov14.xls</a></p><p>
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