
Apprentices and School Leavers Conference 2014
Tuesday, 2 December 2014 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
£349.00 – £598
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OverviewThere has been a steady increase in the number of apprentice and school leaver programmes available over the last few years. The Centre for Economics and Business Research predict that this will grow even further.This conference will examine how you can attract the brightest talent, from schools and colleges, to apprenticeship programmes and will guide you through setting up and running apprenticeships. The programme will feature best practice case studies from employers that have been running a successful programme for many years.
Programme highlights:
This event is for you, if you are an:
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SPECIAL OFFERBuy a place for this year’s Apprentices and School Leavers Summit 2014 in conjunction with our Graduate Recruitment Summit 2015 and save £200!
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Leading experts who will speak at this event include:
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Barclays Bank – Mike Thompson, Head of Early Careers
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BBC – Claire Paul, Head of Entry Level Talent
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Capgemini – Rebecca Plant, Head of Graduate & Apprentice Programmes
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Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) – Katerina Rüdiger, Head of Skills and Policy Campaigns
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Lloyds Banking Group – Emily Austin, Senior Emerging Talent Manager – Apprenticeship & School to Work Programmes
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Skills Funding Agency – Sue Husband, Executive Director for Apprenticeships and Delivery Services
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Skills Funding Agency – Tony Allen, Deputy Director Large Companies
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Telegraph Media Group – Colin Campbell-Austin, Head of Talent and People Development
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Virgin Media – Chris Starling, Head of Apprenticeships
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Visa Europe – James Lawrence, Next Gen Talent Programmes, People Development HR
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Speaker Biographies
Sponsors
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BPP Professional Apprenticeships Expert business, finance and law apprenticeship training and support from one of Europe’s largest specialist professional education providers. Aligned to industry recognised professional qualifications with clear progression paths to full professional or postgraduate qualifications, BPP work with employers to create and deliver bespoke apprenticeship and school leaver programmes tailored to individual business needs to recruit and develop the professionals of tomorrow. |
Since 1999 GTI Recruiting Solutions has been supplying bespoke outsourced graduate recruitment solutions and applicant tracking systems for organisations around the world.
If you want us to manage your full end-to-end graduate recruitment process, we’ve got the skills, the reach and the experience to do that. Easily. Or if you want us to look after key elements of the graduate recruitment process that complement your existing activities – such as marketing, screening and interviews – we can do that too. . |
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Frequently Asked Questions – (you can book using the ‘Ticket’ section near the end of the page)
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For environmental reasons, we do not print conference presentations. They become available as a download in your account on this site, shortly before the event.
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Please remember the account login and password you created during the event registration process. You will need this to access the presentations.
The event presentations are added to this account shortly before the seminar and can then be downloaded. We will notify you when they are available.
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If you made the booking, you can download them for your colleague as you already have an account – or they can create their own account.
To create an account, the attendee will need to purchase the documentation directly from the site. Don’t worry – we will email them a “Coupon Code” to input which makes the purchase free of charge.
Normally we email all attendees to notify them when the documentation is available online about one week before the event. We include account set up instructions and the Coupon Code with that email.
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Generally coffee and light refreshments are available on arrival and at tea and coffee breaks throughout the day. The times of these are made clear in the event programme.
Lunch is served on full day events. We arrange a buffet with a selection of options to accommodate different dietary requirements, but if you have specific needs please feel free add this on the ‘additional information’ section of the online booking for or to email us. Contact us here.
If you have been sent a discount or special offer ‘coupon code’ this can be entered in the shopping cart while booking and your discount will be applied to your purchase.
Don’t worry. You don’t need the ‘ticket’, it’s just produced by the booking software to confirm the order.
If you added delegate details on the booking form when you completed your order or told us by phone or email the names of the attendees, these people will be registered and do not need to bring the ‘ticket’.
Sorry, but suppliers may not attend as delegates.
We do allow a strictly limited number of suppliers to exhibit. Further exhibitor information can be found here or by calling our sales team on 020 7231 5100.
Payment can be made by credit card when you book, or you can specify cheque, bank transfer or invoice etc. once you complete the registration form.
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Online credit card payments are transacted via Paypal – you do not need a Paypal account to use this facility.
You can book online
Simply scroll down the page to the “Tickets” section. Select the number of places you wish to book and then click “Add to Cart”. You will then be taken to the shopping cart where you can confirm your purchase details, enter any discount or special offer coupon codes you may have, and arrange payment.
You can book by telephone
Simply call us on 020 7231 5100.
Changes are sometimes needed due to circumstances beyond our control such as trainers being ill, poor weather and so on. In the very rare circumstances that we need to change the date for an event we will automatically offer you a place on the next available event date. If this is not suitable for you we will refund your booking fee.
We cannot accept liability for travel and accommodation costs and strongly advise you not to book cheap ‘non-refundable / no change’ tickets and to check your insurance covers travel and accommodation in these circumstances.
Yes! Some of our events are actually held at hotels, but not all of them, so we have put together a page to help you find a suitable hotel near all of our main venues.
Please see our full terms and conditions here .
- Cancellations can be made up to one month before the event. Cancellations must be confirmed in writing and will be subject to a cancellation charge of £100 + VAT.
- Cancellations at less than one month from the event date are be subject to full payment.
- Substitutions may be made at any date and are subject to a £100 + VAT administration fee.
- Non-payment or non-attendance does not constitute a cancellation.
- If you want to change to another course date, or different event, we will do our best to accommodate your request, but we reserve the right to refuse changes. Any changes are subject to a £100 + VAT administration fee.
Can’t Attend? Buy the Presentations
You can purchase the event documentation, including the presentations, in a pdf format. Please use the link here (attendees receive a copy of the presentations).