Katie Coleman’s journey from hairdresser to quality engineering apprentice with Makers and Aviva
Katie Coleman is currently completing a quality engineering apprenticeship. Set to graduate in 2025 she’s already added testing skills to her toolkit with...
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Makers Apprentice Awards Spotlight: Usna Hakimi, a DevOps graduate at SITA
Usna Hakimi completed the BCS Level 4 DevOps apprenticeship with Makers and SITA in 2023. During the pandemic, she decided to leave her job as a Museum...
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Makers Apprentice Awards Spotlight: Orla Dunlop, a DevOps graduate at the Department for Work and Pensions
I was working in a non-technical role at the DWP, following graduating from university with a History degree.
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Returning the favour: from apprentice to mentor
Software engineer Troy Snowden reflects on his time as an apprentice at DWP Digital and his experiences now mentoring others.
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Google and Makers celebrate four years of tech apprenticeships
Makers have been delivering software apprenticeships with Google since 2020. To celebrate this year’s Makers Apprenticeship Awards we spoke to James Jeffries.
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Apprenticeships are for everyone, including line managers.
Ajit shares his experience with Makers of being an apprentice line manager for Employer Tuesday as part of National Apprenticeship Week.
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The Business Case for Apprenticeships — 5 Myths Busted
This is forcing a lot of organisations to reassess their tech recruitment practices by looking toward new tech talent pipelines.
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From Support Team Manager to Software Developer: Lauren’s Apprenticeship Journey
Lauren loved working for Spektrix but was looking to get into the technical side of things, so when her workplace started to pilot Software Development...
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From Support Analyst to Software Developer: John’s Apprenticeship Journey
What were you doing before you applied for the apprenticeship, and what was your motivation to consider the apprenticeship and apply?
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