Delighted to learn today from @shanechowen on Twitter of the NUS Apprenticeship strategy that could save Apprentices from the jaws of the meddling politicians.
If the NUS is able to extend its important work to encompass the development, well-being and safeguarding of Apprentices going forward, then this really is an Apprenticeship Landmark - we could be on the verge of a vocational precedent which promises to at last bring Apprentices into the student fold.
No longer second class 'learners', I trust that the NUS will have the ethical substence to open its arms and create 1 big happy student family.
For too long Apprentices have had no real 'group' identity - they have lived, studied (and worked) in a kind of Govt-imposed isolation bubble ; not seen as true 'academic' students by some, not even seen as true 'employees' by others. An element of this still may exist as we progress to a more progressive 'relationship' between Apprentices and the VQ stakeholders in the UK, but this brave move by the NUS is long overdue and I can only applaud it - common sense finally kicking in.
So here's to the NUS - one of the few organisations left that are never too busy to protect the rights of learners.
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