A learner from Milton Keynes has been offered a fantastic opportunity on completion of Level 4 AAT.
Lucy Wright who is part way through level 4 will be working for Global Accountancy specialists Grant Thornton on their Graduate Programme.
Michelle Bagnall, lead trainer at Milton Keynes said: …This fantastic career opportunity is a true reflection of Lucy’s dedication and determination to complete her AAT studies. Having passed every assessment at Level 2, 3 & 4 first time, Lucy is well placed to have a successful career and become a fully qualified chartered accountant.

A group at Milton Keynes are just celebrating an exam success rate of 90% in their first level 4 exam sitting – A fantastic achievement, well done to all.

Students from the NiTP (National IT Partnership) Academy based at South Staffordshire College’s Tamworth Campus have been shortlisted in a National Apprenticeship Scheme initiative. The College works with NiTP to offer Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeships for students wishing to compete for jobs at the higher end of the industry.

The ‘Can you hack it as an apprentice?’ design challenge aims to help increase the number of young people starting Apprenticeships and respond to employers calling on young people to improve the quality of their Apprenticeship applications.

Abby Jackson (19) from Media Links Online, Tyler Brown Jones (17) from The Rich Media Company, Daniel Lawley (18) from Cadlogic and Joe Hardy (20) from Risual, entered the Facebook Challenge, an initiative to design and develop a brand new App or game for the National Apprenticeships Service.

Abbey, Tyler, Daniel and Joe decided to enter the competition under the team name of C7 Productions and spent time planning, designing and developing their concept App in order to produce a specification. Aptly named ‘Professor Wizard’, the App will be an in depth guide to applying for an Apprenticeship based on creating a profile to help users choose their career path and will include an interview quiz to help people prepare for interviews.

A panel of judges from the creative industries has selected a shortlist of the five best ideas, with each developer receiving £3,000 to develop their design into a prototype beta version. Following testing, the most successful developer will receive a further £10,000 to develop their App or game into a fully functioning product.

With the £3,000 funding they receive, the students will create a beta version of their App to go into testing in late June and the challenge will culminate in a prototype Facebook App or game being launched via the National Apprenticeship Service’s Facebook page in August.