Home » HR practices » Professional development » Great Britain: more and more businesses provide their employees with vocational qualifications Great Britain: more and more businesses provide their employees with vocational qualifications The major high street retailer, the John Lewis Partnership, has announced plans to establish a ‘University of John Lewis’ as part of its expanding range of internal vocational qualifications for staff. The brand will pilot its first Level 6 vocational qualification – equivalent to a university honours degree – by the end of 2013. British businesses are increasingly developing training paths allowing their staff to get a degree that is externally recognised. (Ref. 130315) Through . Published on 14 May 2013 à 13h41 - Update on 14 May 2013 à 13h41 Resources John Lewis, employing some 84,700 staff across 39 John Lewis shops and 290 Waitrose supermarket stores. Currently, John Lewis provides internal existing vocational qualifications, which range from entry level to Level 5 courses, and the new initiative builds upon its own apprenticeship programme which was launched last year and gives staff the opportunity to study for a Level 2 or 3 qualification. The take up of these internal courses saw 3% of staff apply for some type of vocational qualification in 2012,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
