See our impact
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Hear our top recruitment and retention tips to sustain SME growth
We spoke to Help to Grow: Management alumnus Pete Shillito, Director of Shillito Executive Search and South Yorkshire Chair at the Institute of Directors to learn his top tips for supporting SMEs with staff recruitment and retention.
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“The first year after being on the Help to Grow programme, the business doubled its turnover.”
Discover how our Help to Grow: Management course is helping community interest company, YES Energy Solutions grow their business.
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“You can see the knowledge from the apprenticeship being applied to the business.”
Mark Sutherland, Purchasing Manager at Hothouse Beauty Ltd shares how our packaging degree apprenticeship is supporting business growth.
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“The main benefit of apprenticeships is they help us retain our staff.”
We spoke to Katy North, Clinical Practice Educator at Barnsley Hospital to find out how our health and social care apprenticeships are benefitting their organisation.
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Degree apprenticeships produce our future leaders
We spoke to Liam Burditt, Head of Learning and Development, about our longstanding partnership to provide opportunities for degree apprentices.
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“This degree apprenticeship is teaching the skills accountants will need in the future.”
We spoke to senior lecturer Glen Cookson and apprenticeships lead Michelle Hardy, who helped design the course with employers. Both worked in accounting before moving into lecturing at the University.
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“It's helped me network with a group of peers that I wouldn't ever have met beforehand.”
Lucy Prior is the Business Growth Director at Trough-Tec Systems which manufactures and supplies sustainable cable management systems, made entirely from recycled household waste.
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“Learning on the job is the best of both worlds for the apprentice — they get the theory and the practical.”
Find out how our supply chain degree apprenticeships are bringing new knowledge and thought processes to UK pub retailer and brewer Greene King.
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“Apprenticeships are giving our staff the latest digital skills.”
Find out how our creative and digital higher and degree apprenticeships are helping Oxford University Press adapt in a fast-paced digital world.
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“After attending the Help to Grow: Management course, I've got more confidence to expand my brand”
Kelvin Quick owner of China Red and ALS Gongcha shares his experience of our Help to Grow: Management Course.