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As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2019, we invited Claire Todd, our Marketing Intern to interview twin brothers about a typical day as a modern apprentice in engineering. Here’s what she found out.

Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2019 is all about promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and the value they bring to business and the economy. The theme for Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2019 is ‘Skills for the Future’, recognising the crucial role they play in providing a skilled workforce now and in the future.

Every year for Scottish Apprenticeship Week, we like to showcase Ayrshire apprentices who are at various stages of their learning. So far this year we have introduced you to Caitlin White, Jamie Donnelly, Annie Harrison, Tj Freeburn, and Catriona Cook. Now we would like you to meet Darren Montgomery (left) and Mark Gibb (right) – third year mechanical engineering apprentices with RPC bpi group, based in Stevenston.

Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2019 is all about promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and the value they bring to business and the economy.

Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2019 is all about promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and the value they bring to business and the economy.

Continuing with our look back over the last 5 years to celebrate the achievements of individual apprentices and all those who contribute to their success at Ayrshire College and beyond, Chair of Ayrshire College, Willie Mackie, shared his thoughts on the importance of Modern Apprenticeships.

Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2019 is all about promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and the value they bring to business and the economy.

Former Ayrshire College student Andy Shields, Head of Creative at AM Publishing Ltd (the company behind Ayrshire Magazine), came back to where it all started to speak to our current HNC Visual Communications students last week.

Following our popular ‘Day in the Life Of’ blog series, our graphic designer, Lynn Robertson, caught up with Early Years student, Tracey Callaghan again as she returns to college to study HNC Childhood Practice.

Susan Sykes left school at 14 because she "didn't fit in at all". Here Susan explains how it all worked out for her - thanks to Ayrshire College.