National Apprenticeship Week 2026

Learn about the benefits of doing an apprenticeship.

National Apprenticeship Week runs from Monday 9 February to Sunday 15 February.

It's a good opportunity to explore your options and learn about the hundreds of apprenticeships available.

What's on during National Apprenticeship Week

There's a schedule of online and in-person events for National Apprenticeship Week.

These events offer you the opportunity to:

hear from real life apprentices
find out where your skills can take you
learn more about different companies or sectors
work out the right route for you
network with others

To make the most of these events, you can view our networking advice or find out how to make the most of a careers fair.

View National Apprenticeship Week events

Hear from apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we spoke to some real apprentices.

Cormac is a broadcast engineer apprentice working at the BBC and studying at Birmingham City University.

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Hi there, my name is Cormac and I am a broadcast engineering degree apprentice with the BBC, currently studying at Birmingham City University.

Our apprenticeship is based on block sort of learning, so we do three month blocks. One of them being at university and then one at work, which is really nice because you don't have to think about one when you're on the other.

We go from being in a classroom all the time here, to being just out and about all the time when we're at work. So we're in offices all across the country. I'm always in Glasgow, London, Salford, always darting around, to do different experiences. Lots of just this needs fixing, that needs fixing. Here's a project that we want to deliver. Do you want to kind of take this and run with it? My learning style is out in the field doing it, and actually getting to experience it.

There's so many skills that you have to pick up over time, and some of them are really soft skills about communication, planning, organisation. And then there's the more kind of physical stuff with certain pieces of equipment or the way that we work within the broadcast industry.

I think if I had to pick a standout moment, it would be getting to do the election last year, that was fantastic. We were up in Glasgow for a week, and then all of us went off to our own locations, and we were actually, apart from the camera operator, the only engineer there. We had to do everything from arranging access into the venue to working out where we were going to be, getting power, internet, everything. So that was really interesting because it just gave you a bit of a chance to kind of step out and go, I've done all of this in a team. I've done this with other people sort of looking after me. This is now my chance to show that I can do it kind of on my own.

We'll be posting throughout the week to showcase different apprentices in a wide range of careers.

Learn something new during National Apprenticeship Week

You can use National Apprenticeship Week as an opportunity to learn something new about apprenticeships.

We recommend you use the resources and events on offer this week to find out:

what types of apprenticeships interest you
what level of apprenticeship will best help you progress your career
how to take a first step into the world of work
how to get more skills to use in your current job

More about National Apprenticeship Week

National Apprenticeship Week is your chance to discover exciting opportunities. It can help give your career a boost.

With live events, resources and expert advice on offer to you, you can use this week to explore whether an apprenticeship is right for you.

Visit the National Apprenticeship Week website

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Chat to an adviser

If you're not sure whether an apprenticeship is right for you, you can chat to a qualified careers adviser.

Explore your options

Apprenticeships are just one of the many training choices available to you.

You can:

view all your education and training options on the Skills for Careers website
explore careers to find out about the different ways to get into a role

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