Meet the apprenticeship team
Industry leads
Industry leads are business engagement specialists, each looking after a specific sector. Building relationships with local employers to manage the delivery and recruitment of industry specific apprenticeships. Supporting employers through the apprentice recruitment journey.
Mark Adams
Industry Lead: Creative Digital and Visitor Economy
T: 0115 884 2682
Hannah Wrench
Industry Lead: Support Services
T: 0115 884 2528
Jim Beard
Industry Lead - Construction & Low Carbon
T: 0115 945 7475
Nicole Richardson
Industry Lead: Health, Science & Care
T: 0115 884 2671
Stacey Holmes
Industry Lead for Automotive
T: 0115 884 2674
Work Placement Team
Work Placement Officers are employer focused and build relationships with local organisations to promote the benefits of supporting a young person on a work placement and support employers through the work placement journey.
Our Work Placement Team works directly with employers to place students into short work experience programmes for the benefit of both our students and employers. For more about this time and what it does, take a look at our work placement page.
Stephen Jones
Work Placement Officer – Technology (Automotive, Engineering, Computing)
T: 0115 884 2713
Jo Gregory
Work Placement Officer – Creative (Art & Fashion, Media and Photography, Music and Performance)
T: 0115 884 2215
Emma Fountain
Work Placement Officer – Construction
T: 0115 884 2216
Recruitment team
Our team of recruitment officers work to find the best candidates for your vacancies. We work to develop candidates to prepare them for interview and we manage the recruitment process, on your behalf, from start to finish. If you are currently an employer who is interested in taking on another apprentice, this is the team to talk to.
Aman Sandhu
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2273
Talisha Ricketts
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2679
Kath Wilkinson
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 945 7261
Alicia Banks
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 945 7260
Paige Witham
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2678
Jenni Walker
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2678
Lizzy Fearn
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2287
Kaira McGregor
Apprentice Recruitment Administrator
T: 0115 945 7260
Ashleigh Oates
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 945 7512
Beth Hampson-Smith
Apprenticeship Recruitment Officer
T: 0115 884 2269
Projects team
The Projects Team work on a range of employer led projects that help to address local skills gaps and provide employers with strategies to successfully attract, train and retain local talent.
Joanne Smith
Employer Workforce Development Lead
T: 0115 884 2242
Cheaviler Douglas
Employer Engagement Officer
T: 0115 884 2752
Declan Manning
Employer Engagement Officer
T: 0115 884 2226