BAE announces largest apprenticeships intake for five years

BAE Systems plans to recruit 387 engineering and business apprentices across its UK businesses in 2013 – the highest intake since 2008 – and 60 more than the company recruited in 2012.

Almost 10 per cent of the new recruits will join the five-year Higher Apprentice Programme which combines invaluable on-the-job training with the opportunity to study degree-level qualifications, free from tuition fees.