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Legal apprenticeships: Widening access to law

Legal Apprenticeships After the Level 7 Funding Changes: Widening Access to Law

At the beginning of 2026, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published evidence that solicitor apprentices were the strongest performers in the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, passing ...
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2026 Survey

2026 Survey Results

Thank you to all our apprentices and employer partners who completed our 2026 surveys. Your feedback provides invaluable insight into what is working well and ...
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Damar and O Shaped

Damar Training and O Shaped: Transforming Paralegal Development

Damar Training has announced the continuation of its groundbreaking partnership with O Shaped, which began in 2021 and is now entering its sixth year of ...
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L2 Accounts Apprenticeship

Accounts Assistant: A Smarter Apprenticeship for Today’s Accounting Teams

Following Skills England’s apprenticeship reforms, we’re redesigning our Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship to focus on what matters most: helping your apprentices apply ...
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Jonathan Bourne - apprenticeship policy

A New Prime Minister… and a New Direction for Apprenticeship Policy?

An article by Jonathan Bourne, CEO of Damar Training I got back to the office last week after some holiday. Inevitably,  when I was away, ...
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Professional apprenticeships and SMEs

SME Research Report

61% of SMEs are ready to adopt business apprenticeships – but four key barriers stand in the way The majority of small and medium-sized businesses ...
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