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Kaplan
Apprenticeship
Awards 2024

Nominations are now closed.

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Date of the awards

16th December, 2024

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Location

Shangri-La The Shard, London

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Awards

12 awards

What are the Kaplan apprenticeship awards? 

Kaplan’s Apprenticeship Awards celebrates the success and achievements of apprentices, line managers, tutors, and talent coaches across our accountancy and tax, banking and financial services, and data and technology programmes. 

The awards will be held in London, in December, honouring our students and their line mangers, tutors, talent coaches and all they have achieved.

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Do you know someone making a difference?

We want to celebrate our individuals who have made an outstanding impact as part of their apprenticeship and beyond.

You can nominate any apprentice who is currently studying with Kaplan, those due to complete their apprenticeship in 2024, or those who completed their apprenticeship after June 2023. You can also nominate any line manager, talent coach, or tutor who you feel deserves this award.

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Award categories

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Accountancy and Tax

Awarded to apprentices for exceptional performance during their apprenticeship (Award for Level 2-4 and Award for Level 7).

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Banking and Financial Services

Awarded to apprentices for exceptional performance during their apprenticeship (Award for Level 3 and Award for Level 6).

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Data and Technology

Awarded to a data and technology apprentice for their exceptional performance during their apprenticeship.

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Apprenticeship Advocate Award

Awarded to an apprentice who has had a significant impact on their community through their advocacy work. The winner of this award must have positively influenced organisations or apprentices.

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Personal Development Award

Awarded to an apprentice who has transformed to become the best version of themselves through the apprenticeship.

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Mentoring and Support Award

Awarded to an apprentice who has distinguished themselves as a mentor by helping others achieve their professional goals by providing moral, social, or intellectual support.

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Resilience Award

Awarded to an apprentice who has excelled in both professional and personal endeavours while overcoming difficult challenges.

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Citizenship Award

Awarded to an apprentice who has made a powerful contribution to the communities they live in, making our society and community a special place to live.

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Line Manager Award

Awarded to a line manager who has shown exceptional dedication in helping their apprentice to flourish.

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Kaplan Employee Award

Awarded to a Kaplan tutor or talent coach for going above and beyond in the support and guidance they offer to apprentices.

Meet the judges

Elizabeth Hess

Elizabeth Hess

Director of Communications, Kaplan

Elizabeth is director of communications for Kaplan’s UK-based businesses. Previously, she worked in public relations and public affairs in the Netherlands and the US in the telecom and satellite communications sector. She is also a trustee for the North East Derbyshire Support Centre and the Helena Kennedy Foundation. She holds a B.A. degree from UCLA and an M.A. from McGill University.

Jenny Pelling

Jenny Pelling

Director of Apprenticeship Development and Diversity, Kaplan

Jenny Pelling is the Director of Apprenticeship Development and Diversity at Kaplan Financial. She holds key roles within Kaplan Financial, contributing as a member of both the Apprenticeship Leadership Team and the EDI Steering Group, and being the strategic lead for apprentices' careers and wider personal development. Jenny's commitment to expanding access to apprenticeships and professional opportunities is evident through her active involvement as a patron and judge for esteemed organisations such as the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance and Awards, RISE (which provides skills insights to schools), and the social mobility charity Career Ready. Additionally, Jenny is an advisory partner for the Association of Apprentices and is a governor of Kaplan Pathways.

Jagdeep Soor

Jagdeep Soor

Executive Director, Pathway Group

Jagdeep has over 25 years’ experience in the employment support and skills sectors, working on the majority of mainstream back to work programmes, both in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is a strategist with extensive senior operational experience. Currently he is the Head of Strategic Partnerships for the Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance and The Apprenticeship Diversity and Social Mobility Forum (Powered by Pathway Group.)

The aim of these two initiatives is to promote social mobility, diversity, inclusion, and equity in apprenticeships and employability. Jagdeep is a Fellow of the Institute of Employability Professionals, and has a passion for equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity, to support those that are most at risk of missing out on opportunity.

Derek Cockfield

Derek Cockfield

Head of Corporate Partnerships, WorldSkills UK

Derek is an experienced fundraising manager, having worked in the charity sector for over 15 years. He is responsible for identifying and delivering strategic partnerships which help to drive increased representation and engagement with underrepresented groups at WorldSkills UK. He oversees delivery of their equity, diversity and inclusion programmes.

David Barker

David Barker

Chief Technology Officer, Association of Apprentices

David started his career as an apprentice in an education technology company at sixteen years old. Seven years after successfully moving into full-time employment from his apprenticeship, David became one of the UK’s first digital marketing entrepreneurs in the early 1990’s, scaling an agency working with global brands such as Intel, Microsoft and Unilever.

Today, David works on the Executive Team of the Association of Apprentices, leading on the technology innovations and partnerships that are helping UK apprentices receive additional support during their apprenticeship. As a past apprentice himself, David is passionate about ensuring all apprentices have everything they need to move beyond their apprenticeship into successful careers.