National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards 2025 – Nominations Now Open

Gatsby are excited to be sponsoring, for the second year, the T Level Student of the Year and T Level Employer of the Year categories as part of the National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards.

Applications are open now, until 5pm on 23rd May 2025. Visit appawards.co.uk/ for information about all the categories and register to start a submission. T Level Student and Employer applicants complete and submit their own entry, so we invite all our partners to encourage motivated students and innovative employers in their networks to apply.

Last year’s Awards highlighted incredible practice nationwide. Gatsby’s Jenifer Burden presented the two awards to the eventual winners at the national finals in November:

T Level Student of the Year 2024: Fernanda Vargas 
Fernanda completed the Digital Production, Design, and Development T Level completing her 45-day industry placement with IBM, where she is now doing a Digital & Technology Solutions degree apprenticeship. She said: “I’m honoured to represent how T Levels can transform potential into achievement and dreams into reality. Winning this award is a testament to the opportunities T Levels provide for young people to thrive."

T Level Employer of the Year 2024: Lloyds Banking Group 
On receiving their award, John Banks, T-levels and Apprenticeships Manager said: “We are over the moon to be recognised as the national winner for The Gatsby T Level Employer of the Year Award at the National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards 2024. The T Level students we have hosted bring real insight and technical capability into our organisation and it is so rewarding to be able to provide these opportunities for young people, both in terms of industrial placements and also a pathway into apprenticeships, which can be life changing for some"