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Key facts
- Buyer
- Dsit
- Supplier
- IN4 Group SME
- Value
- £90,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jun 2026
- Published22 Jun 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
A pilot to support a minimum of 30 young people at risk of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) into AI apprenticeships from September 2026. Offers a direct route for disadvantaged young people into employment in frontier technology. The pilot would target young people identified by schools through the Risk of NEET Indicator (RONI) and support them into AI apprenticeships. Under the proposal, up to 50 selected students would be engaged and enrolled before end of the academic year and thereafter would undertake a four-week summer programme focused on essential workplace communication and basic AI skills before being matched to participating employers. We expect 50% of those enrolled to convert into apprenticeship starts. We would also expect a strong completion rate for the apprenticeship, which typically lasts one year. DSIT is funding the four-week summer programme at a cost of £90k. To secure the apprenticeship places already identified, funding would need to be …
About the supplier
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