This presentation by Safaraz Ali (Saf) given at the Apprenticeships for England Conference on the 13th July 2017 looks at the facts and figures regarding BAME apprenticeship uptake in England. It considers the demographics including trends such as that the British Asian population of England is growing faster than the overall population. It considers the growth of British Asians in Apprenticeships and how they are still falling behind the population average for those undertaking apprenticeships.

1. Asian Apprenticeships Awards
Recognising and celebrating the talent and
diversity among apprentices within the BME
Asian community
The focus to do something practical that makes a
positive difference
Safaraz Ali (Saf)

2. BME 2020 vision:
Increasing the proportion of apprenticeships
taken up by BME backgrounds by 20%
Increasing the number of BME students going to
University by 20%
Sajid Javid,
former Business Secretary
March 2016

3. Population Breakdown -
England 2011
Asian or Asian British
Black or Black British
British Mixed and Other
White
White (85.5%) 45,281,142
Asian or Asian British (7.8%) 4,143,403
Black or Black British (3.5%) 1,846,614
British Mixed and
Other / Unknown (3.2%) 1,741,297
Total Population 53,012,456
British Indian (34%) 1,395,702
British Pakistani (27%) 1,112,282
Other British Asian (39%) 1,635,419

4. Apprenticeship Statistics -
England 2015/16
Asian or Asian British
Black or Black British
British Mixed andOther / Unknown
White
White (88.1%) 448,830
Asian or Asian British (4.2%) 21,380
Black or Black British (3.4%) 17,500
British Mixed and
Other / Unknown(4.3%) 21,690
Total Apprentices 509,400
Source: FE Data Library and
House of Commons Briefing Paper, Number 06113, 21 November 2016
Apprenticeship Statistics: England

5. The growth of British
Asians in Apprenticeships
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

6. Growth trends in British
Asian population
The British Asian population of England is growing faster
than the overall population
• More than one in three (36.5%) British Asians are under
15, compared with fewer than one in five whites
(18.5%).
• 58% of the demographics in a specific case of British
Pakistanis in Birmingham are under 24 against 31.75%
for White as a like for like comparison, this is depicted
in the next two charts.

7. Age Pyramids of Whites in
Birmingham

8. Age Pyramids of Pakistani
British Asians in Birmingham
MAPPING OF RACE AND POVERTY IN BIRMINGHAM
Alessio Cangiano – ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and
Society (COMPAS, University of Oxford)

9. University uptake - England
2015/16
Asian or Asian British
Black or Black British
British Mixed and Other / Unknown
White
White (77%) 1,417,300
Asian or Asian British (10%) 183,505
Black or Black British (7%) 122,150
British Mixed and
Other / Unknown (6%) 119,360
Total number at University
Source: www.hesa.ac.uk
1,842,315

10. A view point:
• I’m unsure why the government is trying to
get more BME students into University as
these are already more likely to go to
University than white British students
• Many more British Asians will continue to go
down the route of University with very little
thought in terms of any alternative including
the higher degree option

11. In addition:
• The removal of uplifts under the new
apprenticeship funding model - the
disadvantage uplift and the removal of the
London weighting affects disproportionally
the BME community
• If we meet the government growth plans of
20% increase on BME apprenticeships this
will still be around 35% below benchmark
figures

12. Just to wrap up with
some good news . . .
Some of the winners from last years Awards have
become involved with the Institute for Apprenticeships
as panel members:
• Heeran Basi – Apprentice from Severn Trent
• Kam Penglin – from CT Skills
• Sanna Shabir – Apprentice from Atkins Global

13. Patrons of the Asian Apprenticeship Awards now
include:
Dame Asha Khemka,
Principal of West Nottinghamshire College
Rami Ranger,
member of the Governments Apprenticeship Delivery Board
This years sponsors and partners include:
• APM, AELP, CollabGroup, Jisc, NOCN, ICQ, Learning Curve
Group, In-Comm Training , BMet, Dudley College and
Severn Trent Water

14. The follow up from the Asian Apprenticeship Awards
has led to us today to the launch of the BAME
Apprenticeship Alliance. . . hooray
Thank you for your support and if anyone wants to
get involved in any way please give me a shout:
@SafarazAli
/Safaraz