Chris Cocklin has one apprenticeship under his belt and is now on his second – a Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship through The Open University (OU). And he has recently been nominated for a British Computer Society Apprentice of the Year award.
A software engineer at IBM, Chris is on what the company calls ‘the ladder of opportunity’, whereby employees are encouraged to take more than one apprenticeship to progress their learning and career trajectory.