Sound foundations. Ian Nicholson/PA Wire/Press Association Images March 3, 2014 German apprenticeships are built on a cohesive national plan – not ad hoc partnerships Peter F E Sloane, University of Paderborn Germany’s apprenticeship system is often put up on a pedestal. Now, as other countries struggle to emulate it, Germany is even beginning to export its model of vocational training. The trick to the German…