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20 Modern Apprenticeships 85.  The College is working well with employers across the region to support a range of models to deliver Modern Apprenticeships (MAs), including day release and workplace assessment. Figures from Skills Development Scotland show that there were 1,970 MA starts across the region in 2012-13. The College, based on actuals from the former Ayr and Kilmarnock Colleges, delivered 165 of these, representing 8.4 per cent of the regional total across all training providers. Table 5 Modern Apprenticeship starts 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Contracted with SDS 165 MM