Delivered by Future Apprenticeships at HEFCE's Degree Apprenticeships Conference on 4 May: https://goo.gl/H9gtzD

1. Delivering degree apprenticeships

2. Outline of the session
• Background and stats
• The rules
• delivery models
• Support available now

3. About us

4. SWOT
Handout
• Strengths
• Opportunities
• Weaknesses
• Threat's

5. Background
• Background and stats
• The rules
• delivery models
• Support available now

6. “Our top priority was, is and
always will be education,
education, education. To
overcome decades of neglect and
make Britain a learning society,
developing the talents and raising
the ambitions of all our young
people.”
University of Southampton –
Tony Blair, 2001

7. Apprenticeship Reforms
Skills Minister Robert Halfon:
“Our reforms to apprenticeships are all about quality, quality, quality. We do not
just want 3 million apprenticeships by 2020, we want 3 million quality
apprenticeships.”
27th Feb 2017

8. Apprenticeship Reforms
• Nov 2012 – The Richards Review set out ambitious plans to make
apprenticeships more employer responsive
• The Government response – The Future of Apprenticeships in
England: Implementation Plan promised rigour and responsiveness.
• The key measures were to:
– Put employers in the driving seat
– Increase the quality of apprenticeships
– Simplify the system
– Give employers purchasing power

9. Progress towards 3 Million

10. The rules
• 20% off the job
• 20% retention of funding until completion
• Independent summative end point assessment
• Payment of 10% by SMEs
• Levy payment system for large employers

11. Frameworks to Standards
Training Provider / FE College:
Training Delivery / Assessment
Training Provider / FE College / HEI /
Employer:
Training Delivery
Independent
End Point
Assessment
Existing SASE
Frameworks
New
Standards
Apprenticeship
Duration
372 Days

12. Delivery models
How are you going to deliver yours?

13. Support Available now Future Apprenticeships
• Delivery of the on-programme parts of apprenticeships
• Individuals to become end point assessors
• Organisations to become end point assessment organisations
• Maths and English in apprenticeships
• Equality, diversity and inclusion in apprenticeships.

15. Delivery of on-programme elements
• Understand apprenticeships, requirements, systems, delivery and
capacity
• Transition and planning for delivery of standards
• Organisational specific support

16. Delivering the apprenticeship standards
Focusing on transitioning and delivering apprenticeship standards in specific
occupational areas
Includes development of a practical, robust transition plan and evidence from
providers who are already making the changes.

17. Innovation in delivery
http://tvet.excellencegateway.org.uk/
• Focus on delivery improvement
• Opportunities to learn from effective
practice
• Space to consider your own practice
• Opportunities to network

18. End-point assessment
Assessors:
• To support people to develop the skills to become independent end-point
assessors for apprenticeships through: an online module and three large
events with workshops.
Organisations:
• To support organisations through workshops to make decisions about
becoming an AAO, preparing to deliver EPA and ‘gearing up’ workshops to
support AAOs to deliver significant volumes.

19. Maths and English in apprenticeships
• Embed maths and English in apprenticeships: an introduction
• Embed maths and English in apprenticeships: develop your practice
• Face the challenges for maths and English in apprenticeship reforms
• Vocational revitaliser: an introduction to embedding maths and English
• Vocational revitaliser: develop your practice

20. Equality Diversity and Inclusion
A free 2-hour course for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for apprenticeship
providers is available.
Following the new apprentice journey through 7 core modules.
In depth modules on mental health in apprenticeships due to be launched:
- Building awareness, capacity & capability of practitioners;
- Effective models and examples of accessible and inclusive
apprenticeships

21. Future Apprenticeships Toolkit
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22. Contact details
Access support through courses, the
provider toolkit, webinars, resources
and information through the portal:
www.futureapprenticeships.org.uk
www.etfoundation.co.uk
enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk
@E_T_Foundation