This document discusses degree apprenticeships, including: - The national picture of degree apprenticeship numbers growing each year. - Key differences from traditional degrees such as being advertised all year, employer pays tuition, and 20% off-the-job training. - Benefits to higher education institutions, employers, and apprentices including additional income, employer engagement, upskilling staff, and free degrees. - Challenges around regulatory changes, meeting maths/English requirements, and balancing work and study responsibilities.

1. DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS
Claire Middleton- Business Development Manager
Paul Goldthorpe - Account Manager

3. The FE/HE Journey

4. UoP- The story so far…..
2016- Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship x 7
2017- Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship
Embedded Electronics Top Up
Surveying- Building & Quantity
2018- Chartered Manager
Surveying- Building, Quantity, valuation
Embedded electronics top up
Strategic Leadership- MBA and MSc Educ Leadership
Academic Professional
Architecture
Project Manager
Civil Engineering

5. National Picture

6. National Picture
Standards Number of starts
All Years 32 15,799
2018/19
(Aug-Nov)
29 7,114
2017/18 21 6,299
2016/17 11 1,614

7. National Picture

8. How is it achieved?
Students typically attend 1 day per week gaining underpinning knowledge
Gain experience alongside your existing role supported by a workplace mentor
Evidence is submitted via online portal
End Point Assessment

9. LEVEL
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & BEHAVIOURS
Intermediate
apprenticeship
Level 2
Advanced
apprenticeship
Level 3
Higher
apprenticeship
Level 4-7
Degree
apprenticeship
Level 6 & 7
The levels of apprenticeships

10. 1
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES WITH
TRADITIONAL DEGREES?
Advertised
all year
Employer
and
government
pay for the
study
Start at
points
throughout
the year
UCAS
deadline
Student
pays to
study /
student loan
Usually start
once a year

11. 20% off the job training
• This is a requirement of the Apprenticeship
• Ideally 1 day a week but doesn’t have to be
• Anything that is not your normal day job
• Can be shadowing, research, projects,
applying theory to your role
• Must be agreed by line manager and
logged

13. Maths & English
• Must have acceptable evidence of achieving
equivalent of level 2 maths & English
• Functional skills, key skills, GCSE,O levels
• Overseas qualifications if accepted by NARIC
• Partner with private training provider or college

14. EPA

15. EPA

16. How are DAs set up at UoP?

17. What’s in it for HEIs?

18. What’s in it for HEIs?
• Additional income stream
• Employer engagement
• Widening participation
• Engaged students
• Government agenda
• Excellent destination outcome- TEF

19. What’s in it for the employer?

20. What’s in it for the employer?
• Levy/ non- levy- cost effective
• Home grow talent
• Upskill existing staff
• Retention
• Succession planning
• CSR

21. What’s in it for the apprentice?

22. What’s in it for the apprentice?
• Free degree- no loans or debt
• Already employed
• Chartered status
• Upskilling
• Academic & workplace mentors
• May not have had the opportunity to do a degree
previously

23. Challenges
• Regulatory pressures- change at short notice
• Government/ political pressures
• 20%- for employers and HEIs
• Maths and English- employers, students & HEIs
• EPA vs graduation- employers, students & HEIs
• Progress reviews-HEIs
• Monthly returns
• Employers in driving seat

24. Opportunities
• New and exciting
• Employer driven/ closer links with employers
• Levy
• Widening participation
• Alternative funding stream - average £7K per year,
attractive at L7
• Partnerships- FE/PTP
• AGPN