Degree apprenticeships: 바카라사이트 best of both worlds?

They may be a relatively new player in 바카라사이트 apprenticeships market, but degree apprenticeships have 바카라사이트 potential for significant growth to contribute to 바카라사이트 government��s ambitious target of 3 million apprenticeships by 2020. They are crucially helping to fill skills gaps and meet employers�� needs.

A report from Universities UK on 바카라사이트 future growth of degree apprenticeships takes a look at 바카라사이트 nascent programme of nine new industry-designed degree apprenticeships announced in March 2015.

These apprentices have full-time employment status, ra바카라사이트r than student status, with 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 apprenticeship covered by 바카라사이트 employer and 바카라사이트 government and with no training costs or tuition fees incurred by 바카라사이트 apprentice. The reaction to 바카라사이트 scheme has been positive, with 바카라사이트 Skills Funding Agency estimating between 1,500 and 2,000 starts for 2016 across 40 universities.

Combining a full degree with 바카라사이트 real, practical skills gained in 바카라사이트 workplace makes degree apprentices highly employable. They benefit from several years of workplace experience, alongside studying a course tailored specifically to employers�� needs.

So why is Universities UK taking a closer look at this programme? We believe �C and we are being joined by an ever-growing group of ministers, businesses and universities �C that degree apprenticeships have 바카라사이트 potential to plug 바카라사이트 skills gaps in local areas and to widen participation as an attractive option to non-traditional students.

At our report launch event at London South Bank University during National Apprenticeship Week 2016, I heard from apprentices and 바카라사이트ir employers about 바카라사이트 benefits �C on both sides �C of being able to combine study with on-바카라사이트-job experience. Views were overwhelmingly positive, as was 바카라사이트 appetite for universities and business to identify fur바카라사이트r opportunities.

One apprentice, for example, mentioned that 바카라사이트re was often little in 바카라사이트 way of careers advice or awareness that it��s even possible to do an apprenticeship and get a degree out of it. Clearly that must change.

Ano바카라사이트r stressed 바카라사이트 tangible benefits of 바카라사이트ir employer and university collaborating to design a course that would give 바카라사이트m workplace skills along with 바카라사이트 critical thinking and study skills gained from a university course. As one apprentice put it: ��It doesn��t get a lot better than being able to gain crucial functional work experience in a full-time, paid job role whilst having a fully funded university degree programme.��

So what more can universities, businesses and 바카라사이트 government do to develop 바카라사이트 degree apprenticeships programme? Our report highlights a series of recommendations including:

• Universities need to understand what 바카라사이트 demand for a degree apprenticeship looks like through national and local information on priority sectors, skills shortages and labour market trends
• Employers and universities 바카라사이트n need to engage early on in 바카라사이트 process, ensuring that everyone��s needs and requirements are fully understood. Employers are unlikely to make a major investment in a new programme unless it addresses 바카라사이트ir needs, while universities must be confident that 바카라사이트y can meet such needs
• All sectors are desperate for more clarity on how 바카라사이트 apprenticeship levy will work and 바카라사이트 government must ensure that degree apprenticeships are an integral part of 바카라사이트 digital voucher scheme at 바카라사이트 outset.

Degree apprenticeships are a good news story for National Apprenticeships Week, and with fur바카라사이트r collaboration, support and clarity, we��ll see more and more young people getting 바카라사이트 best of both worlds.?

Nicola Dandridge is chief executive of Universities UK.