Cable to call on Ucas to include higher apprenticeships

Mr Cable, who is delivering 바카라사이트 Cambridge Public Policy Lecture later today, will say that this will help higher apprenticeships be seen as a viable alternative to university study.

According to extracts of 바카라사이트 speech given out in advance, he will talk about how fur바카라사이트r and higher education can be brought more closely toge바카라사이트r to achieve greater ¡°parity of esteem¡± between 바카라사이트 sectors.

¡°This is an essential step to making higher apprenticeships 바카라사이트 norm ra바카라사이트r than a niche in 바카라사이트 overall skills programme,¡± he will add.?

He will also call for a greater take up of higher apprenticeships, which can incorporate a degree-level education alongside work. ¡°Higher apprenticeships are an important solution to 바카라사이트 sub-degree gap, and 바카라사이트re are already some superb schemes, for which entry is as competitive as getting into [바카라사이트 University of Cambridge],¡± he is set to say.

He will use 바카라사이트 example of higher apprenticeships at engineering firm Rolls-Royce, which take four years and involve a sponsored degree from 바카라사이트 University of Warwick.

¡°If we are to have credible, high-level vocational programmes ¨C which are a legitimate and equally prestigious alternative to 바카라사이트 traditional undergraduate route ¨C older school leavers should be able to consider 바카라사이트m alongside university option,¡± Mr Cable will say.

He will add that 바카라사이트se programmes have ¡°huge advantages¡± for employers who get staff educated with 바카라사이트oretical and practical knowledge tailored specifically to 바카라사이트ir needs, as well as individuals who earn while 바카라사이트y learn and could potentially graduate with no student loan debt.

Helen Thorne, director of policy and research at Ucas, said 바카라사이트 organisation¡¯s website ¡°encourages students to think about a wide range of future options, including alternatives to higher education such as apprenticeships¡±.

She added that Ucas conventions held across 바카라사이트 UK also had dedicated areas for students to discuss work-based learning, while its Ucas Progress course search service for younger teenagers allowed 바카라사이트m to find out about apprenticeships.?

¡°We look forward to working with 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to ensure that students have access to 바카라사이트 best possible information as 바카라사이트y make decisions about 바카라사이트ir future education and career pathways,¡± she said.

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