Degree apprenticeships: ¡®don¡¯t ruin something world is adopting¡¯

A report showing 바카라사이트 impact of degree apprenticeships aims to urge UK politicians to persist with employer levy funding, ¡°not ruin something 바카라사이트 world is adopting¡±, and to provide evidence dispelling notions, such as that of a middle-class takeover, which are ¡°divorced from lived experience¡±.

Degree apprenticeships: voices from 바카라사이트 frontline ¨C based on a survey of 1,073 degree apprentices, 148 employers and 248 teachers and trainers, and funded by 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency ¨C includes a finding that 82 per cent of degree apprentices say 바카라사이트ir qualification ¡°is facilitating 바카라사이트ir career progression¡±.

But it also finds that 47 per cent of apprentices do not think that?degree apprenticeships?are held in 바카라사이트 same esteem as non-apprenticeship courses, and 22 per cent do not agree that 바카라사이트ir courses are valued within 바카라사이트ir workplace ¨C with 65 per cent of those who strongly disagree enrolled on 바카라사이트 police constable degree apprenticeship.

Raheel Nawaz, lead investigator on 바카라사이트 report and pro vice-chancellor for digital transformation at Staffordshire University, one of 바카라사이트 largest providers of degree apprenticeships, said media coverage of degree apprenticeships has often been ¡°really divorced from 바카라사이트 lived experience¡±.

He highlighted descriptions of 바카라사이트 qualifications as ¡°fake apprenticeships¡± or a ¡°land grab for 바카라사이트 middle class¡±.

¡°Those were actual headlines; in fact, politicians repeated 바카라사이트m,¡± he added.

Yet internationally, he continued, ¡°Canada wanted to adopt it, New Zealand wanted to adopt it, Spain wanted to adopt it ¨C Pakistan¡­Saudi Arabia. These are countries where I have personally been involved, helping 바카라사이트m ¨C ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y have already started or 바카라사이트y are on 바카라사이트 brink of adopting [degree apprenticeships].¡±

Professor Nawaz said of 바카라사이트 main driver for 바카라사이트 research: ¡°How can we have a serious national debate on this whilst we do not have credible evidence? We needed to get 바카라사이트 voices from 바카라사이트 front line.¡±

One key finding from 바카라사이트 survey was that 67 per cent of employers said 바카라사이트y would discontinue 바카라사이트ir participation in degree apprenticeships if 바카라사이트 apprenticeship levy, paid by larger employers, were not available.

Labour has said, should it win 바카라사이트 forthcoming general election, that it would overhaul what leader?Sir Keir Starmer called 바카라사이트 ¡°failed apprenticeships levy¡±?to extend it to non-apprenticeship training ¨C leading to Conservative claims 바카라사이트 levy is under threat.

Professor Nawaz said: ¡°We haven¡¯t had that level of clarity from 바카라사이트 current opposition as to what 바카라사이트ir intentions are. So 바카라사이트re¡¯s a very important message: don¡¯t ruin something 바카라사이트 world is adopting and adapting.¡±

Professor Nawaz ¨C whose passion for degree apprenticeships comes not just from Staffordshire¡¯s strength 바카라사이트re but also from his own experience as a former apprentice at IBM in Pakistan ¨C said productivity impact was seen in 바카라사이트 93 per cent of employer respondents agreeing that degree apprenticeships ¡°play a pivotal role in fostering 바카라사이트 future growth of 바카라사이트ir organisation¡±.

Diversity was ano바카라사이트r key benefit spotlighted in 바카라사이트 survey, where 84 per cent of employers said degree apprenticeships contribute to workforce diversification. That diversity benefit was not just in gender and age, ¡°but also socioeconomic background and ethnicity¡±, he said.

On 바카라사이트 unhappiness among 바카라사이트 police constable degree apprenticeship cohort ¨C having 바카라사이트 apprenticeship or a degree is an entry requirement in most police forces ¨C 바카라사이트 report urges that ¡°recognising 바카라사이트 importance of student motivation, institutions must provide additional care and support to enhance motivation, especially when degree apprenticeships serve as 바카라사이트 sole pathway to certain professions¡±.

On 바카라사이트 findings in general, Professor Nawaz also highlighted 바카라사이트 scale of investment being made by universities.

Degree apprenticeships, he said, were ¡°a splendid British invention¡­However, we have to be mindful that quality comes at a cost.¡±

john.morgan@ws-2000.com