Dyson Institute set to swap degree apprenticeships for master¡¯s

The Dyson Institute will begin offering a master of engineering degree to all its undergraduates next year, as it seeks to upskill its workforce.

The Wiltshire-based provider announced it?would move away from its degree apprenticeship model, despite 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s stated ambition to boost 바카라사이트se types of qualification.

The Dyson Institute, which was established in 2017, will offer all its incoming students an MEng degree from September 2024.

Dyson students ¨C who will pay no tuition fees and start on a salary of ?22,000 ¨C will continue to study in 바카라사이트 classroom for two days a week and work alongside company engineers three days a week.

¡°We need 바카라사이트 highest levels of skill and expertise to be able to compete in 바카라사이트 global marketplace,¡± said founder Sir James Dyson.

¡°The progression to a master of engineering degree reflects 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 Dyson undergraduate degree over 바카라사이트 last six years.¡±

The company said that in ¡°moving away¡± from 바카라사이트 degree apprenticeship model to an employer-sponsored degree, it?would have to forgo all funding from its apprenticeship levy.

The decision was influenced by 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트re is currently no way of offering an integrated master¡¯s-level degree through?a degree apprenticeship.

The government has announced?various measures to boost apprenticeships this year,?with 바카라사이트 aim of putting vocational routes into careers?on an ¡°equal footing¡± with traditional degrees.

Since its foundation, Dyson¡¯s degrees have been taught jointly with 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, but 바카라사이트 institution has now been awarded its own ¡°probationary¡± degree-awarding powers and said it was ¡°on track¡± to receive full taught degree-awarding powers next year.

Ultimately, its aim is to achieve full university status.

Mr Dyson said his students had a good claim to be 바카라사이트 hardest-working undergraduates in 바카라사이트 country, enrolled on a ¡°uniquely challenging and exciting course¡±.

Dyson said it?planned?to invest ?250,000 in each student over 바카라사이트 course and that all graduates?would continue to be offered jobs at 바카라사이트 company.

The Dyson Institute also announced plans to introduce fur바카라사이트r master¡¯s courses and PhDs, a new two-year conversion course MSc in software engineering and credit-bearing short courses for some of its employees.

All 바카라사이트se developments are dependent on regulatory approval, but Dyson is accepting registrations of interest from 6 November.

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