february 2015 cheryl woods, portfolio suite manager apprenticeships accessing higher apprenticeships...

February 2015

Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships

Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High

Performing Students

Government Plans…

• want to make higher apprenticeships available to more businesses

• asked the SFA to support 20,000 higher apprenticeships by July 2015

• announced an additional £40m to fund places up until July 2015

• announced an extra £20m to fund the higher educational element to the end of March 2016.

Background to Higher Apprenticeships and their importance to UK PLC

• Enable Opportunities for all

• Investing in on-the-job skills

• Build a “world-class skills system” 

• Plugging the skills gap and improve growth and productivity

• Reduce unemployment

• Investing £250 million to create 50,000 Apprenticeship places

Challenges and Influencers

• Raising the perception of the vocational educational and

training pathway

• Improved IAG provision

• Stronger employer engagement links

• More opportunity for work experience

• Collaboration across all key stakeholders

Apprenticeships are at the heart of employability…(not all learners will access all levels and can step on and step off at different points)

1 2 43E3/L1 Pre – employability programmes

L1/L2 Traineeship programmes

L2/L3 Apprenticeshipprogrammes

L4 + Higher Apprenticeshipprogrammes

EMPLOYMENT

DEG

REE

The Apprenticeship Route Comparison

Higher Apprenticeships - Some Facts

Benefits of Higher Apprenticeships

Further benefits for the learner

BTEC Higher Apprenticeships

Developed with employers to meet industry needs

Designed at levels 4 and above

Offer a clear path to employment and a practical route to higher education qualifications.

BTEC Higher Apprenticeships combine BTEC Higher Nationals, BTEC Professional qualifications or Edexcel Diplomas, on-the-job training and industry endorsement from employers, and professional bodies.

Built on the core BTEC values of flexibility, employability, progression and quality, they are a clearly defined part of the wider BTEC portfolio, allowing learners to take advantage of progression opportunities from other BTEC programmes.

BBC Higher Apprenticeship/Degree Programme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWJ46xmSrPM

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