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Page 1: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students
Page 2: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

February 2015

Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships

Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High

Performing Students

Page 3: 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.

Page 4: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

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

Page 5: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

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

Page 6: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

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

Page 7: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

The Apprenticeship Route Comparison

Page 8: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

Higher Apprenticeships - Some Facts

Page 9: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

Benefits of Higher Apprenticeships

Page 10: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

Further benefits for the learner

Page 11: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

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.

Page 12: February 2015 Cheryl Woods, Portfolio Suite Manager Apprenticeships Accessing Higher Apprenticeships for High Performing Students

BBC Higher Apprenticeship/Degree Programme

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

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