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