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Growing Higher Apprenticeships
Welcome
Higher Apprenticeships
Keith Smith Director of Funding and Programmes Skills Funding Agency
“The Government’s ambition is for it to become the norm for
young people to achieve their career goals by going into an
Apprenticeship or to university to – in the case of some Higher
Apprenticeships – doing both.”
Vince Cable Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Higher Apprenticeship
Starts 16-23
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/140
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15*0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
The number of Higher Apprenticeship vacancies by academic year
Total Year
1st Quarter
Academic Year
Num
ber
of V
acan
cies
Higher Apprenticeships Vacancies Registered Online
Health and Social Care 38%
Business Management 24%
Accounting and Finance
17%
ICT Practitioners7%
Administration 6%
Engineering Manufacturing Technologies
3%
Hospitality and Catering 2%
Service Enterprises 1%
Building and Construction 1%
Public Services 0%
Agriculture 0%
Other 1%
'Other' includes:- Media and Communica-tion- Law and Legal Services- Marketing and Sales- Warehousing and Distri-bution - Other Engineering- Retailing and Wholesal-ing- Mathematics and Statist-ics
2013/14 Apprenticeships Starts by Sector Subject Area
Engineering UK 2015 ‘The State of Engineering Report’
Engineering sector needs: • Either a doubling of the number of engineering graduates or
• A 50% increase in the number of STEM and non-STEM graduates who
are known to enter engineering occupations and
• A two-fold increase in the number of Advanced Apprenticeship
achievements in engineering and manufacturing technology, construction
planning and the built environment, and
information and communications technologies.
Engineering: Skills Gaps
The opportunities for HEIs to lead higher apprenticeships
delivery have never been so great :
• £10m fund for HEI delivery
• New Level 5 and 6 apprenticeships, including degree
apprenticeships in development for 15/16
• Development of a new simplified model for funding
• Flexibilities for HEIs joining Agency’s Register of Training
Organisations
• Collaboration with Ofqual and QAA on a quality framework
• University Apprenticeship Ambassador network
2015/2016 - New Landscape
Higher Apprenticeships Current and Future
29 January 2015Rebecca RhodesHead of Apprenticeship Funding Policy & Programmes
Higher Apprenticeship
Starts by Age
2012/13
2013/14
563
740
2113
2617
7115
5860
16-18 19-23 24+
HEI Delivery Network • Most higher apprenticeships delivery is through colleges
• Only 3 Universities appear to be lead contractors
• Few listed on the Register of Training Organisations
• Some HEIs have an Adult Skills Budget:
• but are not delivering Higher Apprenticeships
• And with qualifications that would contribute
• We want to encourage more HEIs to
• Expand their HEI Delivery to new curriculum areas
• Take on the lead provider role, engaging directly with
employers
Higher Apprenticeships
Higher Apprenticeships: Levels L4 to 7
Current: Frameworks
Current & Future:Standards
Standards Degree
Apprenticeships
Live & In Development In DevelopmentLive
Live = 7 Development = 1 Live = 48 (16 Foundation/Degree)
• Designed by employers for one occupation• Replace existing frameworks (date TBC)• Clear and concise, written by employers on 2 pages • Minimum duration 12 months• May include qualifications – not prescriptive on content • Synoptic end-point assessment mandatory • Graded for the first time• Employers and providers will decide on the content of
provision delivered unless any mandatory elements are specified.
Apprenticeships Reform Standards and Degree Apprenticeships
Degree Apprenticeships
• Announced on 26th November
• Fully integrated bachelor or
masters degree
• employment &training to meet
the apprenticeship standard
• Developed in partnership
• Funded by employer and
government - no student loan
• New industry-backed
qualifications
Digital Degree Apprenticeship
Degree Apprenticeships
• Technology Solutions
Professional, level 6 Fully
integrated degree : academic
learning and on-the-job practical
training.
• Roundtables underway:
Chartered Surveyors
Electronic Engineering
Updating Existing Frameworks
Development has ceased for frameworks or pathways. However, qualifications in a framework can be updated where there is a new 'Awarding Organisation' offering the same content / qualification.
HEI reviews relevant apprenticeship available frameworks for the sector subject/occupation at the Apprenticeships Online Website: http://www.afo.sscalliance.org/developaframework/login.cfm
HEI identifies a framework with a content and qualification which matches their existing HE qualification offer HEI sources the framework Issuing Authority (within the framework documentation Evidence of employer demand exists as rationale for an application to include an additional qualification into the framework
HEI contacts appropriate Issuing Authority and follows the 'development framework' instructions on the Apprenticeship Framework Online website : http://www.afo.sscalliance.org/developaframework/login.cfm
Contact Agency if further support or issue resolution is needed :Jon Cunningham
jonathan.cunningham.sfa.bis.gov.ukBarbara Watts
Apprenticeships Standards
Phase 1• 8 employer
groups
• 20 standards and 13 assessment plans published
• Starts in 14/15
Phase 2• 29 groups
• 31 standards, now developing assessment plans
• Potential starts in 14/15
Phase 3• 37 groups
announced Oct 14
• 76 more standards being developed
• Prioritised from 100+ EOIs
Ongoing rounds of development thereafter
Apprenticeship Frameworks and
Standards Available for Delivery
A high proportion of published new standards (nearly 40%) are Higher
apprenticeships
Higher Apprenticeship Frameworks Level 4
Level 4
• Accounting • Advanced Manufacturing Engineering• Advertising and Marketing Communications• Agricultre• Banking• Broadcast Production• Business and Professional Adminstration• Construction Management• Contact Centre Operations Management• Digital Learning Design• Engineering Environmental Technologies• Facilities Management • Fashion and Textiles: Technical• Hospitality Management• Information Security• Insurance• Interactive Design and Development• IT, Software, Web and Telecoms Professionals• Legal Services• Life Science and Chemical Science Professionals• Management
• Mineral Products Technology• Power Engineering • Professional Development for Work Based Learning
Practitioners• Professional Services• Project Management• Public Relations• Recruitment • Retail Management• Social Media and Digital Marketing• Sustainable Resource Operations Management• The Water Industry
All higher apprenticeship frameworks can be found on the Apprenitceship Frameworks Online (AFO) website: www.afo.sscalliance.org
Higher Apprenticeship Frameworks Level 5 & 6
Level 5• Business Innovation and Growth• Care Leadership and Management• Construction Management• Criminal Investigation• Express Logistics• Facilities Management • Health (Assistant Practitioner)• Humna Resource Management• Life Science and Chemical Science Professionals• Management• Mineral Products Technology• Professional Development for Work Based Learning Pracitioners• Supply Chain Management Level 6
• Broadcast Technology• Construction Management• Professional Aviation Pilot Practice
All higher apprenticeship frameworks can be found on the Apprenitceship Frameworks Online (AFO) website: www.afo.sscalliance.org
Higher Apprenticeship Standards
Level 4
• Digital Industries – Network Engineer• Digital Industries – Software Developer
Level 6
• Automotive - Control / Technical Support Engineering• Automotive - Electrical / Electronic Technical Support Engineering• Automotive - Manufacturing Engineering• Automotive - Produce Design and Development Engineer• Financial Services - Relationship Manager (Banking)
Apprenticeship Standards can be found on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards
Apprenticeship Frameworks and
Standards :
Awaiting Approval or
In Development
Published Higher Apprenticeship Standards Awaiting Approval
Level 4
• Accountancy – Professional Accounting Technician• Actuarial – Acturial Technician • Conveyancing – Conveyancing Technician• Contruction – Construction Technician • Dental Health – Dental Practice Manager• Digital Industries – Cyber Intrusion Analyst• Digitial Industries – Digital Media Technology Practitioner• Digital Industries – Software Tester• Digital Industries – Data Analyst• Digital Industries – Unified communications Trouble Shooter • Hospitality & Travel – Senior Culinary Arts Chef
Published Higher Apprenticeship Standards Awaiting Approval
Level 5
• Dental Health – Dental Lab Technician• Financial Services – Senior Paraplanner
Level 6
• Conveyancing – Licenced Conveyancer• Construction – Building services engineering site management• Construction – Construction quantity surveyor• Construction – Civil Engineering site management• Construction - Construction Site Management• Construction – Construction design Management• Law – Chartered Legal Excecutive
Level 7
• Accountancy – Professional Accountant• Law - Solicitor
Level 4 – (20)
• Commercial Professional• Further Education Teacher• Management Consultant
Nuclear Welding Inspection Technician
• Rail Engineering Advanced Technician
• Passenger Transport Manager
• Welder• Aircraft Certifying Engineer• Aerospace Engineer• Aerospace Manufacturing
Engineer• Aerospace Software
Developer• Dental Hygiene Therapist• Dental Laboratory Manager• Senior Early Years
Practitioner• Investment Operations• Paraplanner• Head Greenkeeper/Golf
Course Manager• Hospitality and Travel
Manager• Senior Housing Manager• Senior Journalist• Retail Manager
Level 5 - 7
• Further Education• Qualified Teacher• Healthcare Assistant
Practitioner• HR Advisor• Early Years Centre Leader• Senior Paraplanner• Senior Journalist
Level 6 - 3
• Further Education Graduate Lecturer
• Chartered Surveyor• Technology Solutions
Professional• Advanced Systems
Engineer• Electronic Systems
Technician• HR Director/Consultant• Outside Broadcast
Engineer
Higher Apprenticeship Standards In Development
Level 7 - 4
Trailblazer Apprenticeships
2014/2015:
Funding Model
• All apprenticeship standards will be allocated into one of the five funding
cap bands when they are approved for delivery.
• Employers will select a lead provider to coordinate their training and
assessment delivery
• Employers will agree a price for their delivery with their chosen providers.
• Providers can include many of the services they offer as part of their price
• Government will pay £2 for every £1 of this price invested by an employer
up to the cap for the standard.
• Employer Incentive Payments are paid:
• for 16-18 year old - 50% at 3 months and 50% at 12 months
• For small businesses – 100% at 3 months
• For completion - at the end of the Apprenticeship
Trailblazer Funding Model Trial 2014/15
Funding Model for Trailblazers
Maximum Core Government contribution (£2 for every £1 from employer)
Cap 1 Cap 2 Cap 3 Cap 4 Cap 5
£2,000 £3,000 £6,000 £8,000 £18,000
Employer contribution if the maximum cap is claimed £1000 £1,500 £3,000 £4,000 £9,000
Additional incentive payments
Recruiting a 16-18 year old £600 £900 £1,800 £2,400 £5,400
For a small business (<50) £500 £500 £900 £1,200 £2,700
For successful completion £500 £500 £900 £1,200 £2,700
Maximum total Government contribution £3,600 £4,900 £9,600 £12,800 £28,800
Higher Apprenticeships in Practice
Working in Partnership With
Employers
Barclays Bank
BAE Systems
JCB
MBDA
Whitbread
Fairfield Control Systems
Anglia Ruskin University
Sheffield Hallam University
Staffordshire University
University of Hertfordshire
University of Derby
University of Bolton
Staffordshire University
Roundtable Session 1+2 1. Partnerships with Higher Education 2. Benefits and wider opportunities for HEIs 3. Delivery challenges and how these were resolved4. How relationships and programmes have
changed/developed over time5. Future plans
Barclays Bank
BAE Systems
JCB
MBDA
Whitbread
Fairfield Control Systems
Anglia Ruskin University
Sheffield Hallam University
Staffordshire University
University of Hertfordshire
University of Derby
University of Bolton
Staffordshire University
Roundtable Session 3
1. Why have you not engaged previously? 2. What are the main challenges to HEI engagement?3. What is the priority challenge to address now?
Getting Ready for Delivery
Jos Parsons, Principal Officer. OfstedIan Welch, Assistant Director. QAAJulie Farmer, Assistant Director. QAAJon Cunningham, Funding Policy Manager , SFACarolyn Savage, Head of Consumer Services Partnerships
OFSTED and QAA and Higher apprenticeships
QAA
What do we do?• We aim to enhance the quality and secure the standards
of UK higher education wherever delivered in order to maintain public confidence
How?• We conduct evidence based external reviews of Higher
Education providers and report our findings publicly
QAA
Against what criteria?
Quality CodeSubject benchmark statementsFoundation Degree characteristicsThematic element: 2015-16: Student Employability, and Digital Literacy.
Ofsted inspects and reports on the quality of all further
education and training funded by the Skills Funding Agency and the Education Funding Agency
Inspection are carried out against the Common Inspection Framework:
Key judgements are: outcomes for learners, the quality of teaching, learning and assessment and the effectiveness of leadership and management
Inspection seeks to raise quality and standards in education and training, drive improvement and hold providers accountable for their public funding
Inspections assesses the quality of training provision through gathering evidence from providers, learners, employers and other users as well as using destination and performance data
OfstedWhat do we do? 1
Inspection covers further education and training
provision provided by further education colleges, independent training providers, community learning and skills providers and HEIs
This training includes all apprenticeships funded by the Skills Funding Agency (including Higher Apprenticeships)
Ofsted also carried out thematic surveys on a range of subjects, for example its survey on the Quality of Apprenticeships
Ofsted also inspects initial teacher education in 83 HEIs in a similar way
OfstedWhat do we do? 2
Ofsted and QAA are experienced in working alongside each other in both FE Colleges and HEIs, quality assuring in their areas of respective responsibility where both further education and higher education are funded and collocated
Ofsted and QAA
Where do we do it? HEIs and FECs that offer HE
Proportion of HE delivered in FECs against HEIs
Key considerations • How many frameworks contain both ‘FE’ and ‘HE’
qualifications? • What subjects are they in?• Which HEPs are offering them? How might provision
therefore be distributed? • What is the significance of the possible delivery models? • Who is best placed to quality assure Higher Apprenticeships?• Against what criteria? • What approach is most appropriate to assure the quality of
the integration of workplace learning with the achievement of formal qualifications?
Which body will be funding these Higher Apprenticeships?
Which bodies have experience in quality assurance of apprenticeships and work-based training?
How will learners and employers, the users of apprenticeship training, be consulted?
How will learners’ and employers’ views be taken into account as part of quality assurance?
Key considerations 2
Proposal
• Focussed OFSTED/QAA meetings to examine issues and develop a plan
• Consultation with HE sector to identify options and preferences
• Development of plan alongside sector
Higher Apprenticeship Funding Skills Funding Agency
Date 29th January 2015Jon CunninghamApprenticeship Funding Policy Manager
• How higher apprenticeships are funded now
• Funding for HE qualifications in Higher Apprenticeships
• £10m – what it funds and a new HE funding model
• Data
• Procurement opportunity
• Questions – plenary session
• Qualifications that make up Higher Apprenticeships can be FE, HE or
a combination of the two.
• Where FE qualifications are included then these are funded in
accordance with existing national “rates”.
• The rate is fully funded for 16-18 year olds and is co-funded for
learners at 19+ (the rate is reduced for learners aged over 24 and for
large companies).
• Funding is either paid on a standard Agency profile or on actual
delivery depending on provider type. HEIs receive profile payments.
• Additional learner support – included as part of the
allocation but can make a case for additional
resource based on learner needs.
The current funding picture for Higher Apprenticeships
Examples of current funding
Higher Apprenticeship Qual Level
SFA Only (no HE)
SFA only possible but with optional HE element
Part SFA but with a required
HE element HE Only
SFA Minimum (based on fully
funded 19-23 rate)
SFA Maximum (based on fully
funded 19-23 rate)
Accounting 4 X £ 3,915 £ 4,971
Advanced Manufacturing Engineering 4 X X £ 8,853 £ 13,082
Broadcasting Technology 6 X £ - £ -
• Recognition of differences between FE and HE funding systems
• Process
• Need to establish a maximum “price” (rate) for HE qualifications
• Use HEI fees/employer charges as a proxy for an FE national rate.
• Complexity due to different “price” for the same course depending on
HEI and mix of FE and HE methods for calculating a funding value.
• HEI prices – variable and can form part of negotiation with
employers
• SFA operates as one funding source but via different funding
models
• Further work to simplify the system
Current Funding for HE Qualifications in Higher Apprenticeships
• £10 million is ring fenced to fund HE Qualifications within Higher
Apprenticeships for starts between April 2015 and end of March 2016
• HE qualifications from Level 4 through to Level 7
• Supports delivery – not development activity
• Agency commitment to fund learner starts through to the end of learning
programme and FE funding to support other elements of Apprenticeship
if required.
• 3 or 4 opportunities per year to make a case for growth in allocation.
• Funding supports starts and on programme payments through to end of
March 2016.
2015-16 what does the £10 Million buy?
New Higher Apprenticeships funding model
• Simplified integrated model – some features of the Trailblazer model.
• Trailblazer model (or successor) will gradually replace this model but
for next couple of years the bulk of starts will be Frameworks.
• Introduced from August 2015 for new starts.
• Based on a system of 9 capped Bands into which all Frameworks are
allocated (next slide gives possible examples).
• Agency will review rate assumptions/calculations before publication.
• Employer contribution set at 50% for 19+ learners 19 (16-18 fully
funded).
• No learner contribution.
• Transparency for employers and other partners.
• As now delivery can be a continuum from all in house
through to sub contracted.
Proposed Higher Apprenticeships Band / Rate
Assumed Employer Contribution
Band
Rate / Top of Band
Bottom of Band16-18 19-23 24+
1 3000 0 0 1500 12002 5000 3000 0 2500 20003 6000 5000 0 3000 24004 7500 6000 0 3750 30005 9500 7500 0 4750 38006 11500 9500 0 5750 46007 13500 11500 0 6750 54008 16500 13500 0 8250 66009 18000 16500 9000 9000 9000
Draft values for New Higher Apprenticeships funding model
• Funding will be allocated based on negotiation with HEI
• HEI with existing Agency contract receive an amendment to
their existing allocation – ring fenced for delivery of HE
within Higher Apprenticeships.
• New HEIs will receive negotiated allocation via a Grant
Funding Agreement – an Annex details the provision that is
being funded and the allocation value.
• The remainder of the agreement covers the terms and
conditions of the grant offer.
• Payment is in line with standard Agency profile payment.
• Data returns used to check performance.
Allocations process and payments
• Critical for Agency to have up to date data on performance
• Options for data returns
• Individual learner record (ILR) – monthly return to SFA.
• NB 16-18 learners must have an ILR return
• Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) return can be
used but HEI is then also required to • return a monthly high level report to SFA • make Funding Claims 3 times per year.
• Allocations will be performance managed based on data returns
– in year changes to allocation values
• Reconciled against actual delivery at year end.
• Return of allocated funds at year end if actual
delivery below allocated funding value.
Data
Recruitment for Higher Apprenticeships
Carolyn Savage Head of Consumer Services Partnerships 29 January 2015
Apprenticeship Recruitment
Apprenticeship vacancies/Find an Apprenticeship
Recruitment website on gov.uk
Candidates search, register and apply on line
Employers advertise their vacancies
Apprenticeship Recruitment
Up to 25,000 vacancies at any one time
Last year 136,000 vacancies and 1.7million applications
Of which 1,792 were Higher Apprenticeship vacancies with 8,660 applications
Need to attract higher calibre applications
UCAS developments and
opportunities Project to explore how year 12 might apply for
a Higher Apprenticeship through the UCAS portal
BIS/UCAS/SFA project group
Links to Apprenticeship vacancies/ Find an Apprenticeship
Opportunity to grow market for Higher Apprenticeships
UCAS year 12 Careers roadshow
Higher Apprenticeship Procurement Skills Funding Agency
Date 29th January 2015Jon CunninghamApprenticeship Funding Policy Manager
Procurement
• Why move to procurement?• encourage more HEIs to deliver Higher Apprenticeships• create a growing network of HEIs to support long term
expansion in Higher Apprenticeships• avoid restricting growth – 40% of new standards are at level
4 and above• raise standards by improving the capacity and capability of
delivery networks – HEI expertise• drive to simplify and integrate delivery by bringing HEI
firmly within the apprenticeship delivery network• HEI responsible for the whole of Apprenticeship delivery• contributes to the expansion of higher level skills delivery more broadly.
Want to engage those organisations who are…
On the current HEFCE register and:• in receipt of direct public grants for HE• HEIs including institutes of the University of
London • have the right to award one or more types of
UK degree. • and have had no material concerns raised as
part of the HEFCE process of financial risk assessment
• Because these will have access to…..
Register of TrainingOrganisations
• Agency will invite HEIs (subject to institution status and financial risk criteria ) to automatically join our Register of Training Organisations.
• Specifically gives access to deliver higher apprenticeships only.
• The publication of the Register will reflect this. • Delivery outside higher apprenticeships, or access for
organisations outside the HEI criteria will continue to require a full ROTO application.
Timescales
• Launch – February 12th.• Provider briefings 16th / 19th Feb.• Open for 30 days.• Specification will detail the criteria• Contracts issued to successful candidates
within about 2 months of launch (April/May)• Delivery can commence once Grant Funding
agreement is signed
Panel Questions
Resources (3) SFA
For enquiries and information please email:
For information on Higher Apprenticeships: to follow – new webpage under
development
Standards :
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards
Funding Rules for apprenticeship Trailblazer Standards are published on
gov.uk at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-rules
Resources (1)• HEFCE - Catalyst Fund • £45 million each year – rolling applications.• Themes –
• Student Engagement• Enhancement of learning and teaching• Student participation and success• Strategically Important and Vulnerable Subjects• Research• Knowledge exchange• Leadership, Governance and Management
• Contact your HEFCE institutional team in the first instance.
Resources (2) UVAC
• Work with SFA, BIS, AoC and AELP to support Trailblazers work
with providers, including HEI’s.
• Commissioned by HEFCE:
• Briefings on the Apprenticeship agenda for HEIs, partner FECs and
independent providers
• Papers on key aspects of the Apprenticeship ‘system’ to support HEIs and
partners
• Identifying and promoting good practice case studies
• Supporting HEIs and partners to work with the Trailblazers and support
Apprenticeship delivery (frameworks and standards)
For more information please contact Adrian Anderson