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Higher and Degree Apprenticeships Strategy refresh recruitment strand
Dr Darryll Bravenboer
Institute for Work Based Learning
Higher Apprenticeship Frameworks
• The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards in England (SASE) – 2011 • Higher Apprenticeships at Levels 4 and 5 only
• Separate competencies and technical knowledge qualification, each of which must carry at
least ten credits on the QCF: or an integrated separately assessed,
• A competencies qualification which must carry at least ten credits on the QCF and a separate
Foundation Degree or HND or HNC as the technical knowledge qualification; or
• A Foundation Degree which combines competence and technical knowledge elements
where the competence element is at least 50% of the Foundation Degree and at least 50% is
delivered through on-the-job training.
• The Issuing Authority • Usually a Sector Skills Council, specified job role, employer demand
Higher Apprenticeship Frameworks
• Higher Apprenticeship Fund • £25m, 47 new frameworks, diverse professional sectors – 2011- 2013
• The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards in England (SASE) – 2013
• Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Bachelors and Masters degree levels)
• Alignment with HE qualifications – at least 90 credits at level 4 / 5 or 120 credits at levels 6 / 7
• Separate ‘technical knowledge’ and ‘competence’ qualifications or
• An ‘integrated’ knowledge and competence qualification – eg a work-based Bachelors degree
• Qualifications can be QCF, FHEQ or credit rated professional awards
• The Issuing Authority
• Usually a Sector Skills Council, specified job role, employer demand
• Funding
• Up to 50% funded by SfA (19+ learners) but not for HE qualifications
• Apprentices undertaking HE qualifications eligible for Tuition fee loans
Apprenticeship reform
• The Richard Review • Conducted during and just after the consultation on the revised SASE – seemingly conflicting
policy initiatives
• Did not include a review of Higher Apprenticeships, focused on level 2 and 3
• The outcomes affected all apprenticeships including Higher Apprenticeships
• Key shift to Standards set by employers (not SSC/issuing authorities/providers etc)
• Inclusion of final synoptic end-test assessment requirement
• Maintained alignment with professional body recognition from the 2013 SASE
• Aim for major simplification and parity of esteem with university qualifications
• Employer Driven - Employers designing Apprenticeships to meet their needs
• Simplicity - Replacing complex Apprenticeship Frameworks with short, simple Apprenticeship
Standards written by employers
• Quality - Improving quality through more rigorous testing and grading at the end of an
Apprenticeship
• Giving Employers Purchasing Power - Government funding for the training of Apprentices
will involve routing funding through employers.
Apprenticeship Standards
• Trailblazers • Employer Consortium (at least 10 inc 2 SMEs) submit an Expression of Interest to BIS
• BIS invite Employer Consortium to develop Apprenticeship Standards in the specified sector
• Employer driven design, simple, high quality and purchased by employers
• Apprenticeship standards • A two page description (written by employers) of the knowledge, competence and behaviours
required to perform an identified job role – Needs to be approved by BIS
• An assessment plan that describes how the ‘end test’ will assess the achievement of the
apprenticeship standard – Needs to be approved by BIS
• The Standard may or may not be delivered through a qualification
• Provider Reference Groups / Trailblazer Provider Groups – HEIs and other providers
• Change from Frameworks to Standards • Dual funding arrangements, last Framework intake 2017 or by the end of this Parliament
Degree Apprenticeships
• A sub group of the ‘apprenticeship family’ – Frameworks and Standards • Integrated Bachelors or Masters degrees that are listed in existing Higher Apprenticeship
Frameworks
• Bachelors or Masters degrees that Integrate occupational competence and academic
learning, have been co-designed by employers and HEIs and deliver an Apprenticeship
Standard at levels 6 or 7
• Existing or new Bachelors or Masters degrees plus a separate ‘end test’ of professional
competence (eg such as might be conferred through professional body membership) and thereby
deliver an Apprenticeship Standard at levels 6 or 7
Current funding model for Trailblazers
Core Government Contribution (CGC) Cap - £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
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
The Apprenticeship Levy
• Designed to tackle the under investment by employers in skills and the negative impact this has on productivity
• Planned to be introduced in April 2017
• To help fund the target for 3 million apprenticeship starts this Parliament
• No specific targets for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships but c40% of Apprenticeship
Standards developed are at HE level.
• Both public and private sector ‘large’ employers, with payrolls of over £3m, is set at
0.5% of payroll and will apply to all sectors – including universities!
• Calculated on employee earnings and collected through the PAYE system
• Expected to raise £3bn per annum across the UK (£2.5bn will be used to fund
Apprenticeship in England).
• Also public sector procurement requirements and proposed statutory targets for the
employment of apprentices in public bodies (over 250 employees).
Higher and Degree Apprenticeships in Construction Management - Levels 5 and 6
Higher Apprenticeship in Care Leadership and Management – Level 5
Degree Apprenticeship in Professional Aviation Pilot Practice – Level 6
Higher Apprenticeship in Retail Management – Levels 4 (5)
Creative Skillset - Exploring Higher Level Apprenticeships in Higher Education
Advantages for Middlesex
• HE sector leading experience and expertise in professional and work-based learning and workforce development
• The facility to accredit in-company learning/training activity and build into HE programmes
• The flexibility afforded by the innovative University WBL Curriculum Framework
• Lloyds / Halifax Bank, eastJet, Logan Air, Asda, Marks and Spencer, Bovis Construction, the
Royal Mail, SAP, Nationwide Insurance, Toshiba Tec and Sony Mobile
• HE sector leading experience and expertise in Higher and Degree Apprenticeship development
• Recognised by BIS, HEFCE, SfA and NAS as a leading University in this field
• Middlesex has influenced national policy – integrated knowledge and competence qualifications;
development of the revised SASE and BIS guidance; funding for HE qualifications
• Briefing HEFCE national and regional teams on the Apprenticeship agenda
• Sought out by BIS to gather our view of barriers and opportunities for university engagement
with the Apprenticeship agenda
• Registered with SfA as a Higher and Degree Apprenticeship provider
Opportunities for Middlesex
• Middlesex as a large employer will pay the Apprenticeship Levy • Graduate Teaching Assistants - level 7 Higher Apprenticeship - PG Cert in Higher Education
Teaching Assistance
• Administrators - level 6/7 Degree App for HE Administrators - at level 6 BA (Hons) Higher
Education Administration (with up to 240 credits via APEL). At level 7, PG Cert/Dip/MA Higher
Education Administration
• Facilities Management
• Human Resources Management
• IT services
• Other employment sector areas…
• Collaboration with other universities • Formation of Employer Consortia to establish HE sector Higher and Degree Apprenticeships
• Use of existing networks – UVAC, UALL, Linking London…
Opportunities for Middlesex Schools
• School of Art and Design / School of Media and Performing Arts • Degree Apprenticeships in VFX at level 6 and 7 - need consortium (min 10) of employers.
• Creative Industries Leadership and Management, Digital Publishing, other skills needs areas
identified by Creative Skillset.
• Other employment sector areas…
• School of Health and Education • Care Managers - largest number of Higher Apps but v low for MDX specialist Higher Diploma -
how can the potential be tapped? Develop new Degree App based on progression from existing
Higher App. Need consortium of employers who back the need for this.
• Early years - existing degree can become a Degree App - need consortium of early years
employers (currently Higher Apprenticeship Standards up to level 5)
• Other employment sector areas…not to mention…Nursing
Opportunities for Middlesex Schools
• School of Law • College of Policing - As a large employer, the Met Police will pay the levy, developing Degree
Apprenticeships at level 6 and 7 will help them recoup.
• Chartered Legal Executive (CILEx), level 6
• Solicitor, level 7
• Other employment sector areas…
• Business School • CMI - Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, level 6
• CIPD – Degree Apprenticeship? Only level 5 Standard at present
• Professional Accountant, level 7
• Other employment areas…
• School of Science and Technology • Tech Partnership - Digital and Technology Solutions Professional, level 6 - Software Engineer, IT
Consultant, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Cyber Security Analyst, Network Engineer
• London Sports Institute, many opportunities with employer partners…
• Other employment sector areas…
Opportunities for The Institute for Work Based Learning • Collaboration with Schools
• All the above either is already or could be developed in collaboration with IWBL
• Opportunity to mobilise IWBL expertise to respond to employer demand in any employment sector
• Potential development areas • Retail - Asda model – would be an ideal Degree Apprenticeship
• Construction - existing Framework and forthcoming Standards
• Aviation – existing Framework – CTC Aviation, Helicentre, Tayside Aviation
• Flight Instructor Degree Apprenticeship
• Helicopter Engineering Degree Apprenticeship (in collaboration with Science and Technology?)
• Other employment sector areas…
Other opportunities
• Collaboration with FEC partners • Area Reviews
• FEC focus of Higher (level 4 / 5) Apprenticeship delivery
• Focus on key employment sector for the local area – eg Retail, Construction, Care, NHS Trusts,
Local Authorities, other large local employers
• Collaboration with LEPs • London LEP
• Swindon and Wiltshire LEP - City Deal – Middlesex is a ‘Pathfinder University’
• Other areas...
• Possible developments • Funding model for Degree Apps and Higher Apps may emerge as different (Non-SfA/SfA)
• Key focus on integrated Degree Apprenticeships for universities
• BIS preferred model for Degree Apprenticeship will be where “employers, universities and
professional bodies come together to co-design a fully-integrated degree course specifically
for apprentices, which delivers and tests both academic and on-the-job learning.”
Suggested strategies…
• Build on the Middlesex advantage • Position Middlesex as the University of choice for Degree Apprenticeship development and
delivery with major employers
• Engage in significant established network initiatives - eg CMI and Tech Partnership
• Engage in existing Higher and Degree Apprenticeship Trailblazer Provider Groups
• Ensure all communication channels consistently promote Middlesex engagement and expertise
in Degree Apprenticeships
• Develop high profile Degree Apprenticeship(s) to maintain momentum • Existing large employers – private corporate and public sector
• Work with LEPs to provide the Degree Apprenticeship solutions to their priorities
• Establish an Employer Consortium for an HE sector Degree Apprenticeship
• Internal development • Deploy the IWBL as a source of expertise to support School Degree Apprenticeship developments
• Identify one or two deliverable Degree Apprenticeship areas per School for fast track development
• Build Registry team to support Degree Apprenticeship administration
• Develop and offer Degree Apprenticeships to Middlesex Administrators / support teams
How to find out more?
• Higher and degree apprenticeships website • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-higher-and-degree-apprenticeships
• Apprenticeship Standards • https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards
• Apprenticeship Frameworks Online • http://www.afo.sscalliance.org/frameworkslibrary/
• Apprenticeship Vacancies website • https://apprenticeshipvacancymatchingservice.lsc.gov.uk
Questions?