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Expanding Higher Apprenticeships at Degree level and beyond

Professor Alison Halstead Pro Vice Chancellor Aston University

It’s all about levels of learning, competences, and outcomes and clear progression

Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship; HND; Foundation Degree Levels 6+ Honours Degree, Professional Masters and Doctorates

Universities and employers welcome

• pportunity to co-develop programmes

►Universities and employers already engaged ►This builds on foundation and higher level programmes that exist with employers and sector skills councils ►Aston ►Middlesex ►Warwick ►Need partners that talk the same language ►Progression articulated

Challenge is the perception among young people, parents,

employers and schools of the value of Higher Apprenticeships as an alternative to a university education?

as a legitimate alternative to traditional university

Higher Education?

►Partnership with the media for Single messaging from BIS and DfE, Schools, Colleges, Universities and Employers to parents and young people. ►All education and training providers also need the same messages for key staff in TDA, Teach first and others involved in training teachers

Government could encourage greater flexibility for learners to move between work-based apprenticeships and degree study?

►Mandatory ►University to work place ►Common Framework ►Need flexibility in the Apprenticeship Frameworks

Employability for all through, Sector Skills, Business and University Partnerships

The future highly educated workforce