Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 6 Issue 4

Foreword

Madeleine Atkins

Editorial

Sarah Tudor, Ruth Helyer

Towards a sustainable apprenticeship system

Mandy Samantha Crawford-Lee

The purpose of this paper is to provide a short overview of current government policy and context to the development of higher and degree apprenticeships and the engagement of…

Higher technical skills: Learning from the experiences of English FE colleges and Australian technical and further education institutes

Madeleine King, Melinda Waters, John Widdowson, Arti Saraswat

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a joint study carried out with groups of colleges in England and technical and further education (TAFE) institutes in…

Are current accountability frameworks appropriate for degree apprenticeships?

Steve Lambert

In 2015 the Conservative led government announced their plan to increase the number of young people participating in apprenticeship to three million by 2020. As part of this plan…

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship: trials and tribulations

Lisa Rowe, David Perrin, Tony Wall

In 2014, the UK Government introduced a new form of apprenticeship, the Degree Apprenticeship, which extends across all undergraduate degree and master’s degree levels, maps to…

Sheffield Hallam University and Nestlé: Developing future leaders with the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship – a partnership approach

Jo Daley, Jill Coyle, Chloe Dwyer

Following a competitive bid, Sheffield Hallam University were successful in developing and delivering a Corporate Business and Management Degree, for Nestlé UK and Ireland. The…

Developing your own graduate employees: Employer perspectives on the value of a degree apprenticeship

Valerie Antcliff, Sue Baines, Elizabeth Gorb

The purpose of this paper is to offer an employer perspective on the value of degree apprenticeships (DAs) less than a year after the first apprentices commenced their studies for…

Why co-design and delivery is “a no brainer” for higher and degree apprenticeship policy

Darryll Bravenboer

The purpose of this paper is to contend that collaboration between employers and universities in the design and delivery of programmes of work-based study is an effective way to…

Higher apprenticeships and the new apprenticeship standards: Perceived potential and limitations

Arti Saraswat

The UK government is actively promoting higher apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships and this agenda has been gaining momentum amongst the various providers of…