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Degree Apprenticeships:
‘A tale of two universities’
Stella McKnight, Director for Employer Partnerships, UOW
Robin Johnson, Senior Learning & Teaching Fellow, MMU
Agenda
■ Background and Context (UOW, MMU)
■ Our Challenges
– Relating assessment to the workplace
– Dealing with diverse knowledge/experience within the cohort
– Managing the Mentoring Process
– Recruitment
– Work-based learning & Confidentiality
– Extending the experience
■ What is Hard?
■ Questions
BSc (Hons) Digital & Technology Solutions Programmes
Earning while learning
Student pays no tuition fees
Government supported / Business-led
Students in degree level roles upon
Graduation
Study part-time
Student Apprentices
employed – paid a salary
Degree apprentices will be prepared for a
wide variety of professional roles
o Software Engineer
o IT Consultant
o Business Analyst
o Cyber Security Analyst
o Data Analyst
o Network Engineer
Career Prospects in the Tech Sector
A Student View
“You need to be motivated – it is demanding and you have to balance your priorities – but you learn so much and come out with an excellent qualification and work experience too.…… I’m getting (my degree) in a modern way. I feel that this is how it’s going to be in the future: learning what employers actually need you to know……..”
Degree Apprenticeship Student, 2016
Two new Degree
Apprenticeships 2016
BSc (Hons) Digital &
Technology Solutions
(Business Analysis)
BSc (Hons) Digital &
Technology Solutions
(Data Analytics)
BSc (Hons) Digital
& Technology
Solutions
BSc (Hons) Digital
& Technology
Solutions
(Business
Management/ IT
Consultant)
Launched 2015
The Employer-led Degree Journey
2007
Sponsored Foundation Degree in Business Management
2012
Sponsored Technical Stream Introduced
2013
Higher Apprenticeship embedded into existing programmes
2014
FdSc/BSc (Hons) Information Systems Management
FdA/BA (Hons) Business Management for IT
2015
Degree Apprenticeships
Digital & Technology Solutions
Digital & Technology Solutions (Business Management)
Winchester launched Degree Apprenticeships in 2015 with:
Integrated student
experience
Mentoring
PDP
Reflective
Industry projects
MMU Background
■ Launched with two pathways: Business Technology, Software Engineering
■ 59 apprentices, 11 companies
■ 40% female
■ 20% mature (>25)
■ 55% have >1 year relevant work full time work experience
The Future
■ 2016: 2 new pathways based on employer demand
– Data Analytics
– Cyber Security
■ 2016: Expect numbers to grow to >100, with 20 companies
■ 2017 Level 7 apprenticeship and Digital Marketing degree
Relating assessment to the workplace ■ Open, work focused assessments
■ Some technical skills-based assessments can’t be work focused
■ Option for employer to request tailored assessment with flexible deadline – must still meet Learning Outcomes and be approved by tutor.
■ Projects – two in final two years
■ Portfolio
Dealing with diverse experience/knowledge within the cohort ■ Its more diverse than the your usual cohort of
students
■ APEL apprentices – not done this but need to start
■ Test apprentices at start of year and for students with significant relevant experience
– Provide self-managed routes through content
– Optionally allow completion with non attendance
■ Expect experienced students to help/teach others – put them in Sets.
Managing the mentoring process
■ Training – provide information & clarify expectations
■ Be available for visits by university tutors
■ No assessment by mentors
■ Reporting on responsibility/help/support/guidance in work-based assessment
■ Portfolio – read and comment, periodically
Recruitment
■ Employer Responsibility
■ Easy for some companies – corporates and high visibility SMEs, e.g. Autotrader
■ Hard for many others – we use MMU open days, school visits, special open evenings for Parents/Students/Teachers/Companies
■ Website to allow interested parties to register interest and to promote opportunities
■ Support SMEs with assessment days
Work-based learning and issues of confidentiality ■ Apprentices and Organisations think it is a big deal
■ Universities have disclosure policies in place
■ We added:
1. New Coversheet to request non-disclosure
2. Optional NDA to formalise non-disclosure
3. Optional Work falling under Official Secrets Act will not leave company premises – we assess on site.
Extending the experience
■ Apprentices are time-crunched
■ Extensive further reading not appropriate – IMHO
■ Work experience fulfills equivalent role to further reading by demonstrating knowledge and understanding beyond taught content.
■ Still require them to develop critical approaches to their discipline.
What is Hard
■ Skills Funding Agency
■ Round hole in square peg, e.g. recruitment, timetabling, quality
■ External liaison – rewarding but additional
■ Employers and Apprentices are more demanding than traditional students (and more rewarding).
■ Hence you will need extra support and Buy-In high up the organisation – Dean and above.
Questions?
Personal and Professional Development
Assessment
■ Formative
■ Summative
Written Assignment
Report
Oral Assessment and Presentations
Set Exercises
Project Output
Examinations
Portfolio
“Fujitsu is proud to be one of the first UK employers to offer degree level apprenticeships. These new
qualifications have been designed through the collaboration of universities and employers and will make a huge contribution to the ICT sector and help
fill the 1 million projected new roles over
the next 10 years.”
Michael Keegan, CEO Fujitsu UK & Ireland, 2015
“The programme is delivered conveniently, in a way that builds student’s competencies in line with our
organisational objectives and their own development needs, without interrupting the business.
We look forward to collaborating further with their team in the development of more degree apprenticeship
programmes in the coming years.”
CEO, Transactor Global Solutions Ltd, Raymond Vincent, 2016
“Our programme at Winchester has been such a success due to The University of Winchester’s open
mind, forward thinking and collaborative approach…..they have listened to our needs as an employer and worked with us to help us develop
graduates that are right for our business and clients’ needs, now and for the future.”
CGI’s former Director, Global Talent Acquisition Sarah McKinlay, 2015
Gold Standard Endorsement