Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 9 Issue 2

Degree apprenticeships: delivering quality and social mobility?

Mandy Crawford-Lee, Sam Moorwood

Managing the quality of higher education in apprenticeships

Alison Felce

Traditionally, apprenticeships have been the domain of further education and skills training providers, predominately at pre-higher education levels where management…

Case study: establishing a social mobility pipeline to degree apprenticeships

Stella McKnight, Sarah-Louise Collins, David Way, Pam Iannotti

The government’s ambition is to have three million more apprentices by 2020. The newness of degree apprenticeships and insufficient data make it difficult to assess their relative…

Driving social mobility? Competitive collaboration in degree apprenticeship development

Jessica Bradley, Claire Newhouse, Nadira Mirza

Apprenticeship reforms have paved the way for higher education (HE) providers, including universities, to become Degree Apprenticeships (DA) training providers, creating new…

Responding to the NHS and social care workforce crisis: The enhancement of opportunities through collaborative partnerships

Neil Hanney, Helen Karagic

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the development of a foundation degree, including a higher apprenticeship route, which enables learners to access both higher…

Post-levy apprenticeships in the NHS – early findings

Denise Baker

The purpose of this paper is to investigate apprenticeship developments in two National Health Service (NHS) organisations since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in…

How are universities supporting employers to facilitate effective “on the job” learning for apprentices?

Ann Minton, Jane Lowe

The purpose of this paper is to review a range of mechanisms used by universities to support employers to facilitate effective “on the job learning” for apprentices. It reflects…

Workplace mentoring of degree apprentices: developing principles for practice

Amanda Roberts, Marion Storm, Sarah Flynn

The purpose of this paper is to focus on developing a deep understanding of the nature and impact of the workplace mentor role in degree apprenticeships (DAs). It investigates a…

Degree apprenticeships – an opportunity for all?

Claire Jennifer Hughes, Gillian Saieva

The purpose of this paper is to explore how curriculum design, internal infrastructures and support systems have had to be innovated to best meet the requirements of Higher Degree…

Developing apprentice leaders through critical reflection

Doris Schedlitzki

The purpose of this paper is to explore opportunities for delivering sustainable leadership education through critical reflection embedded in the framework of higher and degree…