Degree Apprenticeships - Information for Year 12 Students

 

With university open days under way, Year 12 students across the UK are starting to plan their post-Sixth Form options, preparing for university entrance and thinking about their future graduate careers. Many Year 12 students will be unaware that degree apprenticeships offer an alternative 'earn as you learn' route to a university degree - and a guaranteed graduate job in some of the most sought-after professions, like law, engineering, accounting, technology and banking & finance.

The Sixth Formers' Guide to Degree Apprenticeships is a free 100-page digital guide, produced in association with the Department for Education and The Careers & Enterprise Company, that will help introduce Year 12 students to degree apprenticeships and the employers who offer them. Please do share the link to the guide with your Year 12 students and their parents

Read the Guide What's in the Guide? The guide explains how degree apprenticeships offer a debt-free, salaried pathway to a university degree - and invaluable work experience at one of the country's leading graduate employers:

a foreword from Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills & Apprenticeships an introduction to degree apprenticeships, how they work and the types of degree apprenticeships available to sixth form school and college leavers exclusive interviews with degree apprentices working in accounting, banking & finance, engineering, law, technology and business & management in-depth profiles of leading degree apprenticeship employers across different industries and employment sectors expert advice on employers' application & selection processes a full A-Z of employers who are currently offering degree apprenticeships in the UK.

Read the Guide Special TV Programmes on Degree Apprenticeships

The Sixth Formers' Guide to Degree Apprenticeships is accompanied by two special TV programmes to introduce degree apprenticeships sixth form students and their parents. Both programmes are hosted by Martin Birchall, editor of the guide, and Chanise Evans, a former apprentice and presenter at the BBC.

What is a Degree Apprenticeship? A 3-minute explanation of how degree apprenticeships provide an earn-as-you-learn university degree or professional qualification. Which Degree Apprenticeships are Available? A 2-minute guide to the many different degree apprenticeships currently available to sixth-form school-leavers, from engineering and technology to law, accounting and business & management. University or a Degree Apprenticeship? A 3-minute comparison of the traditional university experience, with the debt-free work-based route to the graduate job market that degree apprenticeships offer. Meet the Degree Apprentices Interviews with current degree apprentices working at at professional services firm BDO and banking & finance group JPMorganChase. Expert Advice & Guidance Discussion with senior apprenticeship recruiters from accounting & professional service firms KPMG and PwC. Focus on Engineering With senior apprenticeship recruiters from engineering companies Rolls-Royce and AtkinsRéalis Q&A Entry requirements for degree apprenticeships, how they are funded, and whether degree apprenticeships really offer an equivalent qualification to a traditional university degree Watch the Programmes