Higher Apprenticeships

Rachel DaviesSomerset College

Apprenticeships(August 2012)

• 160,000 apprentices (Intermediate and Advanced)

• 160,000 locations• 100,000 employers• 2,200 Higher Apprenticeship starts• Success rate = 76.4%

• www.education.gov.uk/youngpeople/qandlearning/apprenticeships (19/9/12)

Higher Apprenticeships

• What problem are we trying to solve?

• What is the question to which Higher Apprenticeships are the answer?

Specification for Apprenticeships Standards in England

SASE

• Sector Skills Councils - Determine the SASE Framework in discussion with employers

• Awarding Bodies – interpret the framework and construct the qualification

• If the funding for the qualification is to be claimed by the Further Educational College (FEC) then the qualification must be on the Learner Aims Reference Application (LARA)

SASE FrameworksLevel 2 and 3• Employed – work based

learning and assessment• Technical certificate

(knowledge and understanding)• Functional Skills• Minimum 1 year duration • Mandatory units (ERR/PTLS)• Time Limit

Levels 4,5,6• Employed – work based

learning and assessment • Technical Certificate?• Professional Qualifications?• Functional skills?• Mandatory Units

(ERR/PTLS)?• Time limit?

HAs – will the competitor match up?

• Higher National Diplomas• Higher National Certificates• Foundation Degrees• Level 5, 6 and 5 Professional qualifications• Level 5 National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs)• HE Diplomas

? What problem are we trying to solve?

Credit Value

Funding/Financing

QAA/Ofsted

What problem are we trying to solve?