SKILLS & DEVELOPMENT
Middlesex University – Degree Apprenticeships Middlesex University has a reputation for sector leading expertise in apprenticeships that is reinforced by our innovative work with our public and private sector employer partners.
This vision positions the University as a provider of high-quality transformative apprenticeships that demonstrably meets the needs of national, regional and local employers. The University has already demonstrated that through the provision of apprenticeships we are enabling people from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds to access professional careers. Apprenticeships have a key role to play in shaping a better world by enhancing both productivity and social mobility. Middlesex University is currently directly contributing to the quality of public sector services, meeting the workforce requirements of public sector employers by training over 1,000 apprentices, for example by providing the nurses and police constables that our communities and wider society needs. This constitutes a major contribution to shaping a better world, not least in the context of meeting the major public sector challenges presented during the pandemic. The provision of cross-cutting digital skills is central to meeting the future skills needs of employers and Middlesex University has a key role to play. If the University is to respond positively to these significant opportunities and provide access to professional careers, locally, regionally and nationally, it must develop and deliver provision that equips people with crosscutting digital skills. Perhaps it is unsurprising that the most popular higher and degree apprenticeships with employers, such as the
Senior Leader, Chartered Manager and Digital Technology Solutions Professional, incorporate the requirement to develop these cross-cutting digital skills. Employers recruit to these apprenticeships precisely because they are relevant to a broad range of public and private sector professional roles and to meet this need, Middlesex University ensures that cross-cutting digital skills and digital apprenticeships are a key feature of our provision. The University also offers exciting and innovative apprenticeships in Coaching (Level 5) and Business to Business Sales (Level 6 full degree). Both of these qualifications work extremely well when fully embedded in an organisation’s desire to change and improve the well-being of their staff. Learnt theory is always fully practised and developed further in the work place to help aid productivity and staff development. The University is able to work with both levy and non-levy paying employers. Please do let us know if you would like any assistance or help with utilising your Digital Apprenticeship accounts.
Employers recruit to these apprenticeships precisely because they are relevant to a broad range of public and private sector professional roles and to meet this need, Middlesex University ensures that cross-cutting digital skills and digital apprenticeships are a key feature of our provision.
For any further information, please do contact me:
ANDY BOSSOM
Senior Corporate Executive Middlesex University Email: A.Bossom@mdx.ac.uk INSPIRE
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