Degrees at Work An Employer guide to Degree Apprenticeships
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The Degree Apprenticeship A bold new approach to developing talent in your organisation Degree Apprenticeships are transforming how employers access the skills to perform and compete. If you’re running a company, you’ll appreciate that there are many different types of employee, but you’re likely to recognise these particular types.
Degree Apprenticeships are designed to help you attract new talent to your business, as well as to develop knowledge and skills for your existing staff.
• Jonah has been with the business for some time, and you’re keen to recognise his loyalty and valued contribution. But your business is changing and you’re looking to reshape your organisation for the future, and to grow the talent you need to seize new opportunities.
You can sponsor either a new recruit or a current employee at any stage in their career. Your responsibilities are to provide apprentices with mentors, give them enough time to study and make sure their work and their apprenticeship is aligned.
• Saira is certainly bright, but she’s young and she has little experience in the commercial aspects of business. She’ll grow into the job with time, but meanwhile she’s hungry for knowledge and keen to learn new skills. If you don’t help her to achieve this, one of your competitors will. • You’ve recently interviewed Louise and she clearly possesses the kind of potential and attitude you’re looking for, and would be a great fit for the organisation. However, she lacks the skills and qualifications that you need. At Anglia Ruskin, we understand evolving workforces, and we’re familiar with these scenarios. They represent the common skills development disconnects impacting on organisational performance today. That’s why, in partnership with professional bodies and some of the biggest names in industry and public services, we’re working at the very forefront of Degree Apprenticeships.
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There’s a growing range of Degree Apprenticeships covering a wide variety of roles or disciplines. Vital functions including management, nursing, teaching, digital, technology – and many more – can be developed by a Degree Apprenticeship with Anglia Ruskin University.
Our Degree Apprenticeships cover almost every sector from teaching to technology.
Anglia Ruskin University: Leaders in the Degree Apprenticeship revolution Our ‘Entrepreneurial University’ has been quick to embrace the opportunities offered by this new work-based learning initiative. Degree Apprenticeships can make a valuable contribution to almost every organisation. Theoretical knowledge is vital, but it is most powerful when applied in the practical, everyday context, where the impact is immediate. Imagine the potential benefits this might have to your business and your employees.
With campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford and London, and a rapidly growing distance learning community, Anglia Ruskin is recognised nationally as the ‘Entrepreneurial University’. Flexible and practical work-based learning is our driving force, and we are developing a range of Degree Apprenticeships, designed to meet the needs of
businesses and employers with whom we work. Our Degrees at Work team provide expert advice on how to use Degree Apprenticeships to your best advantage. They will guide and support you at every stage of the process of setting up and implementing your degree apprenticeship programme.
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The Degree Apprenticeship in practice An approach to ‘up-skilling’ that benefits the employer and the employee The Degree Apprentice is a full-time employee who also studies part-time with our university. He or she can be an existing team member, or a new recruit of any age and at any point in their career. So, your organisation will gain a highly-skilled graduate with high level academic qualifications up-to-the-minute skills and an intimate working knowledge of your business and culture.
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Sponsoring a Degree Apprentice will help you to fill the skills gaps in your workforce and to develop your existing talent through relevant Degree courses – all with the aid of the Government’s new funding arrangements. Effective recruitment, talent retention, boosting staff morale, planning individual career developments, the enhancement of technical prowess – these are just some of the benefits you can expect from this exciting initiative.
What will a Degree Apprenticeship cost my business? From April 2017, Government changed the funding structure for apprenticeships in England.
The Levy for large business If you operate in England and your annual payroll is over £3million, you’ll be required to pay into a Digital account a levy of 0.5% of your payroll over £3 million. To reclaim this money, you must use it specifically for apprenticeship programmes started after 1st May 2017.
Employers get their money back – and more The Government will top up the employer’s account with a 10% bonus, so effectively you will draw £1.10 for every £1.00 you put in.
Funding for smaller organisations If your organisation is not required to pay the levy, you will only pay 10% of the cost of the apprenticeship programme while the government pays the remaining 90%.
How do we access the funds? Levy payers Funds will be available to you as an employer to use for apprenticeship training in England through a new Digital Apprenticeship Service account. This funding can be used to pay for apprenticeship programmes. Funds will expire 24 months after they enter a digital account unless they are spent on apprenticeship training.
Once you’ve agreed to invest in apprenticeship training, and the apprenticeship has started, monthly payments will be automatically taken from your digital account and sent to Anglia Ruskin as the provider. This spreads the cost over the lifetime of the apprenticeship. You will see funds entering the digital account for each month as you pay the levy, and funds leaving the account regularly each month as you pay for training.
Non-levy payers You can choose the training you’d like your apprentices to receive and an approved training provider using the registers available on the National Apprenticeship Service. The 10% share of your programme costs will be invoiced directly by Anglia Ruskin once your apprentice has started their programme.
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The benefits to your organisation Degree Apprenticeships offer participating employers a wide range of advantages. The benefits to employers engaging with Degree Apprenticeships are extensive. For example, your organisation can:
Shape your business for the future. Reinvest the Apprenticeship Levy funds in your organisation’s skills and learning priorities. Retain the most valuable people, by encouraging them to grow and develop within your organisation. Reduce the cost of attrition, while improving morale and loyalty. Benefit from learning tailored to your workplace. Gain access to funding for additional apprenticeships. Establish your company as an “employer of choice” – an organisation that invests in developing the skills, qualifications and long term careers of its workforce.
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‘Barclays is very excited to be part of the new degree apprenticeship programme. It will allow us to use the very best academic resources available to develop and grow future leaders’ Mike Thompson, Barclays plc
The benefits to your organisation
‘We are excited about the opportunities that the Apprenticeship Levy brings for staff progression/development initiatives to meet the ever-growing demands for the services we offer. We at CUH look forward to more direct partnership working with Anglia Ruskin on these initiatives.’ Deborah Brown, Employee Development Manager, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
‘As a business, we have committed to apprenticeships because of they represent a strategic advantage to business.’ Paula Parker, Group Learning and Development Manager, Aveva Solutions
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How to get the most out of your Degree Apprenticeships To maximise the potential benefits of Degree Apprenticeships to your organisation, carefully consider the following:
Identify which Degree Apprenticeships would be most relevant to your business strategy Where will your organisation be in five years’ time and, consequently, which skills should you be reinforcing or putting in place?
Carry out a skills audit What is the range and extent of the skills presently available within your company? Which roles present the greatest challenge in recruitment and retention?
Identify future leaders Which employees are demonstrating the traits and behaviours to become future leaders or major contributors to business
growth? How can you invest in their development to improve the likelihood of retaining them? Answering these questions will help you to identify the ‘skills gap’ that could be effectively filled by Degree Apprentices.
Calculate the value of funds available What funding might you expect to receive via the Apprenticeship Levy for investment in Degree Apprenticeships? What would be the most effective way of using these funds to meet your business objectives?
Talk to our specialist team Our Degrees at Work team will provide expert advice on how to use Degree Apprenticeships to your best advantage. They will guide and support you at every stage of the process of setting up and implementing your degree apprenticeship programme.
‘Apprentices are the lifeblood of any organisation. I am confident that Degree Apprenticeships will offer Redgate and other high-tech businesses in the region an opportunity to develop local talent sustainably and costeffectively.’ Chris Lambrou, Software Engineer, Redgate Software
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Our dedicated team can advise and guide you every step of the way
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What Degree Apprenticeships does ARU offer? The following Degree Apprenticeships are either available or in development. Please get in touch to find out more. BSc (Hons) Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship A cost-eective way to attract, develop and retain a highly-skilled workforce. Developed in consultation with tech employers, the programme allows you to design your own talent pipelines to fill critical roles such as software engineers and cyber security analysts. Digital Marketer Degree Apprenticeship Designed in consultation with both private and public sector organisations, and marketing agencies, this programme will develop an optimum balance of practical skills and academic underpinning for Digital Marketers. It is aligned to both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute for Direct and Digital Marketing for professional recognition and endorsement.
Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship An exciting four-year route for existing and aspiring managers looking for formal management qualifications and education, it also confers prestigious Chartered Manager status. Relevant roles include Manager, Senior Manager, Head of Department or Operations Manager. Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship With strong links to public and private healthcare providers in our region, we recognise their need to attract and develop qualified nurses under revised funding structures. The Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship will provide employers with the opportunity to attract sta and develop existing employees into registered Child, Adult or Mental Health Nurses.
Sponsoring a Degree Apprentice will help fill the skills gaps in your workforce and develop existing talent
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What Degree Apprenticeships does ARU offer?
Business to Business Sales Degree Apprenticeship Specifically designed for B2B Sales Professionals in roles including Account Management, Sales Specialist, New Business Development and Channel Sales, the three-year apprenticeship is suitable for organisations of any size and in any sector. Teacher Degree Apprenticeship A new standard for teachers of young people aged 4-19 years. A Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship, equivalent to a post-graduate qualification, it will replicate the standards and academic requirements currently approved for entry to the profession in England. Academic Professional Degree Apprenticeship A new apprenticeship standard aimed at academic professionals in teaching and/or research in higher education. Roles include Lecturer and Senior Lecturer and will develop competences in teaching, module leadership, award management, personal tutoring, quality assurance and recruitment.
Police Officer Degree Apprenticeship A new standard for Police Constables, being developed in conjunction with the College of Policing to introduce a nationally recognised, practical degree that professionalises the sector. To include evidence-based policing, research, evaluation and innovative ways of working with partners to serve the public ethically across a range of situations. Chartered Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship This oers the opportunity to gain a degree and full chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Relevant occupations include among others surveyors specialising in Building, Valuation, Commercial and Residential Property, Planning & Development and Minerals & Waste.
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Contact Degrees at Work To speak to a member of our team, please get in touch degreesatwork@anglia.ac.uk or call us on 01245 686 707.
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