Degrees at Work: Change by Degree or Fundamental Shift?Melbourne November 2016

Work Based Learning

Degrees at Work • 2009 - Current

Degree Apprenticeships

• 2015 - Current

Background

• HEFCE Bid for Work Based Learning

• Delivery of learning in the workplace

• Team formed 1/09

• Funding ended 2011/12

• Formed Degrees at Work to continue the work.

Our Clients

Career

Development

3 Years

BA (Hons)

Management

& Leadership

Study Blocks

ResidentialFull-time

Employee

Salary

£14,000 pa

Internal

Development

Programme

Partnership –

Degree &

EmployersMentor

Support

Degree

& Career

Progression =

Work

Based Degrees

Key Features of WBL Degrees

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OperationalSpecialist

AssistantManager

BranchManager

Year 1Placement

1

Year 1Placement

2

Year 2Placement

3

Year 2 Placement

4

Year 3Placement 5

Learning• 90% of our work based learning is delivered on line.• 10% is either applied prior credit or taught in company.• On line materials are a mix of rich media, text, blogs and quizzes and

are authored by subject matter and distance learning experts.• Typically bespoke program material is developed in collaboration

with the business.• We draw learning material from employers where appropriate.• We make use of on line (live and recorded) Guest Lectures from

industry experts

Teaching• All ’teaching’ is instructor led

• All instructors have a mandatory training

• All ARU quality control, management policies and processes are used

• 80% of our programs have non-academic staff overseeing induction, progression, completion and student servicing. These mentors:

• Ensure that all barriers are removed at the start of the course.

• ‘Nudge’ students failing to progress.

• Provide motivation and help via videos, emails and text messages.

• Our NSS student satisfactions scores are always between 85% - 100% with 4 programs at 100% satisfaction in 2016.

Assessment

• We use a mixed assessment regime including, formative and summative quizzes and essays, presentations, projects, wiki’s and group work.

• We deliver value back to organisations via assessments:• Students are encouraged to bring real work issues to their

projects to be solved using their academic learning, peer review and instructor direction.

• These projects are presented back to their employers as part of the program, thus adding value back.

• Organisations we work with report positive results.

Our Strategy

• Targeting:

• Sector competence

• Large & Medium Sized Organisations

• Regional and National

• International

• Objective Driven

• Outcome driven

• Scalable

• Viable

Our Services

• UG / PG / CPD with credit

• Training recognition for credit

• Delivery:

• On site

• On Line

• UK and overseas

Impact on ARU

• Enhances Entrepreneurship

• Exposure to Businesses

• Develops real expertise

• Gateway to wider sector expertise

• Challenges content and delivery process

• Revenue Positive

• Drives significant publicity and enhances reputation

Impact on our Clients

• Meets objectives, which maybe

• Business Results

• Culture Change

• Innovation

• Leadership development

• Operations effectiveness

• Adds Value and gets results

• Impact of association with a university

Degree Apprenticeships

• are the latest model to be developed as part of higher

apprenticeship standards, with apprentices achieving a full

bachelor’s or master’s degree as a core component of the

apprenticeship

• combine both higher and vocational education and fully test both

the wider occupational competence and academic learning, either

using a fully-integrated degree co-designed by employers and

Higher Education Institutions, or using a degree plus separate end

test of professional competence

The Apprenticeship Levy

• 0.5% of wage bill for all employers with a total wage bill of greater

than £3 million

• Use to pay for apprenticeships for employees

• 10% can be directed to supply-chain employers for them to

support apprenticeships

• Effective from 1 May 2017

Degree Apprenticeships - Funding

• Not eligible for student loans

• Price negotiated between HEI and Employer (capped within bands)

• Employer currently pays 1/3 and government 2/3

http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/reports/downloads/FutureGrowthDegreeApprenticeships.pdf

What Next?

• How big will the degree apprenticeship market become?

• New students or replacement

• Nursing

• Teaching

• Use in the post graduate setting

• Employer consortia