How to recruit a degree apprentice
Get dedicated support every step of the way from an award-winning and experienced training provider.
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Degree apprentices combine working with studying to gain new skills and knowledge.
They can be new or current employees, aged 18 or older. If they meet the entry requirements they can study at an undergraduate or postgraduate level, with programmes lasting two to four years.
Offering degree apprenticeships is a great way to build the skills your organisation needs to succeed, whether you are developing existing staff or recruiting new employees.
We can guide you through every step of the process.
Develop existing staff
Many employers choose to offer degree apprenticeships to their existing staff.
Once you have decided to work with a training provider like Manchester Met, you will need to:
- Find out what funding is available to you
- Identify the skills your organisation needs and look at the apprenticeships available
- Get in touch to find out more about our award-winning programmes, if we offer the apprenticeship you need
- Talk to us about how we can support you
Recruit new employees
If you want to attract fresh talent, we can also help with advertising your apprenticeship by:
- Alerting our pool of candidates
- Inviting you to exhibit at open days to meet interested applicants
- Registering the vacancy on the National Apprenticeship Service website
Apprentices are driven, ambitious individuals who knew from the start that they wanted to embark on a different path to the traditional university route to a degree. This forward thinking sets them up for coping with balancing finding creative solutions to new scientific problems in the workplace, with beginning a BSc degree for the first time – no mean feat.
Apprentices are driven, ambitious individuals who knew from the start that they wanted to embark on a different path to the traditional university route to a degree. This forward thinking sets them up for coping with balancing finding creative solutions to new scientific problems in the workplace, with beginning a BSc degree for the first time – no mean feat.
Support for you and your apprentices
Manchester Met is an experienced provider of degree apprenticeships with a proven record of success.
We are rated as the best university degree apprenticeship provider in the UK at the RateMyApprenticeship Awards for five consecutive years: 2019-2023. Manchester Met was named University Provider of the Year at the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards 2022, and rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, in 2018 and 2022. In 2020 and 2023 we were awarded Digital Apprenticeship Provider of the Year at the AAC Apprenticeship Awards.
We are already delivering degree apprenticeships with some of the UK’s leading employers, including AstraZeneca, Barclays and Siemens - as well as scores of ambitious smaller businesses.
When you partner with us, you get the support you need to help your apprentice succeed:
- a dedicated account manager
- advice about funding and financial help from the government
- assistance with recruitment
- a skills coach for your apprentice
- help with assessment and training plans
- help with hosting assessment centres
Degree Apprentices at the BT Group
Hear from Katie and William, Digital User Experience (UX) Professional Degree Apprentices at the BT Group, who share what they enjoy most and why a degree apprenticeship was the best choice for them.Expectations of employers
We provide a half-day workshop for managers and mentors to help them prepare for common scenarios and support the new apprentice.
As an apprentice employer, we expect you to:
- offer apprentices a salary of at least the applicable National Minimum Wage
- provide a contract of employment for the duration of the apprenticeship
- release your apprentices to attend study days
- give your apprentice time during their normal working hours for off-the-job training
- provide a workplace mentor to support your apprentice and work with us to review progress
- comply with equal opportunities and health and safety regulations. Apprentices have the same rights as other employees.