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Higher Apprenticeships In Practice 29 January 2015 Name: Mark Donnelly Title: Head of Apprentice and Skills Training Organisation: BAE Systems Our higher apprenticeship programme Programme Summary Benefits to our Business •Current volume on contract – 96 • Early careers pipeline into our business •Our Higher Apprenticeship programme • Targets a recruitment of talent - gap evolved from our Project Control Foundation between the GCSE level apprentices and Scheme (PCFS) that started in 2007 graduates. •The first cohort of learners started on a HA • programme in Sept 2012 Honours degree programme to attract the highest calibre individuals •We worked in collaboration with Blackpool • Grow our own talent, and The Fylde College and Lancaster • Reduce high recruitment costs University to devise the programme How our partnership works Expectations and Arrangements •Recruiting the correct calibre of talent Benefits and Wider Opportunities for HEIs • employers via our robust process •The individuals rotate around a range • Universities appreciation of the business • skills/knowledge Devising Bespoke training requirements individuals add great value and hit the ground running with necessary Sharing of best practices and benchmarking with other of various functions to gain a good •On completion of the programme Working in collaboration with • Developing of Trailblazers (new Standards) Delivery Realities Delivery Challenges How These Were Resolved •Higher apprentices were new with •Working with SSCs, Awarding bodies minimum frameworks developed & HEIs to devise appropriate framework •Sourcing HEIs who were interested in •Due diligence process to engage with expanding their delivery options to HA the HEIs who were willing to commit to schemes deliver •Getting all key stakeholders buy-in and •Regular dialogue and meetings to commitment agree ownership The Future What is Planned ? What the Learners say: •Expanding HAs into other “This opportunity came up and gave discipline areas me the best of both worlds - •HA is one of our growth areas, learning, work experience and increasing numbers studying for a degree too. It was one •First cohort of the new Aerospace of the best moves I’ve ever made.” Trailblazing Apprenticeship Standards for Sept 2015 •Replicating similar schemes in Scotland Catherine Christian Higher Apprentice at MA & I Questions • Do the current Higher Apprenticeship programmes meet the needs of our business ? • With the future developments of the Trailblazer standards, do we need these are various Levels ? • Can we aligned the new standards to professional status at EngTech or IENG if applicable ? • Are there more opportunities for employers to share best practice ?