Degree Apprenticeships 2023
Degree Apprenticeships 2023 is a special programme for schools & sixth form colleges across the UK, that was broadcast live from a TV studio in central London on Thursday 13th October.
Produced by High Fliers Research, the programme explains how degree apprenticeships can provide a debt-free alternative to the traditional university experience, whilst still leading to degrees from many of the UK’s most prestigious and sought-after universities.
The programme is specifically aimed at Year 12 & 13 students and their parents.
It is presented by Martin Birchall, Managing Director of High Fliers Research and Levi Jouavel, a presenter on BBC Three and a former BBC apprentice.
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Contents of the Programme
The programme explains how degree apprenticeships can provide a debt-free alternative to the traditional university experience, whilst still leading to degrees from many of the UK’s most prestigious and sought-after universities.
The 75-minute programme was broadcast live from a TV-studio in central London and includes:
- an interview with Clare Marchant, Chief Executive of UCAS, talking about how Sixth Form students can use UCAS to find out about degree apprenticeships
- presentations explaining ‘What is a degree apprenticeship?’, ‘Which degree apprenticeships are available?’, ‘University or a degree apprenticeship? and ‘Where to find out more information on degree apprenticeships’
- an employer showcase of 50 major UK employers in different industries & business sectors who will be offering degree apprenticeship programmes in 2023
- tips, advice and guidance from Lloyds Banking Group and BDO on how to apply for degree apprenticeship and the selection processes that employers’ use
- interviews with current degree apprentices at Dyson, PwC, Royal Navy and Rolls-Royce
- information on how solicitor apprenticeships offer an alternative route into the legal profession, from law firm Eversheds Sutherland
Employer Profiles
About High Fliers Research
High Fliers Research has been researching the graduate job market since the mid-1990s. It conducts the UK's largest annual careers survey of final year students at the country’s leading universities, produces The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers guide, and the Department for Education's Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers.
Its research is used by many of the country’s best-known and most prestigious graduate employers, universities, the Government and the media.
Over the past decade, more than 600 schools & sixth form colleges have taken part in The National Graduate Careers Conference, the popular annual event hosted by High Fliers Research for schools’ Heads of Careers, Directors of University Admissions and Heads of Sixth Form.
During the pandemic, High Fliers Research launched Graduate Careers Live!, a major 90-minute TV broadcast for UK schools & sixth form colleges, presenting key information, case studies, guidance and research about the graduate job market and degree apprenticeships – directly to sixth form students, their parents and careers staff.
Graduate Careers Live! will return in spring 2023.
