More than 100 universities and colleges will receive a slice of an £8 million fund to help accelerate the growth of degree apprenticeships, the Office for Students has announced.
But the funding will only go to those higher education providers that already deliver the programmes, rather than those that are struggling to kickstart their degree apprenticeships offer.
The government has given the HE regulator an additional £16 million of recurrent funding this year, with the intention to use half to support the development of level 6 degree apprenticeships and the other half to increase the provision of level 4 and 5 qualifications.
The funding can be used by higher education institutions (HEIs) to develop new degree apprenticeships beyond their current offer, refresh their existing programmes to “better meet the needs of the labour market” and upskill staff in delivering the courses.
