Bidding is open for a £40 million fund to address “market failures” in the government’s flagship degree apprenticeship programme.
The Office for Students is seeking projects that will improve take-up of level 6 degree apprenticeships and “address equality of opportunity”.
Ministers were urged to get a grip on access to degree apprenticeships last year as research by the social mobility charity the Sutton Trust found the “middle-class grab” on opportunities was getting worse.
This comes on top of £8 million that has already been allocated to over 100 existing degree apprenticeship providers this year to develop their provision.
