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Welcome to our QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 2023
Project Title: Teaching Degree Apprenticeships (DA): Challenges, Motivations, Lessons Learned and Good Practice Guidelines

DEGREE APPRENTICESHIP: VOICES FROM THE FRONTLINE Impact, Policy and Good Practice Guide 2024

"Degree Apprenticeships’ are my two favourite words in 
the English language. Whether you want to be a solicitor,
space engineer or doctor, we have introduced a new route
to climb the ladder of opportunity to a successful and
fulfilling career, and all without student finance to repay."

The Rt Hon Robert Halfon
MP Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education

Project Details

Project Summary

Project Aim
The project aims to develop and widely disseminate a good practice guide for delivering degree apprenticeships.

Sponsor
The project is sponsored by the QAA via their Collaborative Enhancement Project.

Project Objectives

Partners

Project Team

Principal Investigator
Prof Raheel Nawaz (PVC Digital Transformation, Staffordshire University)

Co-Investigators
Prof Helen Laville (Provost, Kingston University London)
Prof Darryll Bravenboer (Director of Apprenticeships, Middlesex University)
Ms Mandy Crawford-Lee (Chief Executive of UVAC, University of Bolton)
Prof Julia Clarke (Interim Vice Chancellor, Middlesex University)
Dr Ernest Edifor (Reader in Digital Education, Manchester Metropolitan University)

Collaborators
Ms Maighread Hegarty (Staffordshire University)
Prof Gordon Ade-Ojo (University of Greenwich)
Mr David Barrett (UWE Bristol)
Ms Libby Hampson and Mr Kevin Smith (University Centre Quayside)
Dr Samantha Reive Holland (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Dr Qi Cao (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Dr Annie Hughes (Kingston University)
Dr Nicky Westwood (Independent Consultant and UVAC Associate)
Mr Greg Salmon (University of Exeter)
Mr Derrin Kent (TDM)
Mr Joe Abdulgani (Weston College)

Contact Us

NameEmailTelephone
Prof Raheel Nawazraheel.nawaz@staffs.ac.uk+44 (0) 1782 294 415
Dr Ernest Edifore.edifor@mmu.ac.uk+44 (0) 1612 473 800