Higher Apprenticeships In Practice 29 January 2015 Name

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 Eng. Tech or IENG if applicable ? • Are there more opportunities for employers to share best practice ?