Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
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Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
DC needs to choose between: M eng offer with 1 year industrial placement(RG group Uni) vs degree apprenticeship from a well known org. We are clueless. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Re: Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
It depends on the nature of the degree apprenticeship. Is it day release at Uni or terms at uni and work the rest of the time over a longer period? Are they paying uni fees? Does it lead to charter ship (or offer than asa aa subsequent pathway?). There are some excellent degree apprenticeships around and I would recommends them - but they vary hugely in terms of structure and what is offered so you need to get more detail.
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Re: Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
It’s dependent on a number of things.
Type of engineering, the type of organisation, whether your DC wants to specialise in a particular field. Is employment guaranteed throughout and afterwards. What employment opportunities are there elsewhere. What does the contract say in terms of working there afterwards.
To get chartered needs a Masters or jumping through equivalent hoops, so worth asking the organisation if they will support that after, the first degree.
If it’s a good scheme, I think a degree apprenticeship has a lot to offer, but then so does a normal MEng with placement.
Type of engineering, the type of organisation, whether your DC wants to specialise in a particular field. Is employment guaranteed throughout and afterwards. What employment opportunities are there elsewhere. What does the contract say in terms of working there afterwards.
To get chartered needs a Masters or jumping through equivalent hoops, so worth asking the organisation if they will support that after, the first degree.
If it’s a good scheme, I think a degree apprenticeship has a lot to offer, but then so does a normal MEng with placement.
Re: Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
Thank you both. Your response is very helpful. Don’t exactly know the course structure but below are a few details.
- I believe org works with public sector
- Yes, the org will pay Uni fees for a B-eng course (Building services, accredited by CIBSE and energy institute)
- there is a charter status if further one year MSc course taken
- employment guarantee is present (probation period 6 months) till end of degree period, further permanent offer likely
- I believe org works with public sector
- Yes, the org will pay Uni fees for a B-eng course (Building services, accredited by CIBSE and energy institute)
- there is a charter status if further one year MSc course taken
- employment guarantee is present (probation period 6 months) till end of degree period, further permanent offer likely
Re: Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
If that is the subject area DC is interested in then that all sounds good to me - with the caveat that the structure is important - will it feel like working with a bit of study on the side or will it feel like the full uni experience (largely). Also - will they genuinely be able to manage the workload? Good luck either way.
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Re: Help selecting Uni vs degree apprenticeship offer
Hi- my son is currently doing the Civil service Economics degree apprenticeship and loves it. He started off doing Bsc Ec & Finance at Bristol but became disillusioned with lack of Face to face lectures, so applied for GES degree apprenticeship in his 2nd year.
It's basically 4 days in the workplace and 1 day uni. The application process was quite rigorous as it was in 5 stages including 2 interviews.
He is really enjoying the work, his Team seems very supportive and he enjoys the uni work. They have face to face a couple of days per term and 1 week residential.
Plus it's a bonus that he earns a wage and gets his uni fees paid!
It's basically 4 days in the workplace and 1 day uni. The application process was quite rigorous as it was in 5 stages including 2 interviews.
He is really enjoying the work, his Team seems very supportive and he enjoys the uni work. They have face to face a couple of days per term and 1 week residential.
Plus it's a bonus that he earns a wage and gets his uni fees paid!