Regional employers interested in the government’s new higher and degree apprenticeships scheme can find out more at a free, half-day event in Medway organised by the University.
The event, from 13.30-18.00 on Thursday 9 March, will feature a range of speakers, including representatives from the Skills Funding Agency, which is co-ordinating the registration of employers under the scheme, as well as employers already offering the apprenticeships.
Timed to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week 2017, the event at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham will be hosted by the University’s Centre for Higher and Degree Apprenticeships (CHDA).
CDHA supports the development of more degree apprenticeships to add to the University’s existing high quality portfolio. It provides a range of administrative and quality assurance services to ensure those developing and delivering new courses at Kent meet the highest possible standards, as well as liaising with employers to place their apprentices on its courses.
The University has a long track record in delivering apprenticeship courses, having first launched them in 2011.
It currently offers a range of higher and degree apprenticeships including a range of management apprenticeships, including the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, Professional Accounting Taxation Technician, and Laboratory Scientist. Learners are employed by small and large employers including, GSK, Medimmune, Pfizer, UCB, Thermofisher, AstraZeneca and Novartis.
Anyone interested in attending the event, which is free and open to all employers, is asked to register.