NTU awarded £112k to expand digital apprenticeships provision

The Office for Students recently announced £40 million pounds worth of funding available for training providers to increase participation in apprenticeships at Level 6, with some smaller pots of funding available at Level 4 and 5. This funding will be allocated in 2 waves, in 2024 and 2025.

NTU was awarded £112,000, aimed at increasing apprenticeship starts on our Digital courses of Level 6 Data Scientist, Level 6 Digital Technologies Software Professional and Level 6 Digital Marketer Degree Apprenticeships for 2024.

Equality of opportunity

The office for students announced the funding aimed at:

• Expanding the number of available courses
• Increase the number of students on Level 6 degree apprenticeships with historically low starting numbers
• Increase equality of opportunity within Level 6 degree apprenticeships

John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation at the Office for Students said on the funding: ‘Degree apprenticeships can provide students with the best of both worlds; the opportunity to combine paid work with a high-quality undergraduate in their chosen industry.

These qualifications help enhance diversity with flexible, innovative opportunities and provide an alternative route into higher education for students to learn skills that meet society’s current and future needs.'

Digital skills

Digital marketing is a skill that almost all businesses require, an apprentice attending the course learns aspects of social media monitoring, SEO and business analytics.

With three new members of staff employed to work alongside the School of Science and Technology and Nottingham Business School, the future is bright for degree apprenticeships at NTU.