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Degrees of difference?

Degrees of difference?. Overview. Why participation in HE still matters Compare the market or confused.com? Higher education versus Apprenticeships…an unhelpful dynamic Implications for IAG New pathways…blurring the lines Developing provision at BCU and UCB

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Degrees of difference?

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  1. Degrees of difference?

  2. Overview • Why participation in HE still matters • Compare the market or confused.com? • Higher education versus Apprenticeships…an unhelpful dynamic • Implications for IAG • New pathways…blurring the lines • Developing provision at BCU and UCB • How Aimhigher can help you and your students

  3. Clued up…or clueless customers? 36% of Year 9, 10 and 11 students have no idea what career they want to follow 29% have a rough career idea, but don’t know which qualifications they need to make it happen 14% think they have a firm career plan but don’t know what level of qualifications they would need 21% Only 21% know what they want to do and how to get there! * Aimhigher survey 918 students in 7 local schools

  4. Confused.com Learn to earn More Further Education Foundation Learning Earn and learn GCSEs (again!) Higher Education Crash and burn Vocational (BTEC) Apprenticeship Options at 16 / 17 Options at 18 A Levels Employment Apprenticeship Employment with training Volunteering Employment with training Gap Year Volunteering with training Do nothing no longer an option Unemployed?

  5. How sad is this?

  6. A counter-intuitive market? • 2010: £9k fees…riots…apocalypse now etc. • Reduced investment: Loss of Aimhigher, Connexions, EMA etc • 2015: abolition of grants and proposed lifting of £9k cap • But: • Demand for Young FT HE at an all time high: 512,400 secured places in 2014 …+3.4% on 2013 • +8% former FSM entrants v +4% Non-FSM on previous year • 30.4% of all 18yr olds….11.2% of all 19yr olds • 18yr olds from low participation areas 60% more likely to enter than in 2004 (UCAS End of Cycle Report 2014)

  7. Job Done? • Not really… • Loss of grants for disadvantaged students (July 2015 budget) • The poorer the student the higher the debt (up to £13k?) • Disadvantaged students still outnumbered 2.5 to 1 in HE • Males becoming the most under-represented group (especially white working class) • Social mix in high tariff institutions lags mid-low tariff • Vast geographical variations…regionally, authority-level, ward level, local area level • Ambitious targets for Apprenticeship starts…but what about Level 4+?

  8. Lost potential: POLAR • HEFCE’s “Participation of Local Areas” data • % of 18 / 19yr olds progressing to all forms of HE in a 5 year period • Quintiles: 1= low 5 = high • LEA / Ward Level • Large variations map to other measures of inequality: • 4.5% Wynnstay, Shropshire • 100% Marylebone, London • Why!?

  9. Lost potential: GCSEs and HE Bartley Green has the biggest gap in England between what GCSE outcomes suggest and what actual progression to HE is. Bartley Green is a predominantly white, working class area

  10. What do most 16-19 year olds do? 1. Learn to Earn BTEC / A levels at 16 (88% of all young people) leading to Higher Education at 18 / 19 (about 40% of all young people): • Remains essential for certain professions (e.g. medicine, law, science-based, teaching) • Competitive but high supply (500,000 full-time university places a year)…“No win no fee”…enter employment at higher level. • Earn and Learn • Apprenticeships: about 3% of 16 year olds and 5% of 18/19 year olds. Supply tapers dramatically at L3+. • Jobs With Training: 8% of 18/19 year olds • Jobs with no training: about 25% of 18/19 year olds • Crash and Burn: About 7% of 16 to 19s and 20% of under 25s

  11. Weighing it up: Information on Availability & Supply…Access & Competition…Quality & Outcomes • Apprenticeships • Informed Consumer? • Apprenticeship Site: • Search and apply • Ofsted • Plus • Minimum Standards • High level government statistics • Most information is: • National / regional • Sector / framework level • Highly aggregated • Retrospective • Degree • Informed Consumer? • UCAS • Entry profiles • Fees and support • Key Information Sets • National student survey • Accommodation costs • Contact time • Assessment • DLHE inc salaries at 6 and 40 months • Consumer Law • Information is timely and available at all levels of provision: • Course • Institution • Sector https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships

  12. Supply: HE v Apprenticeships There were 286 full-time first degree starts for every higher apprenticeship vacancy in 2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeship-vacancies

  13. Outcomes: : HE v Apprenticeships 87% About 70% of Apprentices achieve their qualification 82% of undergraduates 6% 2.6% BIS Evaluation of Apprenticeships: May 2012 HESA Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education 2012

  14. Graduate outcomes: 6 months and 3 ½ years after graduation… • 68% of employed graduates were in “professional” roles • Average salary was £24,000 • So average student loan repayment = £22.50 per month • Men more likely to be in high paid roles than women Higher Education Statistics Agency 2013

  15. It’s not all about money https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254101/bis-13-1268-benefits-of-higher-education-participation-the-quadrants.pdf

  16. Reality bites Degrees are a highly regulated but quasi-commercial “product” Apprenticeships are a government-funded service • Compared to Apprenticeships higher education is highly marketised • In an era of £9k fees the principles and practices of a fully competitive market apply. • The consumer has protection under law, including a right to accurate information on the product and service to be delivered and the mutual expectations of both the consumer and the service provider.

  17. New pathways…blurring the lines Two local universities outline blended pathways providing progression opportunities that cross the vocational ? Academic divide: • University College Birmingham: Routes into Health and Social Care. Simon Chatterton, Director of Admissions • Birmingham City University: Routes into Construction and Built Environment, Antony Taft, Senior Lecturer. Birmingham School of the Built Environment

  18. UCB – Apprenticeships • “To promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large” • UCB provides Learners with options to study in a more traditional format via Further Education, Higher Education and Masters Level Study. • UCB also offers an alternative pathway through Apprenticeships / Work-based Learning . This allows learners to gain equal weighted qualifications – however structured around the apprenticeships model. • Learners will also have the opportunity to revisit traditional academic qualifications ( Degree’s) following successful completion of their apprenticeship. • This Provides a good balance of work based experience and academic achievement. ( Our Apprenticeship Progression Flowchart provides an example of this for health and social care based vocations / qualifications)

  19. Apprenticeship Progression Flowchart Advanced - Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support or Health & Social Care Higher – Level 5 Diploma in Care Leadership and Management (Cache) Higher – Level 5 Diploma Assistant Practitioner (City & Guilds) Level 6 - BSc (Hons) Top-Up in Health and Social Care Level 6 - Degree Apprenticeship in related subject Area (TBC)

  20. Routes to Degree Apprenticeships

  21. Higher and Degree Apprenticeships • Key messages:- • Have the backing of Government and business • An Apprenticeship is a paid job with training, leading to a package of qualifications which relate to the job • Creates a ladder of progression for apprentices to train to the highest levels • Could gain professional qualifications via • Level 4 Higher Education Certificate • Level 5 Foundation Degree • Level 6 BA/BSc • Level 7 MA/MSc • Pathways craft > technician > professional and managerial skills • Partnerships between FE, HE & employers to create high level skills • Higher Apprentices learn at work developing the knowledge and occupational competencies demanded by specific job roles Source: National Apprenticeship Service

  22. Degree Apprenticeship Level 6 & 7 (BSc/BEng Degree & MSc/MEng) Apprenticeship levels Apprentices can start at level 2 and many progress to level 3 & 4. The most able can progress to Level 6 and beyond.

  23. Construction Pathway Example

  24. Funding

  25. Single Point of Contact for 12 of the region’s HE providers • (7 universities / 5 colleges) • Activities known to improve aspiration, attainment and progression • Aligns with Pupil Premium and CEIAG Duties

  26. Questions Thank you www.aimhigherwm.ac.uk @aimhigherwm

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