Canterbury College and East Kent College awarded funding

Canterbury College and East Kent College have been awarded funding from the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) to support a new wave of degree apprenticeships.

The funding was given to the two Colleges – which have partnered with the University of Kent – as part of a total £4.8 million package being awarded by HEFCE to universities and colleges across England this autumn.

The funding will be used to develop new degree apprenticeships for students starting in September 2018. Canterbury College and East Kent College will be working alongside the University of Kent to develop new standards in Construction Quantity Surveying, Chartered Town Planning, Architecture and as an Architectural Assistant.

Executive Director Corporate Services at the Colleges, Lauren Anning said: “Receiving this funding is a brilliant opportunity for our Colleges to help design these new degree apprenticeships. They promise to be an amazing opportunity for us to create apprenticeships which will enable students to develop the skills required in local economies.”

Designed by employers, higher education providers, and professional bodies, degree apprenticeships enable the development of high level skills, providing an alternative route to a degree and a career. Bringing together higher education study with paid work, degree apprentices spend part of their time in study and part with their employer.

Increasing the number and range of degree apprenticeships allows more people to access higher education opportunities and develop in the careers of their choice, earning while they learn.

The successful projects involve more than 60 higher education institutions and further education colleges and will aim to develop 4,500 new apprenticeship places.

These awards form the second year of the £10m, two-year Degree Apprenticeships Development Fund programme. In the first year £5 million was awarded to 18 projects involving 45 higher education institutions and further education colleges.

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