Higher and degree apprenticeships

An apprenticeship provides great benefits to employers and employees alike, boosting your staff's capabilities through a combination of academic study and on-the-job training.

The University of Brighton has been developing and delivering higher and degree apprenticeships since 2016. These programmes are designed by employers for employers, meeting the needs of the public and private sector while improving staff development and retention. 

Our apprentices combine work with part-time university study and develop through on-the-job learning with work-based projects relevant to their organisation.

Many of our higher and degree apprenticeship programmes are also offered through the Sussex and Surrey Institute of Technology in Crawley. The SSIOT provides high quality, technology-driven education and training across a range of subjects including engineering, construction and digital/IT.

Why partner with us?

  • 50+ professional organisation partnerships
  • One of the first universities to offer apprenticeships
  • Programmes developed with employer partners

Ask us about Apprenticeships

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Apprentices in a class discussion

Information for employers

Find out how an apprenticeship could benefit your organisation, how funding works, hiring and your responsibilities during the programme.

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Information for apprentices

How to find an apprenticeship, the options available, entry requirements, how to apply, programme lengths, assessments and how finance works.

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Our apprenticeship programmes

Our apprenticeship programmes range from business and management to education, construction, engineering and the built environment, and health and science.

What are higher and degree apprenticeships?

Higher and degree apprenticeships are jobs with industry-led educational programmes attached that lead to university qualifications. An apprenticeship is a three-way partnership between an education provider (the University of Brighton), an employer, and an apprentice, who could be an existing employee or a new hire. 

Apprentices spend most of their time at the workplace in a relevant professional role, with 20% of their time (usually one day per week) released for university study. The University of Brighton offers level 5, 6 and 7 apprenticeships, equivalent to foundation, bachelors and masters degrees respectively.

Follow our dedicated LinkedIn Apprenticeships page to keep up-to-date with all our news and activity.

Our latest news

Strengthening practice for teacher apprenticeships 

Over 40 of our new postgraduate teacher apprentices took part in an Intensive Training and Practice (ITaP) week as part of their programme.

“Apprenticeships are crucial to developing skilled engineers who embody our values”

Tristan Banks, Board Director, and Oliver Etheridge, Civil Engineering Apprentice, at HOP Consulting talk about their experiences of apprenticeships.

Journey from nurse to innovator, creating an app for frailty care

While working as a nurse at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust’s Frailty Service, Amanda McAndrews was looking for a specialised module in prescribing.

Upskill your staff with Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs)

HTQs are level 4 and 5 qualifications in the digital, health and science, and construction sectors, which have been approved against occupational standards developed by employers – the same standards that were developed for apprenticeships.

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