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Leadership and Management
Apprenticeships
Power your workforce with apprenticeship partnerships at Herts
We work in partnership with over 250 private and public sector employers to deliver apprenticeship programmes that enable organisations like yours to attract early careers talent and equip their people with the expertise and skills they need to succeed in today’s fast-paced workplaces.
Herts’ apprenticeships are developed in direct consultation with industry and deliver the vocational skills you need today, and in the future - all fully funded by your apprenticeship levy, or 95% funded through Government co-investment if you’re not a levy payer.
You’ll have an expert account manager by your side to manage the entire process, from helping you create a job description, advertising your vacancy and helping you to shortlist suitable candidates through to onboarding on programme all the way to end point assessment.
Explore our apprenticeships
Our Leadership and Management apprenticeships shape tomorrow’s responsive, responsible, and inclusive leaders. Through personal and professional development, our programmes blend employer-defined skills, knowledge, and behaviour to boost workforce productivity and engagement, develop new and existing talent, and propel your organisation to an exciting new future.
With learners studying alongside full-time employment, we deliver apprenticeships through a combined approach of online learning, regular classroom workshops, tutorials, and collaborating in group learning sets, where we broaden insight and expertise through peer-to-peer learning. Plus, we extend real-world knowledge through practitioners, academics, peers, and guest speakers from the organisations we work with including owners of small businesses to executives of large corporates. This accessible and convenient delivery format enables your organisation to access any of our Leadership and Management apprenticeship programmes from any location within the UK.
Our three Leadership and Management programmes each lead to specialist awards:
- Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (Business and Management): Accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), this comprehensive degree apprenticeship can be completed in three or four years. This programme enhances commercial awareness by offering a thorough understanding of business and management theory; marketing; accounting and areas such as ethics, strategy, global perspectives, and the digital economy. Successful apprentices are awarded a BA (Hons) in Business and Management as well as Chartered Manager status through the CMI.
- Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (Sports Business Management): Mapped to the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) standard, this four-year degree apprenticeship combines study with employment in a sports business management role. Supported by our expert staff, learners work across a variety of settings in different sectors of the sports industry. They will explore a wide range of topics including sport policy; digital technology; ethics; finance; business strategies and much more. Successful apprentices are awarded a BSc (Hons) in Sports Business Management as well as Chartered Manager status through the CMI.
- Senior Leader Apprenticeship (Level 7): This programme has been designed to meet the express needs of your organisation, with work-based learning at its core. It creates transformative leaders through assignments that are tailored to specific job roles, with learners contributing to your organisation’s objectives as they study. It typically takes place over 29 months, starting in September or March; there is also a ‘fast-track' option, allowing for programme completion in 26 months. Successful apprentices are awarded a PgDip in Strategic Leadership, or can choose to ‘top up’ to an MBA or MSc Strategic Leadership at no additional cost to either the learner or you as the employer.
Our team of experts offer pastoral and academic support throughout our apprenticeships, with programme leaders, module leaders, and academic tutors all on-hand to maximise learning opportunities. There is also practical help available to boost academic skills through workshops, access to our Learning Resource Centre, and a wide range of student wellbeing support services.
Digital Technology
Our Digital Technology apprenticeships creates tomorrow’s pioneering analysts and security experts. Programmes offer a combination of face-to-face and online learning, incorporating a mix of day and block release delivery. Each degree apprenticeship has been designed in collaboration with industry to meet your needs.
Our two programmes, each lead to specialist awards:
- Digital Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Cyber Security Analyst): Successful apprentices are awarded a BSc (Hons) Digital & Technology Solutions (Cyber Security Analyst)
- Digital Technology Solutions Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Software Engineer): Successful apprentices are awarded a BSc (Hons) Digital & Technology Solutions (Software Engineer)
Each of our degree apprenticeships consist of three levels. The first, delivers the same foundation for all learners, focusing on the principles of computing and essential facts, theories, and technologies relevant to the engineering of digital solutions. The second level delivers five additional core modules plus two that vary according to specialism. In the third, and final level, learners will firm up their specialist skills with two additional modules and a 45-credit project that is carried out in your organisation, presenting their evidence at the end-of-point assessment. Learners will gain significant experience across all modules, including work-based learning and independent study.
Our team of experts offer pastoral and academic support throughout our apprenticeships, with programme leaders, module leaders, and academic tutors all on-hand to maximise learning opportunities. There is also practical help available to boost academic skills through workshops, access to our Learning Resource Centre, and a wide range of student wellbeing support services.
Our Digital and Technology apprenticeships develop the occupational competencies for a broad range of roles in a variety of fields such as IT Security; database management; data analysis; systems designer; IT support and consultancy; and software development and testing.
Engineering
Our Engineering degree apprenticeships develop tomorrow’s cutting-edge innovators and engineers. We deliver our programmes through a combination of face-to-face teaching and online learning, incorporating industry-standard computer aided engineering software. Our programmes are delivered via a combination of day and block release teaching.
Our two Engineering programmes each lead to specialist awards:
- Engineering Degree Apprenticeship (Electronic & Electrical): This degree apprenticeship offers an extensive technological background in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. Learners explore the latest expertise in digital signal processing; microelectronic and VLSI design practice; robotics and neural networks; power systems applications and implementation; and advanced power conversion and control application trends. Learners will have access to modern engineering tools and a high-tech laboratory environment to enhance learning. Successful apprentices are awarded a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
- Engineering Degree Apprenticeship (Mechanical): This degree apprenticeship develops learners’ mechanical engineering expertise and professional skills across a broad curriculum, with modules including thermofluid mechanics and heat transfer; mechanical engineering design; and manufacturing strategy. Learners also develop knowledge for real-world mechanical projects, such as the design of a hovercraft, and gain skills in how to apply the computer-aided engineering and industrial-standard software, as recommended by the Automotive Industry Advisory Panel. Successful apprentices are awarded a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering.
Our team of experts offer pastoral and academic support throughout our apprenticeships, with programme leaders, module leaders, and academic tutors all on-hand to maximise learning opportunities. There is also practical help available to boost academic skills through workshops, access to our Learning Resource Centre, and a wide range of student wellbeing support services.
Our Engineering degree apprenticeships develop the occupational competencies for a broad range of roles and fields such as medical electronics; power generation and distribution industries; communications; avionics and automotive electronics; mechanical engineering; and manufacturing, with many successfully moving into management positions within a few years.
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