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Making the transition from Advanced Apprenticeship to Higher Education (HE)

Are you considering where your current Advanced Apprenticeship may take you and what you can

do after you have successfully completed your current apprenticeship?

Do you need advice on the apprentice progression routes available to you?

Upon completion of your Advanced Apprenticeship you in agreement with your employer can

decide to use your current skills and knowledge to progress onto even higher level qualifications.

There are part time and full time Higher Education qualification opportunities that you can progress

onto and with the support from your employer. Such Higher Educational opportunities will also

increase your chances of advancing your career within your current employment.

Then this information guide booklet should help you decide at it is aimed at Advanced Apprenticesabout what qualification path to pursue next in your chosen career.


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Table of contents

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Where Am I Now- enables you to identify your current level of qualification that you are working

at or have achieved.

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What Can I do next- this page outlines the Higher Education qualifications - from Level 4

upwards - currently available for you to study at St Helens College.

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What career prospects will Higher Education provide me?

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What are the Higher Education Subject Areas available to study at St Helens College?

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What part time financial support is available to me if I undertake a Higher Education

Programme?

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Advanced Apprenticeship Progression Routes to Higher Education at St Helens College


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WHERE AM I NOW

By examining the table below you should be able to identify the current level of qualification you

are about to achieve or have just achieved. From this point you can then identify your next

progression route for qualifications in the chart below

Do note that

Any qualification graded at level 4 or above is classed as Higher Education

Level Qualification Relating to Level

1

Further Education

(excluding GCSE)

Foundation certificates

NVQ 1

GCSE grades DG (equivalent)2

Further Education

(excluding GCSE)

Intermediate Apprenticeship

NVQ 2

CGSE grades AC (equivalent)

3

Further Education

Advanced Apprenticeship

NVQ 3

A Levels

4

Higher Education

Higher National Certificates (HNC)

Higher Apprenticeships

Professional Qualifications

5Higher Education

Higher National Diplomas (HND)Higher Apprenticeships

Foundation Degree

NVQ 4


6

Higher Education

Degree


7

Higher Education

NVQ 5

Post Graduate Qualification


8

Higher Education

Doctorate


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What Can I do next?

Qualifications on offer at St Helen College

St Helens College offers an extensive range of Higher Education qualifications from Level 4 toLevel 7 in the National Qualification framework and so includes Higher National Certificates,Higher National Diplomas, Foundation Degrees and Top Up Degrees.

Higher National Certificate / Higher National Diploma ProgrammesSt Helens College offers to students the Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Diploma (HND)programmes. The HNC and HND are vocationally orientated qualifications validated byEDEXCEL. The HNC is the entry qualification at Level 4 and where students then progress ontothe HND at Level 5.

The HNC and HND provide an excellent qualification to progress a students career in industry.Whilst the HND can also provide a student the opportunity to progress onto an appropriate Top UpDegree.

Part time provision is available to allow people in employment or with commitments, to studytowards a higher qualification. HNC is a highly regarded by employers as the first step to HigherEducation.

Foundation DegreesThe Foundation Degree (FD) qualifications initiated by the Government as an alternative to HNDsand has been designed, developed and are supported by employers to ensure that graduating

students have the required skills as well as knowledge required to work in industry.

Like HNDs Foundation Degrees are available in a wide range of subject areas but differ in thatthey tend to be university validated. They too can be studied on either a full time or part timebasis.

When students successfully complete their Foundation Degree they can then choose to enteremployment or alternatively progress onto a universityvalidated Top Up Degree. Details can befound on the colleges website or by contacting student services 01744 733766

Top Up Honours Degrees

Top Up Honours Degrees are offered to students who have achieved an HND or FD and allowsthe student to gain a Level six qualification. Students study at St Helens College but graduate atthe partner university validating their degree. Details of the range of Top Up Degree programmes,can be found on the colleges website or by contacting student services 01744 733766.

Postgraduate / Professional ProgrammesThe College has a rapidly expanding portfolio of postgraduate and professional programmesdelivered by highly qualified and industry experienced team and awarded by the professionalbodies. Details of the range of Professional programmes, offered by St Helens College can befound on the colleges website or by contacting student services 01744 733766.


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What career prospects will Higher Education provide me?

The qualifications you achieve have been proved to have a direct correlation to yourearning power. Higher level skills are in high demand by employers and in todayscompetitive jobs market they set you apart from others and increase your earningpotential.

So yes the higher the level of qualification you achieve the more it affects yoursalary.

As employers pay more for skills that:

Are specialised

Are in short supply

Have required training

Are important to their business

Employers place a greater value on higher level qualifications and so are willing to pay people

more as a result.

So what can you expect from investing in your own education & training?

A study commissioned by the Department for Education & Skills, shows that:

Graduates are less likely to be unemployed than nongraduates

Graduates are more likely to gain promotion than nongraduates

Remember Higher Education helps you build on your work experience and work related

skills and helps you to progress up the career ladder quicker.


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What are the Higher Education Subject Areas available to study at St Helens

College?

Below are listed some of the part time/full time Higher Education subject qualifications available tostudy at St Helens College.

Please note:that the subjects and qualifications listed below can be subject to change so please

check out the Colleges website for the most up to date information. www.sthelens.ac.uk/higher-

education

Please remember that as an employed Apprentice you will need a programme that fits around

your work commitments so first check out that your chosen programmes timetable arrangements

meet with your work commitments. You can check this information out with the programme leader

of your chosen qualification and discuss such arrangements with your employer. Be prepared thatthe study may involve you studying in some of your own time.

Higher Education requires learners to be dedicated and requires much research as such you will

need to develop good time management skills to combine the qualification you choose with your

work responsibilities as well as your personal commitments.

That said Higher Educational qualifications can be a very rewarding experience and greatly helps

to support your career progression.

Part time HE courses available to study at St Helens College

Higher National Certificates (HNC) and Higher National Diplomas (HND)

HNC Business

HNC Construction & the Built Environment

HNC/HND Electrical Engineering

HNC/HND Operations EngineeringHNC/HND Mechanical Engineering

HNC/HND Manufacturing Engineering

HNC/HND Construction

Foundation Degrees

FD Working with Children & Young People

FD Complementary Therapy


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Foundation Degrees (FD) with BA Top Up

FD Social Policy, Health & Housing with BA Top Up

FD Criminal Justice with BA Top Up

BA Honours Degree

BA Hons in Youth & Community Work

BA Hons Business Administration & Management

BA Hons Culture, Mind & Modernity


(Please note that Professional Qualifications do not attract Student Finance England Funding)

Purchasing (CIPS) Levels 4, 5 and 6 (Level 3 also available)

Accounting (AAT) Level 4 (Levels 2 & 3 also available)

Personnel (CIPD) Levels 5 and 7 (Level 3 also available)

Please note courses are subject to change and Apprentices may also require furtherqualifications to meet criteria set within the entry requirements.

KEY

HNC Higher National Certificate

HND Higher National Diploma

FD Foundation Degree

BA Degree (Bachelor of Arts)


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What part time financial support is available to me if I undertake a

Higher Education Programme?

Financing your Higher Education Study

For the first time from September 2012 part-time students from England will not have to paytheir tuition fees upfront. If you are studying for your first higher education course which isat least 25% intensity of an equivalent full-time course you can get a Government loan.

How loan repayments are expected to work

You will begin to repay your loan in the April which falls three years after the anniversary of thestart date of your course, even if you are still studying. But you will only make repayments if youare earning over 21,000 a year.

If your course is shorter than three years, you will start to repay your loan from the April after youfinish your course.

You repay 9% of your income above 21,000. The amount you repay depends on how much youearn, for example, if your salary was 25,000, the 9% would only apply to 4,000, meaning youwould repay 30 a month.

Salary Amount of salary fromwhich 9% will be deducted

Monthly Repayment

25000 4000 30.00

30000 9000 67.50

35000 14000 105.0040000 19000 142.50

Repayments will be deducted from your regular salary normally through the tax system.

Any outstanding balance is written off after 30 years.

Source: The Department for Business Innovation & Skills

For further information:

www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/Student

Finance/index.htm
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Advanced Apprenticeship Progression Routes to Higher Education at St Helens College

IntermediateApprenticeship

Accountacy

AdvancedApprenticeshipAccountancy

Level 4

Diploma inAccounting

Association ofAccountingTechnicians

IntermediateApprenticeshipBusiness &Administration

AdvancedApprenticeshipBusiness andAdministration orother equivalent

Level 3qualification

Higher NationalCertificateBusiness

FurtherQualifications

HND Business

BA BusinessAdministrationandManagement


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Intermediate

ApprenticeshipTeam Leading

AdvancedApprenticeshipManagement

HNC Business

Further

Qualification

HND Business

BA HonsBusinessAdmin &Management


Barbering

IntermediateApprenticeshipHairdressing

Advanced ApprenticeshipHairdressing

Foundation DegreeComplementary Therapy


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IntermediateApprenticeshipBeauty Therapy

AdvancedApprenticeshipBeauty Therapy

FoundationDegree

ComplementaryTherapy

Adult IntemediateApprenticeship Health& Social Care

Adult IntermediateApprenticeship Health -

Clinical Health Care

Adult AdvancedApprenticeship Health& Social Care

Adult AdvancedApprenticeship Health -Clinical Health care

Diploma (Level 5) in

Leadership Health &Social Care, Children& Young PeoplesServices


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IntermediateApprenticeship Children& Young People'sWorkforce

IntermeediateApprenticeship Playwork

AdvancedApprenticeship Children& Young people'sWorkforce

AdvancedApprenticeship SpecialistSupport for Teaching &Learning in Schools

Diploma (Level 5) inLeadership Health &

Social Care, Children &Young Peoples Services

Foundation DegreeEarly Years Practice(2yrs work experiencefrom the end of theAdvancedApprenticeship isrequired)

IntermediateApprenticeshipIT ApplicationSpecialist

AdvancedApprenticeship

IT ApplicationSpecialist

Foundation

DegreeInternet andBusinessTechnologies


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IntermediateApprenticeshipSport

Advanced

ApprenticeshipSport

HND Coaching&Development

FoundationDegreeExercise,Health &Fitness(Fulltimeonly))


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Intermediate Apprenticeship

Electrical Installation

Electronics

Fabrication & welding

Manufacture Control

Motor Vehicle

Process Control

Mechanical


Electrical Installation

Electronics

Fabrication & welding

Motor Vehicle

Mechanical

HNC Operations Management

HNC Mechanical Engineering

HNC Manufacturing Engineering

HNC Electric/Electronic Engineering

Further ProgrammesHND Operations Management

HND Mechanical Engineering

HND Manufacturing Engineering

HND Electric/Electronic Engineering


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Brickwork

Carpentry & Joinery

Flooring

Painting & Decorating

Platering

Plumbing

Tiling


Brickwork

Carpentry & Joinery

Flooring

Painting & Decorating

Plastering

Plumbing

Tiling

Site Supervision &management inConstruction

Level 3 Diploma

Construction

Level 3 Diploma

Built Environment

Further Programmes

HNC Construction

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