Apprenticeships at Oxford Brookes University

The new levy means we have extra funds to support apprentices at Oxford Brookes: we invite you to consider having apprentices in your teams.

APPRENTICESHIPS are jobs with training built into them. They have to last for a minimum of a year, offer a serious training experience and are NOW open to:

• anyone over 16 who is employed and a resident
• new recruits AND existing staff members in mainstream or specialist roles
  
• any colleague keen for professional development at ALL levels and grades
  
• any colleague even if they are already qualified, even at degree level and even if the programme selected is at a lower level than your current qualifications
  
• funding requests from the Oxford Brookes levy and therefore free to you and your team 
  

APPRENTICES are colleagues who agree to: 

• a learning contract that describes clearly what programme they will study and how we will support them
• a period of workbased learning that helps develop or improve role-based skills
• an end of programme assessment, to demonstrate what they have learned and how they meet the relevant apprenticeship standard in their occupation
  

MANAGERS and INDIVIDUALS consider Apprenticeships when:

• a new team member is needed and you are about to recruit
• an existing team member needs to get new knowledge and skills

• you want to develop your existing talent by taking people to the next level or adding a new skills set to your team 

Apprenticeships come at all levels and are not just for beginners. HR/OCSLD will consult with you on all aspects of apprentice set-up.