University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC)

There is still time to register for January’s Knowledge Network Meetings 13th January 2025 – 11.00am-13.00pm  Quality in Nursing Apprenticeships: UVAC Members To register: https://lnkd.in/ebHk2wwK 15th January 2025 1.30pm – 3.30pm UVAC Higher Education Tripartite Professionals Community Network: 1.30pm – 3.30pm To register: https://lnkd.in/evhNrbMQ 30th January 2025 online: 13.30pm- 15.30pm  NEW UVAC Apprenticeship Construction & Built Environment (ACBE) Knowledge Network To register: https://lnkd.in/ekiC49Tk 30th January 2025: online 11:00-12:30  HTQ Policy and Admissions  If you would like to attend this session please email Prof. Liz Cleaver: liz@ecleaver.co.uk UVAC Knowledge Networks provide a collaborative forum for higher education (HE) practitioners, staff, and academics to collaborate and discuss apprenticeships, the HE skills landscape and other technical and professional qualifications.

UVAC launches new Knowledge Network Register now to the first UVAC Apprenticeship Construction & Built Environment (ACBE) Knowledge Network meeting on 30th January. UVAC’s latest Knowledge Network aims to bring together construction and built environment academic teams with their quality assurance and apprenticeships teams to share good practice, address challenges and seek to deliver innovative solutions to: improve engagement with employers and the professional institutions enhance routes to professional registration through professional practice and the transition to integrated assessment methodologies raise achievements in relation to the suite of apprenticeships in the construction and built environment sector. This will be done in collaboration with the professional institutions, the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and Construction Leadership Council (CLC), proving a forum to engage with and deliver elements of the national skills strategy, and built capacity and capability to deliver the competences essential to the future of this sector, including the Building Safety Act. The first meeting of this new group is online on 30th January, 13.30-15.30 Please register for the online dates with the link:  https://lnkd.in/ekiC49Tk

As our 25th anniversary year draws we would like to thank our member organisations, board directors, chief executives, leaders and influencers, who have guided and supported our mission and vision and helped shape UVAC. Our offices are now closed until the new year. We wish you a peaceful and joyful holiday and look forward to seeing you in 2025!

#KeepFundingL7Apprenticeships. Essential to keeping pathways to professional careers open to people who have missed out on higher education.

I have a son on an apprenticeship who is thriving and at 18 years old is travelling to a London to learn how to undertake mechanical and electrical site safety, this week has he not only learned so much- he has earned more than I do- I therefore celebrate supporting young people into apprenticeships. This week I spoke to a level 7 apprentice for the NHS whose level 7 apprenticeship project is looking at how they can reduce waiting times for children needing urgent care… and another preventing Did Not Attend appointments in a children’s ward both these projects using newly taught strategic thinking….So I would like to know how was the choice made in defunding level 7 apprenticeship? #justsaying 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️

The Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2025 closes to submissions in just one month This event is a chance to shine a spotlight on excellent employers and training providers in the apprenticeships space, and I'm delighted to be a judge. Register now via https://lnkd.in/ea7Tge6D and submit your entry before 20 December 2024! See you there!

We’re proud to sign a letter to @rachelreevesMP today to send the message loud and clear: #KeepFundingL7Apprenticeships. Employers need high level skills, the UK economy needs high level skills and workers need the opportunity to upskill. https://lnkd.in/gyXRHYEJ

Degree Apprenticeships and the Growth & Skills Levy We recently launched our latest survey remains open for your input and is your chance to share views on significant topics, including the Growth & Skills Levy and funding restrictions on Level 7 training. The findings from this survey will not only feature prominently in media outreach and whitepapers but will also inform UVAC’s lobbying efforts with policymakers. https://lnkd.in/euX7Xfew

🎙️Episode... 4.1 (Bonus Episode) of Speaking of Excellence is out! In this episode, Lou Doyle joined by Dr Mandy Crawford-Lee FRSA (UVAC), Prof Darryll Bravenboer PFHEA (Middlesex University), and Clare Dunn (The Open University). They set out to explore the role HEIs play in widening access to education and careers since the apprenticeship reforms in England. They ended up having two fascinating discussions so we made this one a bonus episode! Firstly, they discussed how the growth in apprenticeships in Universities and HEIs over recent years has had a 'disruptive' influence on both apprenticeships and HEIs. We felt this discussion deserved its own episode. Look out for the next episode, in which they discuss the collaborative project that won them special recognition with a highly commended award at The Quality Professionals Awards 2024. It is available to listen on Spotify, You Tube and Apple: just search "Speaking of Excellence" #QualityProfessionalsAwards #QPA #Apprenticeships #Universities #HEIs

Calling UVAC conference delegates! With such a busy and interesting programme presented by our keynote speakers and breakout sessions, at conference last month, we knew it would be a challenge for you to see and hear all the sessions you wanted to. That’s why if you missed any sessions or want to dive deeper into the topics that caught your interest, you can still access the full conference programme via our online platform until early 2025 Check your inbox for our regular reminders of the log in details