Degree Apprenticeships at the University of Nottingham

Surprise! We are back with a bonus episode just before Christmas.  In the final episode of 2024, the podcast is looking Degree Apprenticeships. A relatively recent introduction to the Higher Education landscape but here at the University of Nottingham is a growing area of study and an area where the university recently won the Training Provider of the Year award at the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024.  Simon chats with Elizabeth Bishop from the Department of Foundation Engineering and Physical Sciences about the inner workings of the Degree Apprenticeship Programme while Ben visits Experian to talk to Luca Smith who won the award for Technology and Digital Apprentice of the Year at the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024.  While at Experian, Ben also caught up with Taniqua Wint and Early Careers Trainer to hear about the benefits of the Progamme for an employer before finally talking to Dr Ria Symonds, the Programme Lead for the Data Science Degree Apprenticeship Programme at the University.  Hosts  Ben Atkinson, Claire Storr, Nicholas Cameron, Simon Barnett  Guests  Elizabeth Bishop, Luca Smith, Taniqua Wint and Ria Symonds  Running Order  00:00 Welcome back  01:10 Elizabeth Bishop  17:38 Ben is off to Experian  18:50 Luca Smith & Taniqua Wint  27:08 Ria Symonds  30:50 Wrap Up  Links  Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog  Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only)  Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we’ve got more episodes coming in 2025.    Production elements in this podcast provided by Music Radio Creative and Pixabay.