Question follow-through · 14096

Higher Education: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of higher education degree apprenticeships on (a) local educational opportunities, (b) the development of a skilled workforce and (c) caree

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
22 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of higher education degree apprenticeships on (a) local educational opportunities, (b) the development of a skilled workforce and (c) caree

  2. 18 Nov 2024

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  3. 22 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    This government knows that earnings for those undertaking higher apprenticeships compare well to the earnings of first-degree graduates five years on. The latest data shows the median first-degree graduate earnings five years after graduation were £29,900...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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