Central Apprenticeship Hub
The Central Apprenticeship Hub was established in 2023 to provide central support and oversight of all of the University’s apprenticeship programmes.
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Our aims
- Build a community of apprentices, employers and staff, to develop outstanding apprenticeship education at the University of Sheffield.
- Support the development of cohesive, high quality apprenticeship education that is aligned to regional and national skills priorities.
- Provide senior leaders with oversight of the quality of education and whether the apprenticeships are fully compliant with external regulatory bodies requirements.
Our principles
- Be ambitious: strive for outstanding
- Be a critical friend: provide ongoing support and challenge as expert facilitators
- Favour no single approach: promote solutions that meet the needs of departments while contributing to outstanding provision
- Safeguard the University: understand and mitigate against risk
- Work collaboratively: build relationships based on trust, honesty and integrity
- Provide confidence through evaluation: make evidence based judgements
- Be guided by the principles of the inspection framework and ESFA Funding rules
- Provide clarity: simplify funding rules and inspection framework and make them meaningful
Meet the team
- Sambit Sen - Director of Apprenticeship Delivery and Compliance
- Anne Griggs - Head of Compliance
- Jon Barker - Head of Quality
- Sarah Hudson - Management Information Analyst & Funding Officer
- Jonathan Newbould - Apprenticeships Compliance & MI Coordinator
Apprenticeships at the University
Current apprenticeship programmes are delivered across the following faculties:
Advanced Manufacturing Group
- Level 3 Machining Technician
- Level 3 Metal Fabricator
- Level 3 Composites Technician
- Level 4 Automation and Controls Engineering Technician
- Level 6 Control Systems Engineer (Degree)
- Level 6 Manufacturing Engineer (Degree)
- Level 6 Product Design and Development Engineer (Degree)
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
- Level 5 Nursing Associate
- Level 6 Registered Nurse Degree
- Level 6 Speech & Language Therapist (Integrated Degree)
- Level 6 Orthoptist
- Level 7 Advanced Clinical Practitioner