Degree apprenticeship experiences?

If any of you have questions, ask away. I have recently started a degree apprenticeship in corporate banking at a top UK bank.

If any of you have questions, ask away. I have recently started a degree apprenticeship in corporate banking at a top UK bank.

Are you based in London?

Hi Geboers8, I have some questions regarding the degree apprenticeship
Who are you working for and Where are you currently studying?
Did you apply for your degree apprenticeship through UCAS?

Thanks in advance.

I did a "higher" apprenticeship before degree apprenticeships were a thing really.

3 years of work and study up to foundation degree level was hard going especially as the apprenticeship part required about 1 week every month away from home at "uni" and then further weeks away getting operational (vendor) training meant I spent a long time traveling up and down the country.

But it was all paid for by my company (travel,food,accommodation, training itself - everything) and the group I was with every month were great plus I was given 1 day off operational work a week to keep up with my coursework.

It depends what you want to do. I've done both uni and apprenticeship as I didn't get very far without experience after uni so did an apprenticeship.

If you do an apprenticeship you won't get all of the uni experience (especially if you have money or well off parents) as you are an employee with all the requirements of that. That's not to say you won't get a chance to enjoy yourself on nights out etc but you've got to work a 9-5 (or whatever your employer expects), also expect to have to work out of hours just to get work done sometimes. However you should get paid and will end up with a degree without debt and much more importantly experience at the end.

Before I started my apprenticeship I had a crap retail job on 14k (no experience after uni) and left 3 years later as a vendor certified professional in my field at 32k with a promotion to "senior" at 45k 6 months later (still with the same company).

What really irritates me when SLC take their whack every month? My apprenticeship was on the back of my school qualification.

I'm doing one. It's not all it's cracked up to be, but I think that is more due to my employer rather than the premise of a degree apprenticeship. It's an awful lot of hard work, but very rewarding.

Do they allow enough time to study alongside the 'work' you do? Apart from any classroom based studying

can i do a degree apprenticeship and not go to uni because i think doing both is not going to be ez for me and i also think its going to be so much stressful.

I did a "higher" apprenticeship before degree apprenticeships were a thing really.

3 years of work and study up to foundation degree level was hard going especially as the apprenticeship part required about 1 week every month away from home at "uni" and then further weeks away getting operational (vendor) training meant I spent a long time traveling up and down the country.

But it was all paid for by my company (travel,food,accommodation, training itself - everything) and the group I was with every month were great plus I was given 1 day off operational work a week to keep up with my coursework.

It depends what you want to do. I've done both uni and apprenticeship as I didn't get very far without experience after uni so did an apprenticeship.

If you do an apprenticeship you won't get all of the uni experience (especially if you have money or well off parents) as you are an employee with all the requirements of that. That's not to say you won't get a chance to enjoy yourself on nights out etc but you've got to work a 9-5 (or whatever your employer expects), also expect to have to work out of hours just to get work done sometimes. However you should get paid and will end up with a degree without debt and much more importantly experience at the end.

Before I started my apprenticeship I had a crap retail job on 14k (no experience after uni) and left 3 years later as a vendor certified professional in my field at 32k with a promotion to "senior" at 45k 6 months later (still with the same company).

What really irritates me when SLC take their whack every month? My apprenticeship was on the back of my school qualification.

Unfortunately, you probably won't be able to. GCSEs will be part of the entry requirements. Certainly worth resitting if the apprenticeship you want requires it.