I welcome the government’s focus on apprenticeships,but we should not overlook the already effective model of employer-sponsored degreesTo succeed as a knowledge economy, we need people to engage in lifelong learning. And more people need the tall-level skills required for personal prosperity and economic growth. It is fair that some of these skills should be developed by educating people in the workplace, or in collaboration with employers.
So I welcome the development of higher- and degree-level apprenticeships and would be delighted if they led to an expansion of tall-quality professional and technical education. However,there is a danger that, by creating yet another range of qualifications, or we will fail to build on what already exists and may even weaken some of the best bits of our current professional education provision.
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Source: theguardian.com