Antonia Chatzirodou, one of our Senior Lecturers and Programme Leaders at UWE Bristol for Civil Engineering, explains why higher and degree apprenticeships are pivotal to an engineering career for international women in engineering day (#INWED23).
Antonia Long Video Dialogue:
The main benefits of a higher end degree apprenticeships for the student is the fact that they are already an employee, they are working for the industry, and they are undertaking a degree which will equip them with the foundation engineering knowledge to become successful Chartered Engineers in a few years from now and literally since they are graduating.
I would say that a student who is undertaking an engineering degree is literally coming into touch with the most research informed solutions for engineers and beyond, and that is a valuable input for the industry. So, a student, a degree apprenticeship student, is bridging this gap very successfully between academia and industry.
The main benefits of a higher and degree apprenticeship for the employer is that they are equipping their employees to have the foundation knowledge to deliver the challenges of today. We are at the forefront of research informed challenges and solutions, and the employer can really work with the employees to solve these challenges for evidence based from research and beyond. So yes, it’s literally bridging the gap between the employer and academia, as well as the other way around.
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